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9 de Febrero, 2008
94,000 Humans Don't Count
Categorized under Acción , Política Estados Unidos , Race for '08 | Tags: Califas, Power to the People, Voting
I AM SURPRISED, in all honesty, that this is not linked in more places. In my opinion, people who believe in the Democratic process (and I'm not even sure how much I do, anymore, especially given events like this which seem to happen over and over) would be incensed that the Registrar in charge of Los Angeles County would acknowledge that 94,000 votes, thats NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND VOTES will not be counted. Votes that were cast. By humans! Who thought their will would factor into the Democratic process! Who the hell is this person to assert that their votes are meaningless?
Perhaps you remember the recent post I did on this voting trouble in Califas. Here's the follow-up.
In what the media is now calling "Double Bubble Trouble," 94,000 "Decline-to-State" votes in Los Angeles County -- 50% of the total DTS ballots cast -- are being rejected due to a ballot design flaw, despite the Courage Campaign's discovery of the "double bubble" problem and official notification to the Registrar prior to Election Day.Last weekend, lawyers for the Courage Campaign uncovered the "double bubble" problem -- a shocking requirement that "Decline-to-State" voters fill in a redundant "Democratic" bubble (on a ballot clearly marked "Democratic Party") as well as a bubble next to their preferred presidential candidate. Our legal team realized that -- without the "Democratic" bubble filled in -- the county's optical scanners would void votes for "President of the United States," regardless of voter intent.
Unfortunately, Dean Logan, the Registrar in charge of Los Angeles County, is refusing to conduct a physical hand-count of every "Decline-to-State" vote before the official vote is certified in just a few weeks.
—Tell the Los Angeles County Registrar to count all "Decline-to-State" votes
Dean Logan. Anti-American if I ever heard of one. Anti-Democracy Dean Logan. Anyway, the petition to have every vote counted is here. It requires minimal clickee-typee, and I don't know about you, but to me, ninety-four thousand disenfranchised voters represents a danger to our Democratic process and the future engagement of that process, as well as insures that a shadow of illegitimacy will hang over the rest of this campaign.
Anyway, haven't we had enough of Presidents who gain power without truly being voted in?
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Comentarios (5)
jose dijo:
I signed, and sent a little note. I'll tag this tomorrow as well. Thanks.
also, is it possible for you to put out full RSS feeds? I'd like to read your stuff when I can't access your site directly. Thanks.
Palabras por jose spat forth on el 9 de Febrero, 2008 at 06:04 AM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
dijo:
i've resisted that...because i like to edit my posts without everyone seeing every change i make. and as you know, if you send out a full feed, it will show anytime you make an edit, if a person marks that in their prefs. knowing any edit i make can be seen later makes me feel someone is looking over my shoulder. odd, hunh?
but...you are probably right. i should give the people what they want. okay, jose. i'll do it. i'll post on it when its done.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
spat forth on el 9 de Febrero, 2008 at 06:12 AM
peasant dijo:
As long as the voters believe their votes count, the voters lend legitimacy to the government that assumes power. As the number of disenfranchised voters increases, or their votes are viewed as being meaningless, the legitimacy of the government declines.
The additon of 94000 votes to an already engorged body of disenfranchised voters is deflating. What is going to happen if the millions of those who have already voted in the various primaries, about to vote in others, and expecting to vote in the final November elections learn that all of their votes, efforts, and passions are wasted and worthless?
The Super Delegates could do that. The Super Delegate system, much like the Electoral College, was set up to protect those in power from the vagaries of us rascally voters. I am jaded enough to suspect that discussions have already taken place regarding "How far can we go and still get away with it?" "What will be our position statement and how do we control the message?" "Let's get the lawyers in here with us."
Palabras por peasant spat forth on el 9 de Febrero, 2008 at 08:05 AM
jose dijo:
You're the man for this. I assure you more comments on my behalf. I already got you on my blogroll, so this is just one more level of awesomeness you've reached. I was in your same frame of mind when someone asked me for a full-on feed, but after I made the switch, my readership's jumped maybe 3-fold, which is big for someone who runs a small operation such as myself. I can only imagine how many readers you've emboldened with those one, nezua. Peace ...
Palabras por jose spat forth on el 9 de Febrero, 2008 at 09:08 AM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
dijo:
cool man! thanks for the nudge, jose. i appreciate what you are saying.
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you are a wise man, peasant.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez
spat forth on el 9 de Febrero, 2008 at 09:11 AM