Letters to the Editor
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How Many Have Been Rigged So Far?
You know, I wonder how many races have been rigged over the last few years due to tampering with these machines. There have been several head scratching losses for Dems over the last few years where the polling data said one thing, but the results another. As many have said in the past, America has become a topsy turvy world where right is wrong, black is white, civil rights should not exist and votes do not need to be counted (that is no longer necessary).
So many have a hard time believing and contemplating the fact that shenanigans like this could happen in America. They seem to feel that it is better to live a safe comfy life and deal with the day to day issues and problems that life holds for them than to deal with the fact that their "elected" officials, who literllay have the power of life and death over their lives, obtained their positions feloniously. So easy are they to believe people like Farhad Manjoo and the "mainstream media", who write articles that amount to calling those who want to see all votes counted and the people of the United States right to vote protected, tin foil hatters and conspiracy theorists.
I am so glad that this study was performed. Unfortunately, it may have had to take a study done at a university with the reputation of Princeton's to get the word out and for "mainstream" Americans to listen. I wonder if the results of the Princeton study will just be relegated to page A40 in a small paragraph where no one will see it. Will this study affect anything in time for the November 2006 elections? I would like to believe so, but highly doubt it. There is way too much at stake in the upcoming elections, so those Diebold machines and others like them will stay put and ensure more Republican wins in areas where there are close races. Hmmm . . . I wonder if the real cause of Max Cleland's loss was not really attributed to voter fraud, instead of just a smear campaign . . .