tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post5319714593714263178..comments2024-03-03T19:55:31.312-08:00Comments on Revolution Dispatch: Don't Bern OutRainer Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022045134072038196noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-65201196259729647492016-09-14T12:15:03.229-07:002016-09-14T12:15:03.229-07:00Please see my comments below for a link to a serio...Please see my comments below for a link to a serious election integrity citizens movement that has tools and training and a plan for identifying where election manipulation or fraud occurred and actions citizens can take. Uh, THAT would be a revolutionary act. Courage. I guarantee, if Hillary has to step down because of health issues, and the Dems try to replace her with someone OTHER than Bernie, I PERSONALLY will lead round 2 of the DEMEXIT just before the November elections. They will have earned it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680948113603434506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-67166755669615881002016-09-14T12:05:06.979-07:002016-09-14T12:05:06.979-07:00What we have failed to address at all, again, maki...What we have failed to address at all, again, making it someone else's responsibility (in this case Bernie's) is the absolute lack of safeguards for election integrity. The Carter Center has stated that among the major democratic nations we have the LEAST SECURE ELECTIONS OF ANY! This is nuts. What kind of revolution just sits back and complains "The elections are rigged." and allows that to continue when it is perfectly within our power to correct that. It is OUR VOTES being stolen. Bernie should be taking on the DNC for violations of their contract and for any evidence that they were involved in collaborating with states on deliberate voter suppression or manipulation of polling places etc. But we HAVE the tools to challenge the rampant election fraud that occurred. It doesn't necessarily require lawyers, although once we have the evidence it may be wise to consult with them on the best route. But citizen activist groups in CA are requesting civil grand jury investigation into some of the malfeasance there. Another activist group in San Diego DID take Michael Vu and the County of San Diego to court for multiple violations...and WON. That group, CitizensOversight.org headed by Ray Lutz have developed citizen tools known as snapshot audits to help identify particular counties or precincts where fraud occurred. He has free online training sessions for people, He has also started a really ambitious project and desperately needs citizen volunteers to help set up these local semi-autonomous investigative groups throughout the country. He has identified the 175 counties which have 50% of the voting population. Obviously these are urban areas with many precincts. He is looking for teams in each state to do these snapshot audits and practices in place for things like secure chain of custody for ballots and tabulation units.<br /><br />I don't know about you all but this "scare" the Democratic Party is purporting about the Russians hacking our elections and the possibility of our elections being under the oversight of the frigging Dept.of Homeland Security scares the crap out of me!! Decades ago, when they were trying to encourage more people to vote, the federal government spent a large sum of money purchasing voting machines and updated equipment for states to distribute where needed. What's unfortunate is that a lot of those were Diebold machines, notorious for hacking, and with proprietary source code information that the company refuses to let anyone eveluate. ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that quite a few of our elections since then have been manipulated. Lutz (who is a mechanical engineer by trade and systems analyst) recommends we go back to paper ballots with optical scanners which are relatively inexpensive and, along with proper chain of custody of ballots and memory cards allow much better analysis of actual voter's ballots and intent if there is a question that has thrown their ballot into the provisional (or as Greg Palast calls them "placebo") ballots. The number of ballots tossed out because of procedural details, when the voter's intent was clear, is staggering. We HAVE to take charge of our elections. And I think this mass movement we have going right now, with a little training, are the perfect people to do it, as opposed to partisan election officials. Please help spread the word about this major project he has going. As the snapshot audits might also show where election integrity failed in the PRIMARIES and likely skewed results, it has a two-fold benefit...identifying potential mistabulation of the primary votes, and also protecting elections in November. That will be REALLY important for the Revolution downballot candidates making it into local, state and federal office. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680948113603434506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-73545889951241354592016-09-05T21:48:59.485-07:002016-09-05T21:48:59.485-07:00Too many people confuse 'The Movement' wit...Too many people confuse 'The Movement' with 'The Sanders Presidential Campaign'. Sure, there was a lot of overlap, but the movement predates the campaign by years.<br /><br />Sanders has always been an ally of this movement and will continue to be one. But we must go on with or without him.<br /><br />The pitchforks are coming.Jeff Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087924301921694561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-16591359122646961162016-09-02T20:01:41.851-07:002016-09-02T20:01:41.851-07:00I disagree that you've passed "a test&quo...I disagree that you've passed "a test" if you've accepted Bernie's decision. Frankly, I believe that the only decision Bernie made was to keep his family alive. It broke my heart to see him with a gash and bruises on his face during the roll call at the DNC. Bernie deserves supporters who will not let this corrupt system keep him as a POW and will challenge that their fairly elected nominee, was stolen from them. To accept the fraud who took Bernie's place and move on is cowardly and frankly, beyond betrayal. It shocks me how many people were willing to accept Bernie's "U" turn and get angry with him. I knew immediately something had gone down. We've seen 6 deaths over the summer related to the Clintons and we have irrefutable evidence that Bernie won the Dem. primaries nationwide by about 15 points. No need to count delegates or consult a superdelegate. HE WON! From what some insiders have suggested, we're lucky Bernie is alive. Jill Stein is a cheap replacement and as you've pointed out; she can't win. Bernie never told us he could fix our ills, but he did promise he'd be in partnership with the American people: #NotMeUs Jill never said such a thing. I've looked for years for Greens to vote for on my ballot. Guess what? They have no interest in bottom up politics. They want the top dog positions without any experience in public service or they want nothing at all. We do need a third party, perhaps the Progressive People's Party that is starting? But not the Greens. When I've questioned during every voting cycle why they have no candidates in races I'm told they are plagued by sabotage inside their organization.. I am NOT supporting Jill Stein. Her tactics offend me. I'm working myself to death to get Bernie on the ballots for a write in campaign; while sending letters demanding Clinton be held accountable for her crimes. I've already found an arcane law that will put him on the write in ballot in CA. I suspect other states have the same laws, but no one is calling them and demanding to know what they are. Are we going to experience another terrible recession? Possibly worse? Many say yes. But I am focused on our Democratic right to fair elections having been stolen from us. If we don't fight back on that issue right now, we have NOTHING but fascism staring us in the face when everything falls apart. #BernieOrBust2016 #StillSanderswildcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562707612233026577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-9104002085266959222016-09-01T21:51:42.849-07:002016-09-01T21:51:42.849-07:00Excellent article. I laughed out loud!Excellent article. I laughed out loud!comanchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268671299250613768noreply@blogger.com