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freedomfries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:01 PM
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GD post: : 89% believe Election Fraud Should be Our #1 Issue on Kos
Do you believe that election fraud by the GOP...

is a myth 8 votes - 1 %
happens sometimes, but the Dems do it too 20 votes - 4 %
isn't widespread enough to change national election results 15 votes - 3 %
stole the '04 election and will steal '06 and '08 if we don't do something about it

383 votes - 89 %

426 Total Votes
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/25/10338/456

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vonslagle Donating Member (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:10 PM
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1. No Surprise
Daily Kos readers are more intelligent more educated, and less influenced by the lies from the Reicht Wing media.
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:24 PM
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3. Too bad Kos himself isn't, at least not when it come to this issue! nt
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:16 PM
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2. But 90% of voters are very or somewhat confident that their
vote will be counted.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html

about 2/3rds the way down.

The biggest challenge for election reform is getting people to think it is important. Most don't.
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SoFlaJet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:32 PM
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4. nuthin' else matters
nothing is more important for the future of the country IMO anyway
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 03:43 PM
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5. I am not doubting that. I am just saying what the challenges are.
People around DU complain about Dems not standing up for election reform, as if it is something that everyone in America wants. It's just not true.

I always keep this in mind when I am talking to someone about election reform. Chances are that they will see any talks of "stolen elections" as tinfoil hattery, so I try to give the info in a polite, non-Bush bashing manner. It has worked well so far.
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SoFlaJet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 04:20 PM
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6. skip
when you live in Florida and walk into a precinct in 2000 to find your name had been taken off the rolls and there are "operatives"trying to "help" you out,you understand the situation perfectly----on note; that person I was talking about was me
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 04:41 PM
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7. Amen! Finally! We are hostages if we don't make it number 1. We
cannot help the veterans, the uninsured, the rights deprived, anyone if we don't have the ability to remove an incumbent or vote against a new candidate. We must have our vote. We promised it to our children. I was promised a vote.

We can't have our vote privatized - which it is now - with:

. Republican owned hardware and software.
.Republican owned technicians - some from Israel and Russie as reported.
. Republicn netowrks who pay for and own exit polling data which they can manipulate any which way they want (in collusion).
. Republican ownd media which ridicules and insults anyone who says the vote is fixed and puts fear into the voices of many of our leaders silencing them, intimidating them; except for Conyers and a few others who have done something about it that is worthwhile.
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freedomfries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 05:06 PM
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8. good points higher class!
Partisan privatization of public elections is turning the most sacred act of democracy into a travesty!
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freedomfries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-05 05:23 PM
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9. now 553 out of 612 participants call it
#1 issue for 2006 & 2008!
This is quite a stunning result for a site that has banned all discussion of elections results from its midst!
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