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In reply to the discussion: Baltimore’s Election Results Are Decertified as State Investigation Is Launched [View all]FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)5. I just recently found out that elections have been rigged since the
first voting machine was used in New Hampshire where George HW Bush beat Bob Dole in the 1988 primary. The 14% shift from the polling was the first major theft that we know of.
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kadaholo
May 2016
OP
Restroom fraud -- similarly not a problem until Republicans mucked it up with useless laws. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#21
I agree. Low tech, 100% effective. Do it like they do in Africa: dip it into an ink bottle.
marble falls
May 2016
#31
Because we are a much larger country with 50 states with different standards. n/t
pnwmom
May 2016
#7
It isn't an argument. I'm not justifying it. I'm pointing to its factual existence.
pnwmom
May 2016
#72
In 2009, Democrats in DC had an opportunity to protect our elections and voting rights.
Scuba
May 2016
#80
In 2010 and 2014 Democrats had an opportunity to vote in elections and they mostly passed.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#83
"It's up to politicians to give voters a reason to go to the polls." is bullshit.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#85
Long before that. Back in the 1800's the ballot boxes used to get lost on the way to the
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#12
The electronic machines just moved the dishonesty to a different format. Honest
LiberalArkie
May 2016
#16
NY alone, had a 12 pt. deviation from exit polling, where more than 2 is fraud, by U.S. standards.
ViseGrip
May 2016
#30
HUGE! So...all the 'intel alphas' in that city CIA, DEA, etc.,thought they could get away with this?
ViseGrip
May 2016
#10
Worse! We send our military to countries with anything over 2pts in exit polling deviation.
ViseGrip
May 2016
#32
I wonder if counting the provisional ballots (when they should have been scrutinized first)-
Rosa Luxemburg
May 2016
#17
No. It is a 2/3 black city. Republicans favor stealing black votes, part of the racism.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#26
You're trying really hard to say the Dems are rigging the primaries and "screwing things up"
L. Coyote
May 2016
#42
Dirty tricks and propaganda combined, part of the new front in voter suppression.
L. Coyote
May 2016
#29
Paper ballots will not fix the problem. Election Fraud is a political tradition. See the link.
Agnosticsherbet
May 2016
#52