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To: Ooh-Ah

Will someone please inform this U.S. Senator that we don't live in a democracy.


8 posted on 01/08/2005 10:30:51 PM PST by Banjoguy ("The business of the Church is business"......)
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To: Banjoguy
Will someone please inform this U.S. Senator that we don't live in a democracy.

Yeah, yeah, everyone knows that we live in a representative republic where laws are decided by representatives, not by the citizens themselves. Still, it is critical that those citizens are able to exercise the right to vote that the Constitution guarantees them.

Two months after the election, it would likely take proof of widespread, centrally-planned voter fraud for any serious discussion of challenging the result. Even if that did occur (which seems very unlikely), it could likely never be proved. However, there is no reason why we should not decrease the possibility for fraud in the next election. For one thing, nobody should have to stand in line for over an hour to vote. Many working people simply cannot afford to stand in line that long (and likely did not). This opens the door for partisan election officials to purposely manufacture such waits.

In addition, something needs to be done to create a paper trail or otherwise validate electronic voting. Stuffing a ballot box in the old days required thousands of paper ballots. Doing so on an electronic voting machine requires one to simply change a few bits.

33 posted on 01/09/2005 2:28:54 AM PST by remember
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