Grand Theft Election

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Grand Theft Election

 

Karl Rove's Turd Droppings All Over This One

by Wayne Madsen

 

www.globalresearch.ca 5 November 2004

 

The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MAD411A.html

 

Karl Rove, the political sorcerer who is called " turd blossom " by

his political master George W. Bush has his nasty fingerprints all

over the 2004 Election in a scam that can best be called " Grand Theft

Election. "

 

There was something very wrong in Ohio, which Bush claims he won

handily. Not only had the head of computer voting machine maker

Diebold and Ohio's Republican establishment of Governor Bob Taft and

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell conspired to suppress

registration and voter turnout in heavily Democratic precincts but the

Ohio Secretary of State web site was only reporting results from 9

counties as of 11:30 AM on November 3, just three hours before John

Kerry conceded the election to Bush. Totaling the results from the 9

counties (Fayette, Fairfield, Geauga, Jefferson, Portage, Mahoning,

Trumbull, Richland, and Washington), John Kerry was clearly ahead. A

10th county, Columbiana, suspiciously showed up as " NO RESULTS. "

 

The totals from the 8 Ohio counties reported on the Secretary of

State web site were:

 

BUSH 267,771

KERRY 294, 648

 

There has to be a way for those of us who voted for Kerry and

Edwards to sue Diebold Chief Executive Walden O'Dell and Diebold board

member W.R. Timken for conspiring to deliver Ohio's electoral votes to

Bush. O'Dell and Timken are also top fundraisers for Bush, so-called

" Pioneers. " O'Dell told the Cleveland PLain Dealer in 2003 that he was

" committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the

president next year. "

 

The fact that Diebold machines were used in the Ohio rip-off

should make O'Dell and Timken the subjects of criminal

investigations. Of course, that will not happen in a GOP vassal state

like Ohio. But why not a civil suit by those of us nationwide who

voted for Kerry and had our presidency stolen from us as a result of

racketeering and corrupt practices by a cabal of Republicans and fat

cat corporate types? In a civil suit, through the process of

discovery, O'Dell's and Timken's e-mails, letters, and other records

could be ordered open by a judge. They could also be deposed as

witnesses before plaintiffs' attorneys.

 

Then there were the strange hiccups with the official election web

sites reporting results in states and counties across the nation.

 

During the morning of November 3, attempts to access the Pinellas

County, Florida Election web site <http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/soe>

were met with the following:

 

The page cannot be found.

 

The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name

changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

 

At 11:52 am on November 3, the St. Lucie County, Florida election

web site showed no returns, long after the polls closed:

 

" Welcome To St. Lucie County Live Election Returns

 

Election results will appear shortly. "

 

Attempts to access Miami-Dade County's election web site during

the morning of November 3 were similarly unsuccessful.

 

On the Florida Secretary of State web site there appeared some

verbage about a link to the Marion County election web site. But there

was no link. Ditto the same for Nassau County, a county that saw

widespread voter intimidation and suppression of African-American

votes in 2000.

 

Indian River County, Florida election results were also of

interest and indicated fraud:

 

Registered voters as of October 4, 2004, included Republican:

41,866; Democratic: 24,515 ; Independent: 15,262. Votes on Nov 2 were

Bush: 36,744; Kerry: 23,850

 

Democrats had almost complete turnout if you match turnout to

their registered voters. Republicans were down some 4000, but what

happened to the Independents' votes? There were less than 1 percent

for the third party candidates. We were told Independents were

breaking for Kerry. Even if 23, 850 for Kerry included a majority of

the Independents and even a few moderate Republicans, the results from

Indian River don't indicate that.

 

In pivotal New Mexico, by mid morning on Nvomber 3, the state

election web site was missing several returns from areas with large

Native American populations: Cibola and San Miguel Counties were

missing in addition to 1 precinct in Dona Ana County with the

following close returns listed:

 

Bush: 26 072 Kerry: 25,608

 

1 precinct in McKinley County with the following returns listed:

Bush 7132 Kerry: 12,725

 

1 precinct in Sandoval County with the following close returns listed:

Bush: 22,482 Kerry: 21,215

 

15 precincts in Socorro County with the following close returns

listed:

Bush: 3197 Kerry: 2638

 

New Mexico was eventually declared for Bush in a close election,

even though it went for Gore in 2000.

 

There were also missing returns from a very close race in Nevada.

 

Clark County (Las Vegas) had 271,465 people vote early and

220,501 vote at polls on election day.

 

Kerry received 279,575 votes to Bush's 253, 432 in Clark.

 

If, as we were told, early votes were breaking 60-70 percent for

Kerry in areas he won, it looks like he should have had more like

300,000 votes in Clark County, which would have tipped the state to

him. Kerry lost Nevada " officially " by only 21,000 votes. This does

not include the 50,705 absentee votes in Clark County (which also

likely broke for Kerry). There were also 10,000 under votes and write

ins reported statewide, which seems very high for a small population

state like Nevada.

 

The turnout in Virginia was an all time high, especially in heavy

Democratic counties and cities. Early on Election night, NBC said it

could not call Virginia because the returns were close. Yet, an

examination of the vote count as compared to 2000 reveals that the

massive 2004 turnout, especially with African Americans, young people,

and Hispanics was not reflected in the final vote counts and percentages.

 

I personally witnessed 2 hour plus waiting lines at polling places

in Arlington and Fairfax Counties. This was unprecedented but it is

not reflected in the vote count. This could be the result of both

tampering with computer machines and voter suppression.

 

Arlington County

 

Kerry 63,705 Bush 29,545

67.57% 31.34%

 

Gore 50,260 Bush 28,555

60.15% 34.17%

 

(Only a 7 point jump for Democrats from 2000 to 2004. That does

not reflect the huge turnout countywide).

 

Fairfax County

 

Kerry 215,223 Bush 189,371

52.58% 45.61%

 

Gore 196,501 Bush 202,181

47.49% 48.86%

 

(Where is the huge Democratic turnout reflected in these numbers,

considering a mere 5 percentage rise for the Democrats from 2000 and a

3 percentage drop for the Republicans).

 

Henrico County (Richmond suburbs)

 

Kerry 60,810 Bush 71,765

46.26% 53.85%

Gore 48,645 Bush 62,887

42.58% 55.04%

(An obvious Democratic surge is not reflected in these numbers.)

 

Prince William County

 

Kerry 56,234 Bush 64,431

46.25% 52.99%

 

Gore 52,788 Bush 44,745

44.52% 52.52%

 

(Bush jumped dramatically in numbers from 2000 to 2004 but

remained almost the same percentage wise. Democratic numbers barely

increased even though the county had a huge turnout among minorities,

particularly African Americans and Hispanics.)

 

Alexandria City

 

 

Kerry 40,807 Bush 19,764

66.77% 32.34%

 

Gore 33,633 Bush 19,043

60.93% 34.50%

 

(Does not reflect massive African American turnout in Alexandria.

The Democratic percentage budged upward only 6 %)

 

Richmond City

 

 

Kerry 51,703 Bush 21,633

70.02% 29.30%

 

Gore 42,717 20,265

64.80% Bush 30.74%

 

(Republican percentage of the vote went down in the state capital,

yet Bush statewide percentage was 53.90 % to Kerry 45.23%. This is

mirrored in other counties. Gore received 44.4% and Bush 52.5% in

2000. The slight uptick for Kerry does not reflect Democratic turnout

statewide. Voting in 2000 was 68.51 % statewide in 2000. It was only

68.54% statewide in 2004. That just does not make any sense

considering the massive numbers of newly registered voters and the

huge turnout in northewrn Virginia, Tidewater, and the

economically-depressed southwest part of the state).

 

When Diebold machines were forces on Prince George's County,

Maryland, the country's election administrator Robert J. Antonetti

bitterly complained about them. He told the Baltimore Sun in 2003, " I

feel very uneasy about it. There are too many loose ends. "

 

On November 2, Prince George's County election officials reported

a number of problems with Diebold encoders. The Prince George's County

Gazette reported that a number of polling places opened up to 45

minutes late because the wrong Diebold encoder had been delivered to

polling places and voters could not vote until a new encoder arrived.

 

It is not known how many records the Prince George's County

maintained on problems with Diebold but it is very interesting that

early in the morning of November 3, the Associated Press reported:

 

 

" Fire broke out Wednesday at the Prince George's County

courthouse, engulfing a large section of the ornate building.

 

About 100 firefighters were at the scene, fire and emergency

medical service spokesman Chauncey Bowers said. "

 

And Washington, DC News Channel 4 reported: " ... pictures from

Chopper4 shows that almost the entire building is completely ruined

and a section could be in danger of partial collapse. Thick billowing

black smoke can be seen for miles. "

 

Early reports were sketchy on what records may have been

destroyed by the flames in both the old Court House building and an

adjoining newer structure but one report on Channel 4 stated that

records had definitely been destroyed. Later reports claimed no

records were stored in the burnt out building.

 

But next time you see a Diebold employee, you may want to ask

him, " Hey pal, gotta match? " (AP, Nov3, 2004)