Political Parties: Build a Paper Ballot Platform Plank

Dan Ashby — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:32:22 -0400

Page Contents:
* Downloadable PDF Flyer
* Intro by Dale Axelrod
* Paper Ballot Plank Contacts and Links
* Press Release
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Intro to the Paper Ballot Platform Plank campaign by Dale Axelrod

Election integrity activists at the California State Democratic Party Convention this spring succeeded in passing an amendment to the State party platform striking the words "paper trail" and substituting instead "a paper ballot as the ballot of record."

This is a very important distinction that MUST be put into every NATIONAL Party Platform for 2008. Only with a tangible, paper ballot can a voter have confidence that there is something to count.

We now urge concerned members of all politically affiliated organizations (local clubs, county central committees, etc.) and especially those participating in Obama campaign "Listening to America" platform meetings July 19 through 27,
to push for adoption of a Paper Ballot Plank in the national party platforms:

“Be it resolved that we shall demand, actively work for, and support reliable, fraud-free elections by requiring that all voting systems shall provide a paper ballot, marked and verified by the voter, as the ballot of record.”

CLICK HERE to download and distribute the Paper Ballot Platform Plank Flyer

CONTACTS and LINKS:

For more information on this MULTI-PARTISAN appeal TO DEMAND transparent election standards:

Campaign Updates: http://www.PaperBallot.info
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Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny: Part 1

Michael Collins — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:21:11 -0400

Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny: Part 1

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Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny - Part 2

Michael Collins — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:56 -0400

Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny - Part 2

From image: "I can't believe you morons actually buy this sh..."
They don't. They're just following the script. That's why Miller calls them
"the servile press." Banksy

"Loser Taker All: Election Fraud and The
Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008"
Edited by Mark Crispin Miller
Ig Publishing

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Election Officials May Face Criminal Charges: OEJC Files in Federal Court

Stephen Caruso — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:12:21 -0400

Columbus, Ohio, PRWEB, July 11 -- Eight members of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign filed papers on Thursday in United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, asking Hon. Judge Algenon Marbley to begin criminal contempt proceedings for the destruction of ballots from the November 2004 election.

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) submitted over 1000 pages of supporting documents.

In the case before Judge Marbley, King Lincoln, et al. v. Brunner, et al., Civ. No. C2 06 745 (S.D. Ohio), the judge had issued specific orders directing Ohio's 88 county boards of election to preserve all ballots from the election until a decision was rendered in the case.

At least 56 county boards assert they have destroyed some ballots from 2004; seven counties assert they have destroyed all ballots.

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Ballot Evidence of Election Tampering to Be Destroyed

Dan Ashby — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:09:41 -0400

REPORTERS: Links and attachments from this page provide original source documents on the RTA election ballot tampering story, including:

* Ballot destruction memo
* Sworn affidavit re: ballot tampering*
* Background facts on the RTA election*
* Pima County election integrity lawsuit

The lawsuit resulted in a court-ordered release of Pima County election database records (the computerized record of votes) corresponding to the actual paper ballots, about to be destroyed.

Scroll down for Press Release, Ballot Destruction Memo, and Affidavit attesting to confession of election fixing in the RTA election by an elections department employee at the direction of senior county officials.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2008

Contact:
Bill Risner, Esq. / AUDITAZ
520- 622-7494

EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY

SWORN TESTIMONY OF CONFESSION OF TAMPERING

Where: Valdez Main Library Downtown, downstairs meeting room

When: July 9, 2008,

Time: 1:30 p.m. promptly

New information about the planned destruction of the actual paper ballots from the RTA (Regional

Transportation Authority) and tax increase election has come to light this week. These ballots are

scheduled for destruction by Pima County Treasurer Beth Ford unless immediate action is taken by

Attorney General Terry Goddard’s office to preserve this important evidence.

Up to this point, the so-called investigation by Attorney General Goddard’s office has been generally

described by election integrity groups as “a sham.”

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Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation

JonathanSimon — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:31:08 -0400

Published by EDA, May 21, 2008.
Click to download a PDF copy of this article.

The Democratic Primaries 2008:
Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation

By Jonathan Simon and Bruce O’Dell, Election Defense Alliance

Summary Statement

We present evidence supporting the hypothesis that systematic attempts are being made to manipulate the results of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination contest, through overt means such as crossover voting by non-Democrats, and through covert means targeted at the electronic vote tabulation process itself. The net effect has been to prolong the nomination battle and sharpen its negativity, thereby boosting the prospects of the Republican nominee and making more plausible his “victory” in November—either by an honest count, or through continued exploitation of the proven security vulnerabilities in American voting systems.

Introduction

Perhaps John McCain is, as Humphrey Bogart says of the young Bulgarian who wins the money for his family’s exit visa at the roulette table in Casablanca, “just a lucky guy.” Lucky that the Democrats find themselves locked into a protracted primary season inexorable in its dynamics and increasingly destructive in its impact. Lucky that Hillary Clinton has been magically revived each time she has found herself on electoral life support, to assume a position just far enough behind Barack Obama to be induced to resort to desperate measures and increasingly-negative ads, yet not so far behind as to be forced to bow out. Lucky that dynamics ostensibly out of McCain's control have combined to give him such material assistance.

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AZ Judge Orders Release of Past and Future E-Vote Databases

Dan Ashby — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:36:11 -0400

"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED granting Plaintiff's Motion for Disclosure of All Election Data Files, including future elections, which disclosure shall be made no later than the recording of the official canvass and the declaration of election results."
-- Judge Michael Miller, Arizona Superior Court, Pima County, May 23, 2008
SIGNIFICANCE of RULING, IN BRIEF:

* All of Pima County's Diebold election database files going back to 1998 are to be released to the public.

* Database files in future elections are to be made available as soon as Pima County announces the official canvass results (no sooner than 6 days, or later than 20 days, following an election.)

* The ruling appears to require Pima County to be prepared to release the complete election database on CD/DVDs immediately coincident with the final canvass announcement.

* Release of final canvass results begins the 5-day period during which any election challenge must be initiated, as prescribed in Arizona state election law.

* The E-voting machine databases contain crucial direct evidence necessary to challenge suspect election results.

* The Pima County release order is the most far-reaching electronic voting database disclosure yet obtained in the nation. The only prior precedent was a one-time release of the 2004 election database for the state of Alaska, obtained by the Alaska Democratic Party.

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In-Depth LINKS
News Article and Case History
The Court Ruling

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Joint Legislative Panel Hears of Widespread Failures in CA Primary

Dan Ashby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:59:18 -0400

In response to widespread election breakdowns across California during the February 5th Primary Election, an unprecedented Joint Legislative Hearing heard testimony for more than five hours in Los Angeles Friday, March 7 concerning error-ridden voter registration rolls blocking eligible voters from voting, shortages of provisional ballots disenfranchising thousands, lax or nonexistenct ballot custody measures, and most notoriously, a completely avoidable, known ballot design issue that ended up voiding the candidate choices of 12,000 voters.

VIDEO: Tom Courbat, director of Save R Vote (and also EDA Coordinator for Election Monitoring) addressed the Joint Legislative hearing in Los Angeles, March 7, about problems he observed in Riverside County in the Feb. 5 primary election.

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Let the People Count

Dan Ashby — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:09:52 -0500

Had Enough of "Faith-Based" Elections Entrusted to a Corporate Machine?

Tell Congress and the Media You Want Paper Ballots Counted By Hand in The Precincts

Click Here for a quick, one-click way to write
your U.S. Senators, your Representative, and your regional newspaper all at once.

We provide a sample letter you can adapt to make your own. Copy, paste, alter, and add what you want to say.

Click here to Act

When you're done, you can click a link to see the messages other citizens have sent.

Want to do more?

Volunteer to hand-count ballots in your local precinct: Click here to Join the I Count Corps

Fingerprints Of Election Theft

JonathanSimon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:31:11 -0400

Fingerprints Of Election Theft: Were Competitive Contests Targeted?

Comparison Between Exit Poll and Vote Count Disparities in Competitive vs. Noncompetitive Contests in Election 2006

Jonathan Simon, JD, Bruce O’Dell, Dale Tavris, PhD, Josh Mitteldorf, PhD¹

Election Defense Alliance

Abstract

In this report, we describe results from a telephone poll conducted the night of the national election of November, 2006. The poll methodology was explicitly designed to detect partisan manipulation of the vote count, and to separate evidence for manipulation from poll sampling bias. Our premise was that politically motivated tampering would target races that were projected to be competitive, while the perpetrators would be less motivated to interfere in races that were not projected to be close. Designing our poll to be maximally sensitive to such a pattern, we selected 16 counties around the country where, of the three most prominent races (Governor, Senator or US House), there was at least one competitive contest and one noncompetitive contest. In our study, the responses of the same group of respondents were compared to official election results for pairs of races, one competitive and one noncompetitive. We used paired data analysis to compare discrepancies between poll and official count for these matched pairs. Our results revealed much larger discrepancies in competitive than in noncompetitive races (p<0.007), suggesting manipulation that consistently favored Republican candidates. We also found a linear relationship between the size of the pro-Republican disparity and the tightness of the election (p<0.000022). These results corroborate analyses published elsewhere, also suggesting significant vote manipulation in favor of Republican candidates in the November, 2006 election.

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Political Parties: Build a Paper Ballot Platform Plank

CONTACTS and LINKS:

Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny: Part 1

Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny - Part 2

Election Officials May Face Criminal Charges: OEJC Files in Federal Court

Ballot Evidence of Election Tampering to Be Destroyed

EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY SWORN TESTIMONY OF CONFESSION OF TAMPERING

Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation

The Democratic Primaries 2008: Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation

Summary Statement

Introduction

AZ Judge Orders Release of Past and Future E-Vote Databases

Joint Legislative Panel Hears of Widespread Failures in CA Primary

Let the People Count

Had Enough of "Faith-Based" Elections Entrusted to a Corporate Machine?

Tell Congress and the Media You Want Paper Ballots Counted By Hand in The Precincts

Want to do more?

Fingerprints Of Election Theft

Fingerprints Of Election Theft: Were Competitive Contests Targeted?

Abstract

EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY

SWORN TESTIMONY OF CONFESSION OF TAMPERING

The Democratic Primaries 2008:
Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation