Actionable Fraud

Here's a terrific post at Kos about the recent election fraud. Not only is there a precedent for dealing with it (other than shrugging shoulders and walking away, as our two most recent nominees have done), but it's pretty clear, when all the shenanigans are put down in one place, that there was actionable fraud on the part of the Republicans in the most recent election, just as there was in 2000.



I'm not laboring under the delusion that we'll be able to do anything about what just occurred. But if we want to assume that there will be another presidential election in 2008 (and I'm not convinced there will be), we need to fix this NOW. They must NOT be allowed to steal another one.

So to all those who demand absolute proof, I once again state that absolute proof of fraud (or a smoking gun) is not needed at this point in the proceedings. However, for those who still want to hear about some quite definitive fraud, please consider the following:



(1) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they have counted all ballots, when they have in fact tossed huge batches of ballots in the trash canisters, then that is actionable fraud.



(2) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they have counted all ballots, when they have in fact loaded huge batches of ballots in the back of a pickup truck that just happens to have a pro-Bush sticker on it, then that is actionable fraud.



(3) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they have turned over all official voting tallies, when they have in fact tossed some official vote tallies that they said didn't exist into trash containers, then that is actionable fraud.



(4) That when voting officials state that they have turned over all official records pursuant to an appropriate Freedom of Information Request (FOIR), when they have in fact not done so, then that is actionable fraud.



(5) That when voting officials secret or destroy public voting records in order to conceal it from the public, then that is actionable fraud.



(6) That when voting officials dissemble anything of significant import concerning an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(7) That when voting officials intentionally give the voting public wrong information about who can or cannot vote in an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(8) That when voting officials intentionally give the voting public wrong information concerning where a person can or cannot vote, then that is actionable fraud.



(9) That when voting officials intentionally give the voting public wrong information about who can or cannot register to vote in an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(10) That when individuals, under the color of authority, accept voter registrations from members of the voting public and promise to bring them to the Registrar of Voters, but instead tear them up or throw them away, then that is actionable fraud.



(11) That when members of the opposing party give the voting public wrong information about who can or cannot vote in an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(12) That when members of the opposing party give the voting public wrong information about where a person can or cannot vote in an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(13) That when members of the opposing party give the voting public wrong information about when a person can or cannot vote in an election, then that is actionable fraud.



(14) That when members of the opposing party tell the voting public that they will be arrested for overdue parking tickets at the polling site when they vote, then that is actionable fraud.



(15) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they do not have any additional machines to put on site, when they know there are another 87 of them sitting in their warehouse, then that is actionable fraud.



(16) That when Blackwell states in a media interview that there were only a few minor problems during the Ohio election, when he knows the statement to be completely false and untrue, then that is actionable fraud.



(17) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they have enough voting machines on site, when they know that they do not, then that is actionable fraud.



(18) That when voting officials tell the voting public that they have sent out by mail, as per individual request, 50,000 absentee ballots, when in fact they did not, then that is actionable fraud.



(19) That when voting officials hide from the voting public the fact that they have thrown out thousands of provisional ballots, then that is actionable fraud.



(20) When voting machine manufacturers actively hide the fact that their key people who generate the secrets codes for their voting machines and tabulators are convicted embezzlers, hackers and felons, then that is ACTIONABLE FRAUD.