In 2004, Rady Ananda began contributing to the Web, as part of the growing community of citizen journalists. Focusing mainly on elections, her blogs also address religious, gender, sexual and racial equality, as well as environmental issues; and are sprinkled with book and film reviews on various topics. She spent most of her working life as a legal investigator for lawfirms, and about 5 years as an editor. She currently serves as a senior editor at OpEdNews.
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To modify my paragraph that starts with "As to Optical Scan machines" the reason we cannot trust audits (of anything less than 100%) is that Boards of Election across the country have proven they are unwilling or unable to "randomly" select precincts for audit. "Random" means each precinct has an equal chance of being pulled for an audit.
The lack of randomness invalidates the results of any audit or recount (of anything less than 100%). Precincts can be chosen BECAUSE they will match official results, allowing election riggers to hide their actions.
Boards of election across the country have also shown an unwillingness to open their records for public inspection, and many resent citizen oversight. Exorbitant fees are charged to discourage records requests and recounts.
Public officials have forgotten they serve the public and their attitude ensures our lack of trust in them or what they show us.
Public officials have created an environment of secrecy; election officials routinely violate election laws; and courts support and protect them from prosecution. In this environment, we can only trust election results from a 100% hand count of paper ballots.
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Rady Ananda (98 articles, 247 quicklinks, 19 diaries, 705 comments)
on Monday, October 2, 2006 at 4:01:13 PM
