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May 11, 2005
Gambling, Exit Polls, and Election Irregularities
My colleague Drew announced the arrival of Arianna Huffington's group blog yesterday. On her website's mainpage, Arianna writes:
Day Three -- and our bloggers are beginning to mix it up. Visit The Blog, where Jim Lampley, Byron York, John Conyers and Robert George go toe-to-toe-to-toe-to-toe.What are they "mixing it up" about? Gambling, exit polls, and election irregularities that lead some to conclude that Bush stole the 2004 election. Mystery Pollster offers a few intersting observations of the "smack down."
Perhaps most ironic is that the mainstage event was held the same day that the AP reported on real evidence of fraud in the 2004 election.
Milwaukee recorded 277,565 votes, but investigators could find only 272,956 people who registered to vote. Investigators said they do not yet know why there were so many extra votes.That's right. Evidence of fraud in a Kerry stronghold of the battelground state Wisconsin, where Bush lost by roughly 11,000 votes. (More from the local reporter who broke the story here).
I'm not suggesting a conspiracy, but this is evidence of a broken electoral system in need of reform. The Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by James Baker and Jimmy Carter, should look into this and other election irregularities in 2004.
Posted by Rick at May 11, 2005 09:01 AM