As a longtime resident of Virginia and a poll watcher for the last few elections I would submit that the problem of non citizens becoming registered was not because they intended on voting, but when they went to get a drivers license (which they can) and marked honestly that they were non citizens our DMV somehow sent their names over to be registered to vote. Youngkin had removed over 6,000 earlier this year. But not to be conspiratorial, when I first registered my car here in Virginia as an active duty soldier at that time and marked to be registered to vote, I found out on Election Day I was not registered and could not vote. This was almost 30 years ago and I reported it to a nascent election integrity organization and they said that I wasn’t the only case of military members who were not being registered through the Motor Voter Act. And since I live in Fairfax County, a heavily Democratic area, one can only suspect malfeasance.
The coverage of this is EXACTLY what Bezos is talking about.
Sorry journos, people can see through your spin. I know you still want to be the tastemakers on opinion, like in the old days, but times change and eventually people get tired of taking others' crap.
The only real threat to the security of our elections that I have witnessed in my lifetime is Donald Trump, his base /cult of supporters, and his accomplices including chicken sh_t consecrative media and other weakass republican politicians without the guts to stand up to it.
His multitude of illegal attempts to overturn the 2020 election outside the courts by coercing secretaries of states and governors, his VP, convincing his supporters to fight like hell, recruiting fake electoral college electors, etc. etc. etc. is the real election malfeasance that almost none of you give a sh_t about.
If he were to happen to lose again he'd absolutely try his bs again. I wonder how many of you "election integrity" proponents would cheer it on.
Blair, I don't disagree with anything you said. DT is a despicable person who isn't just morally compromised, he is morally bankrupt. The problem I believe is that the left is even worse. KH has done nothing to deserve the nomination and is so profoundly un-qualified to be President it is scary that she is even an option. While I and many on the right do not like DT, I believe his policies are far more aligned with American values, and advances what is best for this great country of ours. I wish we had other options to vote for but we don't; which is why I held my nose and voted for Donald Trump. In the end I have full faith in God that who ever wins on Tuesday is there by his greater plan, and I will pray for which ever one that is. Never forget that prayer is our great equalizer!!!
While the technological aspects of this article are far beyond anything I can understand, it boils down to the fact that no one should make a definitive statement that fraud is either non existent or nearly so.
This whole election cycle is enough to drive everyone crazy. With your experience in elections and election law, I think you might be leaning a little hard on Republican efforts to rectify the situation. Since we are still actually litigating issues in Maricopa County about 2020, having to be loud and vocal to get attention in the ‘now’ seems understandable. And having judges, when presented with solid evidence that an unqualified voter actually cast a vote, say essentially “too bad” I think the frustration and hyperbole can be understood. The process needs review by reasonable people, and anything that impedes the perception or reality that things aren’t right needs to be dealt with rationally. Without actual change for the better, the accusations of stealing elections, which go way back before 2000, 2004, 2016 or 2020 will continue.
Catherine Engelbright among others might suggest the "conspiracies" have verifiable factual evidence. supporting them. The efforts made recently by several state AGs (including our own Brad Raffensperger) to block criticism of, and challenges to, election results suggests that verifiable procedural transparency is of less import to those in power than it is to citizen voters.
The reason people so eagerly fall for baseless accusations is the failure of our education system in America. School choice should be the single most important issue for Republicans from this day forward. Giving parents the ability to move their children out of failing schools and into systems that actually focus on education instead of pronouns is how we recapture critical thinking and reverse the cognitive decline of the country. Anything else is a shiny object used to distract us from the truth, imo.
My problem has always been the dems failure to acknowledge the problems.
They simply say “there’s no fraud” and to me that just makes it worse. Of course there is fraud and stealing and other issues. The thing to do is not defend or make a false claim that voting is error free. It’s not.
Simply acknowledge it and make changes to fix it.
Problem is Dems don’t care because the errors and issues often favor them. These issues tend to only happen in red districts or unusual counting errors that lead to an over count only happening in blue inner city districts.
These things don’t happen by chance, BUT they also are not high numbers to affect the final outcome.
It isn't just dems who assert that there is no fraud. Eric himself pretty much has done so regularly, as have most establishment republicans. Unless complaints of possible fraud are actually investigated fully in each instance, there is never going to be widespread confidence in the election system. Anyone who declares immediately after a complaint that the election was secure and fairly won is complicit in expanding the belief that they are not.
I’m going to defend Erick and say that’s not really accurate. Erick has repeatedly said “fraud” happens in every election but also asserts as do I it’s often not enough to affect outcomes. And that is all true.
My assertion is that Dems don’t commit fraud. They cheat. Big difference.
Fraud is illegal. Cheating isn’t.
- Dems go door to door collecting mail in ballots and filling them out before sending them in.
- Dem operatives in states go to nursing homes, help the residents fill out their voting ballots.
Ok, if you are looking at fraud and cheating in a different light, I can adjust to that position. I was lumping them together as a whole. I don't personally think there should be a difference. But in either case, I still find that Eric is way to quick to announce that an election is fair and secure, even before it has occurred. But to me, the manifesto that was published in, I believe, the New York Times, (could be wrong about the paper) after the 2020 election in which the "cheating" that was accomplished to ensure that Trump lost is as corrupt and illegal, or should be, as any other kind of fraud. And it was pretty much ignored by establishment republicans. If that kind of cheating is ok, republicans are never going to win another election. Which I actually expect to be the case in this one.
paper ballots - where the voter has to fill in the square next to the candidate that want to cast their vote for and put in a scanner to be scanned and the votes to be transferred to a thumb drive to download the votes for each candidate for easy and quick tabulation.
As a longtime resident of Virginia and a poll watcher for the last few elections I would submit that the problem of non citizens becoming registered was not because they intended on voting, but when they went to get a drivers license (which they can) and marked honestly that they were non citizens our DMV somehow sent their names over to be registered to vote. Youngkin had removed over 6,000 earlier this year. But not to be conspiratorial, when I first registered my car here in Virginia as an active duty soldier at that time and marked to be registered to vote, I found out on Election Day I was not registered and could not vote. This was almost 30 years ago and I reported it to a nascent election integrity organization and they said that I wasn’t the only case of military members who were not being registered through the Motor Voter Act. And since I live in Fairfax County, a heavily Democratic area, one can only suspect malfeasance.
The best thing that might happen this cycle is the total implosion of the corporate media. Talk about GARBAGE!!!
Erick, please step us through the reasons why we are using electronic voting machines.
The coverage of this is EXACTLY what Bezos is talking about.
Sorry journos, people can see through your spin. I know you still want to be the tastemakers on opinion, like in the old days, but times change and eventually people get tired of taking others' crap.
The CO SOS should be fired for being an idiot who saves passwords in a spreadsheet.
The only real threat to the security of our elections that I have witnessed in my lifetime is Donald Trump, his base /cult of supporters, and his accomplices including chicken sh_t consecrative media and other weakass republican politicians without the guts to stand up to it.
His multitude of illegal attempts to overturn the 2020 election outside the courts by coercing secretaries of states and governors, his VP, convincing his supporters to fight like hell, recruiting fake electoral college electors, etc. etc. etc. is the real election malfeasance that almost none of you give a sh_t about.
If he were to happen to lose again he'd absolutely try his bs again. I wonder how many of you "election integrity" proponents would cheer it on.
Blair, I don't disagree with anything you said. DT is a despicable person who isn't just morally compromised, he is morally bankrupt. The problem I believe is that the left is even worse. KH has done nothing to deserve the nomination and is so profoundly un-qualified to be President it is scary that she is even an option. While I and many on the right do not like DT, I believe his policies are far more aligned with American values, and advances what is best for this great country of ours. I wish we had other options to vote for but we don't; which is why I held my nose and voted for Donald Trump. In the end I have full faith in God that who ever wins on Tuesday is there by his greater plan, and I will pray for which ever one that is. Never forget that prayer is our great equalizer!!!
Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich.
I prefer Mr Garrison and his "F_ck em all to death" slogan
Funny thing is that episode has been relevant every election cycle since it came out. It might go backwards too but I've never looked at that.
that episode was so on point. I'm a big fan of the Mr Garrison "f_ck them all to death one" as well
Presented without comment, as Mr. Erickson says:
https://edwin797.substack.com/p/does-georgias-algorithm-assisted
While the technological aspects of this article are far beyond anything I can understand, it boils down to the fact that no one should make a definitive statement that fraud is either non existent or nearly so.
This whole election cycle is enough to drive everyone crazy. With your experience in elections and election law, I think you might be leaning a little hard on Republican efforts to rectify the situation. Since we are still actually litigating issues in Maricopa County about 2020, having to be loud and vocal to get attention in the ‘now’ seems understandable. And having judges, when presented with solid evidence that an unqualified voter actually cast a vote, say essentially “too bad” I think the frustration and hyperbole can be understood. The process needs review by reasonable people, and anything that impedes the perception or reality that things aren’t right needs to be dealt with rationally. Without actual change for the better, the accusations of stealing elections, which go way back before 2000, 2004, 2016 or 2020 will continue.
Catherine Engelbright among others might suggest the "conspiracies" have verifiable factual evidence. supporting them. The efforts made recently by several state AGs (including our own Brad Raffensperger) to block criticism of, and challenges to, election results suggests that verifiable procedural transparency is of less import to those in power than it is to citizen voters.
They block those efforts all the while saying they are transparent.
If that was true unseal the 100k mail in ballots from 2020 that have yet to be investigated. Let them be hand counted individually and verified.
It can’t hurt at this point. But attempt to do so and you may be jailed or even killed.
The reason people so eagerly fall for baseless accusations is the failure of our education system in America. School choice should be the single most important issue for Republicans from this day forward. Giving parents the ability to move their children out of failing schools and into systems that actually focus on education instead of pronouns is how we recapture critical thinking and reverse the cognitive decline of the country. Anything else is a shiny object used to distract us from the truth, imo.
But it’s not theory if it actually happens.
My problem has always been the dems failure to acknowledge the problems.
They simply say “there’s no fraud” and to me that just makes it worse. Of course there is fraud and stealing and other issues. The thing to do is not defend or make a false claim that voting is error free. It’s not.
Simply acknowledge it and make changes to fix it.
Problem is Dems don’t care because the errors and issues often favor them. These issues tend to only happen in red districts or unusual counting errors that lead to an over count only happening in blue inner city districts.
These things don’t happen by chance, BUT they also are not high numbers to affect the final outcome.
But they DO happen.
It’s naive to think they don’t.
It isn't just dems who assert that there is no fraud. Eric himself pretty much has done so regularly, as have most establishment republicans. Unless complaints of possible fraud are actually investigated fully in each instance, there is never going to be widespread confidence in the election system. Anyone who declares immediately after a complaint that the election was secure and fairly won is complicit in expanding the belief that they are not.
I’m going to defend Erick and say that’s not really accurate. Erick has repeatedly said “fraud” happens in every election but also asserts as do I it’s often not enough to affect outcomes. And that is all true.
My assertion is that Dems don’t commit fraud. They cheat. Big difference.
Fraud is illegal. Cheating isn’t.
- Dems go door to door collecting mail in ballots and filling them out before sending them in.
- Dem operatives in states go to nursing homes, help the residents fill out their voting ballots.
- Dems fight ID laws.
Ok, if you are looking at fraud and cheating in a different light, I can adjust to that position. I was lumping them together as a whole. I don't personally think there should be a difference. But in either case, I still find that Eric is way to quick to announce that an election is fair and secure, even before it has occurred. But to me, the manifesto that was published in, I believe, the New York Times, (could be wrong about the paper) after the 2020 election in which the "cheating" that was accomplished to ensure that Trump lost is as corrupt and illegal, or should be, as any other kind of fraud. And it was pretty much ignored by establishment republicans. If that kind of cheating is ok, republicans are never going to win another election. Which I actually expect to be the case in this one.
I just hope and pray there are no really close victory margins in any state or the electoral college. We need a decisive result for our nation’s sake.
paper ballots - where the voter has to fill in the square next to the candidate that want to cast their vote for and put in a scanner to be scanned and the votes to be transferred to a thumb drive to download the votes for each candidate for easy and quick tabulation.
Elias is vermin