GAO Will Probe Voting Irregularities
/Congress' investigative agency, responding to
complaints from around the country, has begun to look into the Nov. 2
vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and
malfunctions of voting machines. The presidential results won't change,
but the studies could lead to changes. The Government Accountability
Office usually begins investigations in response to specific requests
from Congress, but the agency's head, Comptroller General David Walker,
said the GAO acted on its own because of the many comments it received
about ballot counting. GAO officials said the investigation was not
triggered by a request from several House Democrats, who wrote the
agency this month seeking an investigation. The effort, led by senior
Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers of Michigan, was not joined
by any Republicans. Walker said in a statement that some of the
election work is under way. The probe will cover voter registration,
voting machine problems and handling of provisional ballots, which were
given to voters who said they were eligible to cast votes although
their names were not on the rolls. He cautioned that the GAO cannot
enforce the law if voting irregularities are found, noting that state
officials regulate elections and the Justice Department prosecutes
voting rights violations and election fraud. [more] and [more]
How was this done? Simple...
Vote suppression/voter intimidation and deception. Shortages of voting locations and ballot forms. Foreign monitors barred from polls. Unmatched exit polls/actual results - actual results always skewed to Republicans. Masses of e-Voting "glitches". Computers lost votes. Presidential votes miscast on e-Voting machines throughout the US. More recorded votes than voters. Republicans gained 128.45% in Florida counties using optical scan voting machines while Democrats lost 21% - some districts showed gains of over 400% while one, Liberty County, gained over 700% for Republicans.Warren County officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns. Bush had 'incredible' vote tallies. 7% turnout reported in Cleveland precinct. In Cuyahoga County different towns had the exact same number of "extra" votes. And on, and on...[more]
- Voter suppression efforts mired election [more]
How was this done? Simple...
Vote suppression/voter intimidation and deception. Shortages of voting locations and ballot forms. Foreign monitors barred from polls. Unmatched exit polls/actual results - actual results always skewed to Republicans. Masses of e-Voting "glitches". Computers lost votes. Presidential votes miscast on e-Voting machines throughout the US. More recorded votes than voters. Republicans gained 128.45% in Florida counties using optical scan voting machines while Democrats lost 21% - some districts showed gains of over 400% while one, Liberty County, gained over 700% for Republicans.Warren County officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns. Bush had 'incredible' vote tallies. 7% turnout reported in Cleveland precinct. In Cuyahoga County different towns had the exact same number of "extra" votes. And on, and on...[more]
