Election Votes.. Concerns about Voter Outcome in Florida

The data below is disturbing. Touch screen machines are used in 15 of the 67 counties in the state of Florida. The remaining 52 counties all use optical scans of paper ballots. All counties for each of these types of systems have similar demographics when it comes to registered voters. Note that there is a similar proportion of voters along party lines.

George Bush had won Florida by roughly a half a million votes. With such an overwhelming lead, one would expect this to occur more or less uniformly across the state. However, it does not. The data shown (see the table below) that counties using touch screen voting machines were all won by Kerry and counties using optical scanned paper ballots were essentially all won by Bush. Now how could the voting machine type be a better predictor of aggregate election results of each county by county than all the pollsters, news media, and just about everybody else?

We shall be posting a more in-depth discussion on this soon. Watch for details.

News Flash.. The Stories We Heard from Ohio Voters

The voters we were speaking to were largely democratic supporters. We will not be surprised if there were many more questionable practices like this.

Please go to the link for Election Day to view some of the images taken on November 2nd.

VOTER BILL OF RIGHTS.. You have the following Rights

Know Your Rights | Exercise Your Right to Vote

Voting is the most direct way for you to affect your government - don't let anyone deprive you of this precious right! Read through the list below and be aware of your rights before you go to the polls, and use the information below if you encounter any harassment or intimidation.

Here are your rights: You are entitled to vote without being harassed or intimidated by anyone. Bring personal identification with you to the polls (driver's license, government ID, bank statement or utility bill). If you forget your ID, you can still vote. (In some states, all you need to do is sign an affidavit. In others, you can vote by provisional ballot.) If records show you have moved, you can vote by signing an address confirmation. If you are in line at the polling place before the polls close, you can vote. You have the right to receive a demonstration of voting equipment before voting. If you are disabled or are over the age of 65, you have the right to an accessible polling place and help in voting. If anyone challenges your right to vote : Talk to the Voting Rights attorney at your polling place. Ask for the name of the person who is denying you the right to vote and write it down. Ask to talk to a supervisor and lodge a complaint.

The only true democracy is where no one is denied the right to a voice,
and everyone exercises that right by voting!

Read about these rights for yourself.
State by state information on EARLY VOTING.

USA4Kerry.. Beginnings

• There is the blatant erosion of the Freedom of Information Act where so many changes are cloaked behind veils of secrecy that protect special interests, and not national security.

• President Bush heavily engages in "recess appointments" and has shown reckless disregard for the purpose this privilege was originally intended. Ordinarily, recess appointments are only supposed to be invoked by executive order in situations of national emergency and bypass the requirement for congressional approval. So while congress was not in session, and the democratic national convention was underway, the Bush Administration approved 20 appointments without the consent of congress.

  Try doing some research on the Internet to see how may recess appointments he's invoked since he began office. You'll be amazed at how many he's racked up!

• The current administration is opting out of required, preplanned, and pre-approved and budgeted servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. Instead of the critically needed servicing, the Administration is electing to engage in an entirely different kind of mission; one that's essentially a demolition crew to purposely allow the Hubble Telescope to fail (when thermal coolant runs out, the epoxy resin that keeps the optical elements in alignment and maintains the scope's structural integrity is damaged beyond repair). When this coolant runs out, some time in the next two to three years the Hubble Telescope will be unrepairable. The NASA mission currently on the table is to dump the telescope into the oceans.

  We're talking about our eyes to the Universe! This is arguably the worlds most effective and successful scientific instrument ever created in human civilization. Many billions of dollars were invested into making this work. Needlessly compromising the Hubble Space Telescope will cripple a great part of scientific research and education for decades to come (there is no immediate replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope)!

• The government under Bush's direction is doing all it can on Homeland Security. However, they're going around saying that they are taking the needed steps to protect the public. But are they?

  The attention given to passengers traveling through the airports is certainly visible.

  What about air cargo? It doesn't even require a terrorist on board. All you need is a package hidden in a pallet that explodes. There's quite literally no inspection of packages, nor adequate supervision of loading.

  So what happens when an incident occurs over a densely populated area?

• The Bush Administration has dropped the ball on other things like, health care, the budget deficit, social security, energy independence; the list is literally endless.

Where do we go from here?

• getting voters informed and registered
• fundraising
• getting everyone out to vote on November 2nd

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• Kerry Fundraising: find the Kerry fundraising events in your neighborhood
  

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