Short-Circuiting the Vote

My problem especially with this election...is that in a way it doesn't stand up to everything we are told as an American. We are told and even Obama said that every vote counts and is important. But I can tell you that that is not necessarily how some people felt. The election was called before some states had even closed their voting. Basically telling them that THEIR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER OR COUNT. So they just walked away. Didn't matter who their vote was for, their vote still didn't matter.

Feels like a big lie.....I'm not the only one that feels that way.

WITH INSURMOUNTABLE LEADS IN ALL THE POLLS, THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER WHO WILL WIN, BUT HOW BIG OF A LANDSLIDE OBAMA WILL WIN BY: 90%? 80%? 70%? HENCE, IT CAN ALREADY BE DECLARED THAT OUR SAVIOR, BARACK OBAMA, HAS WON AND WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF OUR NEW OBAMACA NATION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SMITED THE UNBELIEVERS AND OPENED THE ONE AND ONLY GATE TO HEAVEN. GOD BLESS US, GOD BLESS US ALL.

THE ONLY THING LEFT IS FOR MCCAIN TO DROP DEAD OR CONCEDE ALREADY. WE HAVE WON FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE WORLD!

Why are we being besieged with information like this in virtually all U.S. media outlets . . . THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY, when nothing can be done about it? When we fix the voting machine problem, let's fix the U.S. Media problem while we're at it. They screwed up the Iraq War coverage with their belated eurekas and now their aggravating the voting problem with yet another belated eureka and disclosure scenario. I have serious doubts as to whether this society has any learning curve whatsoever. This moron Newsweek login gauntlet for airing views can't even remember my Username and Password. It's imbeciles everywhere you look.

Man am I glad it will be over tonight. I can't stand to hear you right wing nutjobs fear mongering or the Obama change mantra anymore. Hopefully it will be a landslide so that there is no question about its validity and everyone to shut the hell up!!!

If the outcome of the general election agrees with the polls' prediction, Obama will be the biggest benefactor of the recent economic meltdown. He was able to gain big lead by placing all the blame to the lack of regulation by W. Bush and McCain. In many of Obama's speeches, he never mention the notorious subprime loans as the root cause of the mess, which resulted in trillion dollars worth of bad loans in the financial system. The fact is: there is a long history of subprime lending as a part of government sponsored welfare system, i.e. the great society programs by LBJ , Community Reinvestment act, Clinton's cabinet member push for less restriction on subprime loans, ACORN served as an enforcer of subprime loans, fannie and freddie are all more Demorcratic than Republic favoured

I think that whichever candidate wins this election, global poverty needs to be one of the top issues on the agenda that he has. According to The Borgen Project:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget.

Could you tell me what is so "flawed" about lever machines? They are simple, hard to make errors on, and it's easy to verify that they are recording correctly. The biggest problem is that the votes are tallied immediately, so you can't remove any or trace them back later.

I also don't see why it's taken so long for people to realize that printing out a receipt in no way guarantees the accuracy of vote tallies on electronic machines. Anyone who knows anything about programming should realize that what is printed on the receipt can easily be different from what is recorded internally. Let's all go with paper ballots, and optical scanners if you want a quick tally.

I am one of millions of Americans who believe the last two presidential elections were stolen.
It could very well happen this time again.
How many times can we watch our country be stolen away from us before we lose our composure?

Funny how, despite Pennsylvania being such an important race, Newsweek took down their story on it yesterday after Obama's comments about his plan to bankrupt the Coal Industry surfaced.

What we have to do is INCORPORATE the WHOLE DAMN GOVERNMENT. America2inc.com Take Stock In America 2.0, Inc.

It's with utter amazement to see how the USA votes for a president. It's no wonder that the standing of the USA in the world has been crumbling away. Apart from the total disrespect the Gop and its candidates have for their own countrymen and the Rovian scare tactics they apply to their subjects makes Guantanomo bay no surprise. Most of the Americans still do not understand how the global village is interlinked and still believe they can cry out my country first and hang on to the outdated principle of patriotism, which forms the stumbling block to solve most of the world's crisis. The level of superficial and abstract references republicans are voicing day in day out with abstract slogans like low or no taxes has not only lead to trillions of deficit but have been false promises by their candicates in every election since world war II. The total disrespect they show for their own people by choosing governor Palin as VP is really amazing and just her little over excited schooltrip wave shouldn't deserve any respect by the world.. The USA, socalled the most dominant and modern power on this earth, that militarily intervenes right around the world does not seem able to organize an efficient and unified voting system for its country. No wonder Bush was elected in a most shameful way and there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. And now after eight years beating around the bush we see people who have to endure two to ten hours waiting time to vote and must either be designed to drive people into total apathy for the political process or discourage making the trip to the booth. It's an utter shame and unacceptable and the world must be frowning and wondering why should this country dictate us on morals and democracy while it cannot organise a simple voting system in nowadays technology. It appears that 50 different countries are voting while the rest of the world holds its breath whether this archaic system delivers another proud military man to lead the world into other battles because he claims that he has been tested. But the total negative nonsense he delivers either shows he suffers from selective amnesia or he lost his factchecker notes. Maybe they should have debates with candidates connected to lie detectors so the people can rest assured that while they are wiping away the tears with the flag they can trust their emotional choice. No wonder every speech of an American president finishes with the expression may God bless America. Surely the GOP isn't going to steal another election. Maybe I should pray too.

Rudy Heep

It's with utter amazement to see how the USA votes for a president. It's no wonder that the standing of the USA in the world has been crumbling away. Apart from the total disrespect the Gop and its candidates have for their own countrymen and the Rovian scare tactics they apply to their subjects makes Guantanomo bay no surprise. Most of the Americans still do not understand how the global village is interlinked and still believe they can cry out my country first and hang on to the outdated principle of patriotism, which forms the stumbling block to solve most of the world's crisis. The level of superficial and abstract references republicans are voicing day in day out with abstract slogans like low or no taxes has not only lead to trillions of deficit but have been false promises by their candicates in every election since world war II. The total disrespect they show for their own people by choosing governor Palin as VP is really amazing and just her little over excited schooltrip wave shouldn't deserve any respect by the world.. The USA, socalled the most dominant and modern power on this earth, that militarily intervenes right around the world does not seem able to organize an efficient and unified voting system for its country. No wonder Bush was elected in a most shameful way and there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. And now after eight years beating around the bush we see people who have to endure two to ten hours waiting time to vote and must either be designed to drive people into total apathy for the political process or discourage making the trip to the booth. It's an utter shame and unacceptable and the world must be frowning and wondering why should this country dictate us on morals and democracy while it cannot organise a simple voting system in nowadays technology. It appears that 50 different countries are voting while the rest of the world holds its breath whether this archaic system delivers another proud military man to lead the world into other battles because he claims that he has been tested. But the total negative nonsense he delivers either shows he suffers from selective amnesia or he lost his factchecker notes. Maybe they should have debates with candidates connected to lie detectors so the people can rest assured that while they are wiping away the tears with the flag they can trust their emotional choice. No wonder every speech of an American president finishes with the expression may God bless America. Surely the GOP isn't going to steal another election. Maybe I should pray too.

Rudy Heep

Democracy is best served by a #2 pencil and a paper ballot.

More and more disturbing stuff on Obama's past and his real intentions are just starting to surface.

As I predicted over a year ago ..... Obama is a big fraud and America is being duped !!

Please, please, please consider following Oregon's lead and switch the nation to vote by mail paper ballots. A month before the election, the booklets arrive. You have the chance to see who's running and what proposals are offered. See what they have to say for themselves and what arguments, pro and con are offered for the various propositions. Two weeks later, the ballots arrive. You have time to read everything, talk it over, and make your mark. You put it in the envelope, sign it, and either drop it off at the election board office or public library or stick a stamp on it.
If you don't get your ballot in a timely fashion, you have time to call the Board or drop by the local office and get your registration straightened out. Yes, you have to prove you are a legal voter and show proof of residency.
I was a poll worker in Maryland before moving here, and this is so much better. No muss, no fuss, no waiting in line, no having to make last-minute decisions based on partial information and guesswork. No missed day at work.
Start a petition! Email your Senator! Go Ducks!

Premier Election Systems - formerly Diebold Election Systems - makes the machines that service 80% of American voters, many of them fully electronic and exposed to the open Internet.

These electronic machines use databases that even I could hack - so could anyone with enough experience in Windows programming.

Demand a paper ballot if you can.