In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Dade, Where's My Vote?
We are witnessing the end of democracy in America. That this isn't a banner in 96 pt. type on p. A1 instead of a puny editorial in the back of the paper is worse than a national disgrace, it foretells that the United States has fallen into the hands of a tyrant, its fundamental institutions smashed. When you destroy civil liberties and take away the right to vote, you have a dictatorship -- let's not mince words. Eye rollers? Roll your eyes at Florida, then roll them at November. I always said that Bush looks like he knows something that we don't. He is the Cat. You and I are the Canary, and we were swallowed four years ago.
Millions of Florida voters will cast ballots this November on electronic voting machines that do not produce paper records. State election officials have insisted that the machines have safeguards to ensure that votes are accurately recorded and counted, including a computerized audit function. Recently, however, Miami-Dade County officials admitted that almost all of the audit records from a disputed 2002 primary had been accidentally destroyed.
This spring, the audit function malfunctioned in some electronic voting machines.
Voters cannot be expected to trust computerized voting machines with such serious flaws. Nor should they have to tolerate public officials who withhold critical information until they are asked the right question, or forced to tell the truth by a court. Voters are learning of the loss of audit data in Florida only now because a citizens' group fought to get the information. Similarly, Florida election officials fought the release of their list of felons to be purged from voting rolls this year. When a court made the list public, it was found to be so riddled with errors that the state was forced to scrap it.
Florida's secretary of state, Glenda Hood, has insisted that the voting technology is thoroughly reliable and that the critics are simply stirring up trouble.
Why aren't federal officers arresting these people? Florida election officials, its secretary of state, and its governor are breaking the law. They have disenfranchised tens of thousands of voters and have so far successfully sabotaged two elections, and are fully prepared to do it again -- and will. Why aren't they in prison? Why isn't the entire country demanding that they be removed from office and prosecuted, right this minute? Why is Florida getting away with this? Who gave Bush the right to disappear my vote? Make that your vote.
Have a nice "election."
- Michael 8:50 AM - [PermaLink] -
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