More consipracy theories from nutty media:
A brief guide to electoral fraud for the busy despot
THE only poll that counts, supposedly, is election day. But for the sophisticated vote-rigger that is terrible advice. Election day is too late. If you go around beating up your opponents' voters, stuffing ballot boxes and making up results, someone somewhere is bound to complain. All those foreign busybodies will take you to task. It enrages the crowd and it dents your reputation.
It is also unnecessary. If you set about rigging the vote well in advance (see article), you can have an election that looks all right on the outside but guarantees the result you want. And nobody will be able to object. The secret is to obey the rules—having first written them yourself.
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For the first time in 6 years, computerized election theft is being a covered by a major American print publication. The November issue of Harper's Magazine features a cover story that relates some of the history, tells stories, and describes the extent to which American elections are being systematically shifted to the Right. Modern voting systems are completely un-verified and un-verifiable. Millions of votes can be shifted from a central location by modifying the software that reports the count. This alone is insane. But it is also true that most voting equipment is manufactured by companies that have deep Republican ties, and are controlled by people with criminal pasts. This is not just a potential danger. There are stories and lots of statistics to indicate that every Federal election of this century has been shifted to the right, and that corruption is entrenched and centralized.
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Boycott the vote! It only legitimizes the illegitimate...
Where should Occupy go next? Civil Disobedience in the footsteps of Thoreau and Gandhi!
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