"Diebold Variations,"
At the heart of any real democrachy is the will of "we the people." In our democracy the only chance "we the people" have to actually influence events is through elections. But that requires the sanctity of the election process, which seems to have gone the way of most other aspects of our Constitution.
According to the N.Y. Times,
"As dozens of states are enforcing new voter registration laws and switching to paperless electronic voting systems, officials across the country are bracing for an Election Day with long lines and heightened confusion, followed by an increase in the number of contested results."
And we all know that where "confusion" produces "contested results" especially with paperless voting machines that's where Bush family consigliere James Baker (remember the 20000 Supreme Court coup) and his ROVEing hit man do their best work.
The NYT also says:
"Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among the states considered most likely to experience difficulties, according to voting experts who have been tracking the technology and other election changes.
"'We’ve got new laws, new technology, heightened partisanship and a growing involvement of lawyers in the voting process,' said Tova Wang, who studies elections for the Century Foundation, a nonpartisan research group. 'We also have the greatest potential for problems in more places next month than in any voting season before.'"
What all this and many more problems add up to is the dessication of the whole electoral process. If we don't demand our right to participate they will take it away.
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