William Rivers Pitt | Andy's Election
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102706A.shtml
William Rivers Pitt writes: "In the summer of 2005, my friend Andy
Stephenson passed away due to pancreatic cancer. Andy had devoted years of
his life to sounding an alarm over the unbelievable flaws in the new
electronic voting machines that had been foisted on the American public by
the Help America Vote Act ... Andy Stephenson lived and died trying to warn
us about these things. The good news, for Andy and for us all, is that these
news reports are drawing much-needed attention to the problem. The bad news,
simply, is that the problems still exist, and may come to determine who
holds power in America after January."
Greg Palast | Recipe for a Cooked Election
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102706C.shtml
"A nasty little secret of American democracy is that, in every national
election, ballots cast are simply thrown in the garbage. Most are called
'spoiled,' supposedly unreadable, damaged, invalid. They just don't get
counted. This 'spoilage' has occurred for decades, but it reached
unprecedented heights in the last two presidential elections. In the 2004
election, for example, more than three million ballots were never counted,"
writes Greg Palast.
Ex-White House Official to Be Sentenced
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102706F.shtml
Lawyers sought leniency Friday for a former Bush administration official
convicted in a lobbying scandal. But the judge suggested he would be moved
only if David Safavian expressed remorse.
