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Was it not Stalin who taught

jollyroger — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:52:44 +0000

In reply to I mentioned after I voted in

Was it not Stalin who taught us "Who votes doesn't matter. What matters is who counts the votes..."?

as far as I know it's legal.

jollyroger — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:51:39 +0000

In reply to Btw, just to be clear, I

as far as I know it's legal. also odious.

Btw, just to be clear, I

Verified Atheist — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:35:23 +0000

In reply to vote caging--the systematic

Btw, just to be clear, I wasn't asserting that it was legal, merely assuming (pessimistically) that it is legal. I would gladly welcome a correction if it is not so.

I mentioned after I voted in

CVille Dem — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 03:42:58 +0000

In reply to vote caging--the systematic

I mentioned after I voted in the last presidential election that once I pushed the final button I never saw the red light showing that my vote had gone through. When I reported this to the "official" I was told that it "had to have been right,". I was glad that Obama won although I always wondered if it was without my help.

Next election I won't be heading off to work and I can stare anyone down for as long as it takes. ...it shouldn't be that way.

vote caging--the systematic

jollyroger — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 23:49:03 +0000

In reply to Other than it being legal, is

vote caging--the systematic challenging if legitimate voters,may be legal but it shouldn't be

I'm not sure about what mechanism is being obscured (there's always the classic loss of cases full of ballots...) but the numbers as they unfold are beyond suspicious.

Other than it being legal, is

Verified Atheist — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:53:29 +0000

In reply to Your analysis has the virtue

Other than it being legal, is there that big of a difference between the systemic voter ID challenges and voter fraud? Riffing off your idea, I think that rather than them not wanting illegal voter fraud to be covered by the news, they don't want the legal voter fraud posing as systemic voter ID challenges to be covered by the news.

Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention.

Your analysis has the virtue

jollyroger — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:42:54 +0000

In reply to As a Virginian, I am just

Your analysis has the virtue of conforming to Occam's razor (the simplest explanation prevails absent incompatible evidence) and was also mine at first.

But the very close outcome and the dramatic shift makes me wonder...I'm pretty sure that there is a typical pattern in recounts, and having the new count come in skewed this much makes me wonder about what mibht be the mechanics of an initial count that could produce such a one-sided crop of errors...

As a Virginian, I am just

CVille Dem — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:35:16 +0000

In reply to Va. Attorney General race recount aborted--attempted theft by fraud exposed.

As a Virginian, I am just relieved!!!! What I heard was that the votes that were counted first were disputed ones. I don't know what made them disputed -- was it a lack of ID? We have to show them here, but it has been that way for so long most people know it already. Anyway, it was abundantly clear that Obenshain was not gaining ANY and Herring was gaining plenty.

You may be right, but frankly I think Obenshain just didn't want to lose by more than the official (original) count. So as it is, and by the book, he lost by less than 200. Less embarrassing. I may be wrong though -- if I'm right it's the first time I've seen a Republican capable of embarrassment.