[Lula-chat] Witness to vote-flipping

[Peter Benjamin]

At 10:36 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote:
>Now, the catch is that a) in particular is not entirely independent of
>fixing the process, as voter turn out is tied to confidence in the
>system. But the key thing is b), which is important to keep in mind.
>Ultimately, even if fraud tips the balance to the victor, for them to do
>it undetected, even the fraudulent winner has to have had something
>close to winning support from the electorate. 

This is called the slippery slope downwards 
to criminally run elections.  The logic of 
letting the lessor candidate "rule" is bad.

Any fraud should be detected and prosecuted.

We have now had 7 states have irregularities in two
presidential elections, where the "wrong" person won.

The international body that rates fair elections has
down rated the United States into the bottom 10% (or
there abouts) ... thinking of that, conclusions are:

There is something seriously wrong with our election process
in more than several states.  It appears to be systemic
leading to thinking that RICO applies.  Only the winning side
would be involved... so ...


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