Unneeded Votes
The New York Times – yes, occasionally, even I find myself forced to consult Pravda on the Hudson – reports today that in the city of New York the election board has turned up 195,055 votes that were not available on election night. That is 17% of the total number of votes recorded, and the new votes shifted the Working Families Party, sponsored by your friends at ACORN and the Service Employees International Union, from fifth into fourth place on future ballots.
“Unbelievable,” said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, in response to the significant number of votes cast last month that were not discovered until this week.
Yes, indeed, unbelievable. Evidently, for a time, the Tea-Party movement had them worried, and they took precautions.
For those who still think The New York Times indispensable, I can only add that the discovery of nearly 200,00 uncounted votes a month after the election was reported without even the slightest hint of irony. Who'd have thunk it!
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Jul '10
Re: Unneeded Votes
Looks like another interesting area for a House investigation. So much fraud and abuse, so little time.
Jun '10
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I find all this unbelievable. I've worked all kinds of elections in Canada at all government levels, and given the audit trail that is in place at the polls here, I am dumbfounded by these shenanigans. What the hell is wrong with US politics that after two hundred years of practice this sort of thing can happen. Clearly, lots of people involved with the electoral process in the US have to spend time contemplating the benefits of democracy from a jail cell.
May '10
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Could this be a winning issue in the next election? Serious election reform.
American elections are approaching a state in which they become the laughing stock of the world. (Elections in Japan are a zillion times more reliable and honest.)
Seems to me the Tea Party could get into it too. Is there a single American in the range from a little left of center to the far right who would disagree?
May '10
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That this could happen and that there is no huge public outcry for a fullfledged investigation, says a lot about us - none of it good.