Reply #6: Yes, exactly. And that's probably just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

[Nothing Without Hope]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x786054
thread title (3-29-06 GD): New Electronic Voter Registration Database Rejects 43% in LA County Alone!
BradBlog post on the outrageous voter registration dumping by Diebold-written software in California. They also supply this software in Ohio. Excerpt: “DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING: New Electronic Voter Registration Database Rejects 43% of New Los Angeles Voter Applications! 26% Rejected State-Wide in California! Applications That Don't Match EXACTLY With DMV Records are Automatically Dumped by New System! California's League of Women Voters Sends Letter of Objection to Secretary of State….”

We of course must banish the electronic black boxes. But that's only PART of the fight that has to be won to get back democracy in this country. All too few people are aware that the magnitude and pervasiveness of silent voter registration purging has derailed democracy too. The Bushie cabal had fall-back plans built into place for the 2004 election, any one of which would have been enough to steal the election. And did.

And then there was FLorida in 2000...