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AntiBank

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6. I have watched in horror since 2000 at voter suppression and outright election fraud becoming
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:28 PM
Apr 2016

so common and so pervasive, so institutionalised, so embedded that I highly doubt there will ever be an somewhat non-rigged primary or general election again. The people running the show have so many hyper-sophisticated methodologies and attack schemata at so many multivariate levels it would take years of hearings just to clean up the mess from ONE election.

I knew the fix was in when I saw the fraud in Iowa, then gave up all hope of a clean season when I saw Arizona's MASSIVE decrease in polling places. This doesn't even count the tens of thousands of Democrats in NY who had their party affiliation mysteriously switched.

I had to laugh (albeit with no true humour and all due bitterness) whenever I saw pundits bemoan the fact that a "moderate" Republican was not going to be an option in the 2016 general election, as there assuredly will be one, HRC. I have railed for years on the sham 2 party system of the US, and have enjoyed living in a proportional representation democratic socialist nation (Sweden) for a decade plus, but will soon be back in the States due to business reasons. I cannot say I am enthused.

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And flipping votes on machines. bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #1
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Wonderful algorithms. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #4
Thanks for posting! N/t Helga Scow Stern Apr 2016 #5
I have watched in horror since 2000 at voter suppression and outright election fraud becoming AntiBank Apr 2016 #6
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