Election Reform
Related: About this forumCODE RED: Computerized Election Theft and The New American Century
Publication Date: July 28, 2013 - http://www.amazon.com/CODE-RED-Computerized-Election-ebook/dp/B00A0QDJP2
CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago. It is full of red flags and accessible examinations of why those flags are red. It is a disturbing and provocative call to action. It is about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it's all gone.
Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a democracy. America, which considers itself the beacon of democracy, has turned to computerized counting for virtually all of its public elections. Several other advanced democraciesincluding Germany, The Netherlands, and Irelandhave moved away from the computerized tabulation they initially embraced, having recognized the manifest security risks it entails. But America has continued to entrust its elections to privatized and concealed vote counting despite mounting and voluminous evidence that the vulnerabilities to manipulation are not merely hypothetical but are actually being exploited, with profound political consequences.
CODE RED shows how America has come to adopt and embrace such a system and why America is so collectively resistant to any serious reconsideration of its safety and appropriateness. We examine the role of election administrators, politicians, and the media in stifling investigation of the validity of suspect American elections and, more generally, of the safety and rationality of a system proven by experts to be easily corrupted. We also examine the nexus between computerized elections and the veer of American politics over the past few years since the computers took over the counting.
Finally, CODE RED urges possible ways out of this mess, and evaluates the prospects for reform and resolution by various tactics. The conclusion is that time is running short for a political (i.e., non-revolutionary) resolution, and that restoration of electoral legitimacy and political balance will depend on an exercise of public will not witnessed in America within living memory.
CODE RED combines analysis and advocacy and concludes with a powerful call to action.
How again did someone like Scott Walker get into office?
By stealing, naturally.
JustAnotherGen
(33,635 posts)This is how Chris Christie could win a primary against the most rabid TEA Party Candidate ever. All he would need is a handful of Southern states that might instead go for a King or a Palin and voila!
And that should scare the hell out of everyone.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Christie won't need election rigging to wipe the floor with "the most rabid TEA Party Candidate ever."
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)So that should make everyone feel a-ok about the electronic voting machines.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)Bookmarked.
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 2, 2013, 08:55 AM - Edit history (1)
Jonathan Simon is a topnotch writer and thinker. The issue could not be more important.
Peace
reusrename
(1,716 posts)He documented the electronic vote flipping for Romney through the primaries.
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)Theirs are the OTHER most important posts at DU!