Election Fraud, Irregularity, and Reform Headlines
Spreadsheets with Election Analysis
How Ohio Kerry Votes Were Switched to Bush Votes
January 2005
- Long Waits, Bad Equipment Worse than Election Fraud by Joel McNally, 1/31/05
- Election Proposals Swamp WA Legislators by Brad Shannon, 1/31/05
- PA to Re-Examine Voting System by J.D. Prose, 1/31/05
- According to Non-Partisan USCV Study, "The Possibility That the Overall Vote Count Was Substantially Corrupted Must Be Taken Seriously" 1/30/05
- Forwarding Ban Riles Many Palm Beach Co. Voters by Jane Musgrave, 1/30/05
- Election Reform Sweeps the Nation, Supported By Democrats and Republicans Alike -- Albeit Disingenuously, and Even Deceptively, By the Latter 1/29/05
- Texas Court Orders Voting Examiners' Meetings Opened to Public: General News Requires "Sunshine" in Process of Choosing E-Voting Machines 1/29/2005
- The Last Man to Concede... by Sheila Samples 1/29/05
- WA Election Lawsuit Buries Counties in Paperwork by Emily Heffter, 1/29/05
- Election Challengers Defend Selves: There was Fraud, Sanctions Unfair 1/29/05
- Mysterious Phantom Voters Turn Out to be Some Really Nice People by Jim Stingl, 1/29/05
- NM Voter ID Reform Splitting Parties by Shea Andersen, 1/28/05
- Arizona Counties Inconsistent in Provisional-Vote Rules: Was Your Vote Counted? 1/28/05
- Rep. Conyers to Call on FBI to Investigate Ballot Tampering Allegations by John Byrne, 1/27/05
- GOP Claims Felons, Dead People Voted in Washington by Rebcca Cook, AP, 1/27/05
- Better Laws, Better Elections Op-Ed Star News, NC, 1/27/05
- 'Stop Government Propaganda Act' to be Introduced in Senate by Brian Orloff, 1/27/05
- Ohio's SOS Blackwell Libels Election Protection Attorney at Voting Machine Vendors Junket by Harvey Wasserman, 1/27/05
- Wisconson Postcard Protest Just a Partisan Ploy
- Wisconsin Republicans Plead Not Guilty in Fraud Scheme to Fund Campaigns by Mike Heine, 1/27/05
- Wisconsin G.O.P. Chair Says WI May Have Gone to Bush, Continues His Efforts to Distract Nation from Ohio, 1/27/05
- Blackwell Voting Machine Decision Firm, Counties Must Choose by Feb. 9, 1/27/05
- Should The Left Ignore The 'Stolen Election' by Bertell Ollman, 1/26/05
- Ohio Recount Volunteers Allege Electoral Tampering, Legal Violations and Possible Fraud, 1/26/05
- Dodd and Conyers Introducing Comprehensive Election Reform Legislation 1/26/05
- The Minus Touch: Snohomish County Touch-Screen Voting Study Suggests Machines Favored Rossi, No Way to Prove It by Rick Anderson, 1/26/05
- Jim Crow Returns To The Voting Booth: Does America Have An Apartheid Vote-Counting System? by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Greg Palast, 1/26/05 "More than 133,000 votes remain uncounted in Ohio, more than George W. Bush's supposed margin of victory..."
- NC Panel List for Improving Voting-System Moves to General Assembly by David Ingram, 1/26/05
- Vote Machine Maker Settles California Suit Brought by Bev Harris by Michelle Nicolosi, 1/25/05
- Revote? If Florida and Ohio Go First by Paul Loeb, 1/25/05
- The Strange Death of American Democracy: Endgame in Ohio by Michael Keefer, 1/24/05
- Ohio Election Chiefs' Politics Spark Debate by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, AP, 1/24/05
- Over 500 Activists Plan to Support Electoral Reform, Fight Funding for Iraq War, 1/24/05
- Arkansas in 2004: Did Bush Really Win? by Max Standridge, 1/24/05
- J. Kenneth Blackwell: The “J” is for Judas by Bob Fitrakis 1/23/05
- Machine That Lost Votes in N.C. Did Same in Pennsylvania 1/23/05
- Voting Problems and Uncounted Votes in Lucas County, Ohio by Justine Smith, 1/23/05
- "18 Amazing (and Largely Unknown) Facts About Voting in the USA" by Charles Shaw, 1/22/05
- A 'YES' Vote for Ohio Rlection Reform: Registration, Recounts among Issues by Diane Solov and Diane Suchetka, 1/22/05
- Republican National Committee Registered "BushCheated.com" in 2003 1/21/2005
- Provisional Ballots | Long Lines | Partisan Leadership | Recount Calendar | The Plain Dealer 1/22/05
- Lawmaker Says Voting Machines Need Backup 1/21/05
- Experts Weigh In on Mitofsky/Edison Exit-Polling Report - And They're Not Buying It 1/21/05
- The "Reluctant Bush Responder" Theory Refuted? by Mark Blumenthal, 1/21/05
- Bush/Rove's New Ohio Attack is About Revenge, Intimidation and Contempt for American Democracy by Harvey Wasserman, 1/21/05
- Stolen or Lost? by Steven F. Freeman, 1/20/05
- ‘The Battle goes on’: Interview with Congressman Conyers, 1/20/05
- Report Cites Exit Polling Problems: Data Seen Skewed in Favor of Kerry AP, 1/20/05
- Open Letter to OH AG from Rep. John Conyers, Jr. 1/20/05
- Open Letter to Warren Mitofsky and Larry Rosin from Rep. John Conyers, Jr. 1/20/05
- Democracy’s End by Steven F. Freeman, 1/20/05 "the United States has introduced in recent elections a system of potentially undetectable mass-vote manipulation: electronic voting machines that produce no confirmation that votes are recorded as cast."
- Conyers Plans Reform, Criticizes Use of Diversity as Shield for Bush’s Policies 1/20/05
- O'Reilly Denied Well-Documented Ohio Voting Problems 1/19/05
- Ohio's GOP Attorney-General Launches Revenge Attack on Election Protection Legal Team by Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, 1/19/05
- Nine House Judiciary Comm. Members Request Formal Investigation by Ray Beckerman, 1/19/05
- The Exit Poll Disparity: Mystery Solved! 1/19/05 "more Kerry supporters participated in the survey than Bush voters"
- What are They Hiding in New Mexico? by Warren Stewart, 1/18/05
- Kerry Alleges Voters Were 'Suppressed' by Scott S. Greenberger, 1/18/05
- Voting Reform Shouldn't Be Scary for Republicans by Elizabeth Meyer, 1/18/05
- The Empire Strikes Back: Emperor of Ohio Elections, Blackwell, G.O.P. Blackguards Attack With Frivolous Suits, Vicious Lies, Misinformation, More Lies 1/18/05
- In the Shadow of Dr. King, Counting the Vote Remains a Civil Rights Issue by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, 1/17/05
- Why We Must Question Our Elections by Arlene S. Ash, 1/17/05
- ‘Something is Wrong in America’ Interview with Greg Palast by Daniel Strumpf, 1/16/05 "we have an apartheid vote counting system..... they have done a very good job of basically just chucking out a whole lot of dark-colored votes."
- 'Count Every Vote. Every Vote Counts' by Mary Anne Saucier, 1/16/05
- Insist on Revote in Ohio to Redress a Wrong by Peggy Miller, 1/16/05
- AK House Members Propose Vote Paper Trail by Michael R. Wickline, 1/16/2005
- Ballot Blamed for Presidential `Undervote' in Burke County, NC by Mark Johnson, 1/15/05
- NM Recount Backers File Suit to Save Nov. Vote Records by Deborah Baker, 1/15/05
- Analysis: Flawed Ballots More Likely on Touch Screens by Jeremy Milarsky, 1/15/05
- Ohio SOS Blackwell May Face D.O.J. Investigation 1/14/05
- Conyers Asks Justice Dept. for Special Counsel to Investigate Ohio by Ray Beckerman, 1/14/05
- In The Clearing Stands a Boxer, Score One For Democracy by Anthony Wade, 1/14/05
- Who's Reading the Words of "Internet Muckrackers"? Diebold Responds 1/14/05
- Cobb to Discuss the Living Legacy of Martin Luther King 1/14/05
- NM Sec. of State OKs Clearing Voting Machines; Cobb Protests 1/14/05
- Moss v. Bush Moves On and Movement Continues by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, 1/13/05
- Ohio Lawsuit to Undo Election Dismissed by Chief Justice Moyer 1/13/05
- Blackwell Responds to Conyers’ Letters on Ohio Voting Irregularities by John Byrne, 1/13/05
- Conyers, Blackwell Duel Over Voting Report by John Byrne, 1/13/05
- Trying to Follow Up on the Clinton Curtis Affidavit by Margie Burns, 1/13/05
- Time
for a Constitutional Amendment: Abolish Electoral College
View at Zwire.com, 1/13/2005
- Waxman and Conyers Call on GAO to Investigate 1/12/05 "One nonpartisan voter assistance hotline collected nearly 1,400 reports of excessively long lines from 32 states...we request a GAO investigation into the long lines and excessive waiting times..."
- GOP Ignores Problems with Election by Jim Melanson, 1/12/05
- 2004 Election Fiasco Highlights Need for Changes in New Mexico by Matt Brix, 1/12/05
- Senator Says Blackwell's Use of Official Seal in Campaign Letter is Illegal by John Byrne, 1/12/05
- Blackwell's Phony Seal Raises Funds and Legal Issue by Stephen Koff. 1/12/05
- Group in Movement to Challenge Ohio's Electoral Votes Plans Summit 1/11/05
- WA Democrats Override GOP Attempt to Halt Election Certification by Kenneth P. Vogel, 1/11/05
- Gregoire Certified as Governor of Washington by Rebecca Cook, 1/11/05
- "We the People Do Not Concede"- Election Stolen by Network of Fraud by Carol Sterritt, 1/11/05
-
Boxer's Rebellion: How Activists and a Senator Forced Congress to Discuss
Voting Rights
by Rachel Brahinsky, 1/11/05 - Voters Challenging Election Results Drop Lawsuit Congressional Certification Makes Case Moot
- Purging
of Rolls, Confusion Angers Voters, 41% of Nov. 2 Provisional Ballots
Axed in Lucas County
by Fritz Wenzel, 1/09/05 - Ohio Elections Chief, Blackwell, Ensnared by Illegality 1/09/05
- Rally Continues Drive for Democracy by Mark Huntress, 1/09/05
- Many Americans Refuse to Concede 'Stolen Election,' On Eve of Bush's Inauguration, Challenges Continue by Leila Atassi, 1/09/05
- Democracy Dead in Ohio? That's Just the Half of It by David Desjardins, Boston Globe, 1/09/05
- Evidence of Fraud and Disenfranchisement in Ohio, 2004: A Partial List by Ray Beckerman, 1/08/05
- Arnebeck Letter to Congress Re Presidential Electoral Challenge by Clifford O. Arnebeck, Jr.
- Progressive Democrats Lead Historic Voting Rights Protest 1/08/05
- What the Election Challenge Means by David Swanson, 1/08/05
- Estimated Vote Count in Ohio by Richard Hayes Phillips, 1/08/05
- Democrats Shine Light on Voting Irregularities
- Dems' Challenge for Good Reasons The Sentinel, Editorial, Carlisle, PA, 1/08/05
- New Standards for Elections Necessary Denver Post Editorial, 1/08/05
- GOP Should Back Probe of Ohio Vote Editorial Kennebec Journal, Maine, 1/08/05
- Voting Postmortem in Washington State Oregonian Editorial, 1/08/05
- Electoral Vote Challenge Meets Venomous Response in Congress by Brian Dominick and Ariella Cohen, 1/08/05
- PA Department of State Will Review Voting Problems in Three Counties AP 1/08/05
- Together, We Moved Three Mountains by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman
- Evidence of Election Irregularities in Snohomish County, WA by Paul R. Lehto and Jeffery Hoffman
- Keeping Our Democracy Alive: Did Voters Really Count in U.S. Election? by Steve Freeman, 1/06/05
- Why I Must Object by Senator Barbara Boxer, 1/06/05
- Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Comm., Interview with Will Pitt, 1/06/05
- Eugene Activists Challenge Election by Susan Palmer, 1/06/05
- Democracy at Risk: The Road Forward After Two Dubious Elections 1/06/05
- Democrats to Force Debate on Ohio Results by Alan Fram, AP, 1/06/05
- Greens Paved the Way for Historic Electoral Vote Challenge Green Party Press Release, 1/06/05
- The Arc of History Bends Toward Justice: A Triumph of Grassroots Activism Against Dire and Unspeakable Odds -- The Boxer Rebellion, Nashua Advocate, 1/06/05
- Members of Congress Shine a Light on Voting Problems 1/06/05
- Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio, Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, Executive Summary 1/05/05
- Stand Up, Senator by William Rivers Pitt, 1/05/05
- Senators Should Object to Ohio Vote, by Jesse Jackson 1/04/05
- Final Notice to Senate Democrats by Bruce F. Cole, 1/05/05
- Challengers Are Go by Keith Olbermann, 1/05/05 "it appeared all but certain in early evening Wednesday that House Democrats had secured the support of up to half a dozen Senators to formally challenge the Electoral College slate from Ohio"
- Email From John Kerry: Counting On You To Make Sure Votes Get Counted, 1/05/05
- Don't Certify Ohio Results Capital Times Editorial, 1/05/05
- Ohio Voters and Advocates Brief Media in DC by David Swanson, 1/05/05
- WA Election Scrutiny Reveals Provisional-Vote Flaws, Phantom Votes by Keith Ervin, 1/05/05
- Protesters Try Last Hurrah by Marie Horrigan, 1/04/05
- NM Recount Press Conference in Santa Fe on January 4th
- Cobb Urges Congress to Reject Tainted Ohio Electoral Votes 1/04/05
- Analysis of Undervotes in New Mexico’s 2004 Presidential Ballots, USCountVotes by Elizabeth Liddle and Josh Mitteldorf, 1/03/05
- An Examination of the Comparative Validity of Exit Poll and Vote Count Data by Jonathan D. Simon, and Ron P. Baiman, 1/3/2005
- Statement Of John C. Bonifaz Before The Rally For The Republic, Boston 1/03/05
- Op-Ed: More Trials and Tribulations for Ohio by Tova Andrea Wang, 1/03/05
- Ten Preliminary Reasons Why the Bush Vote Does Not Compute, and Why Congress Must Investigate Rather than Certify the Electoral College by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, 1/03/05
- Media Whites Out Vote Fraud by David Swanson, 1/03/05
- Politicians Protest Certifying of Vote by Mark Naymik, 1/03/05
- Bush Asks Judge to Toss Ohio Election Suit AP
- Blackwell: A Man All for Democracy, Except, Uh, When He’s Not by Mark Drolette, 1/02/05
- Verified Election Contest Petitions and Documents in Ohio Supreme Court 1/02/05
- Recount Saga Continues in Ohio by Chris Graham, 1/02/05
- The Growing Case for Election Fraud in the 2004 National Election 1/02/05
- Presidential Election Congressional Hearing Transcript by Congresspeople Waters, Tubbs-Jones and Conyers and others, 1/01/05
- Oakland, CA, Medical Marijuana Activists Sue Over Recount by Patrick Hoge, 1/01/05
- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) join Conyers, will Challaenge Ohio Electors by Bob Firtig, 1/01/05
- Re-Vote Ohio by Ted Glick, 1/01/05
- Distribution of voting machines by county in Ohio by Andy Shifflette, 1/01/05
- Tennesee Rally to Focus on Election Fraud Claims by Holly Edwards, 1/01/05
- Long, Hard Voting Season to Culminate in Verifygra Rally 1/01/05
- Did We Bounce An Election? by Warren Stewart, votersunite.org, 12/31/04
- Oregon Dems Resolution Regarding Voting Irregularities, Elector Objections
- Ohio Vote Challengers Accuse Blackwell of Letting 'clock run out' by James Drew, 1/01/05
"The chances that 2/3 of the vote would show a Democrat lead of 97044 to 95288 votes, while the remaining 1/3 of the vote on touch sreens would show a Republican lead of almost 5% .. as a result of voters randomly choosing to vote by paper ballot or by touch screen is about 1 in 1 trillion, a true impossibility."
"We have found numerous, serious election irregularities in the Ohio presidential election, which resulted in a significant disenfranchisement of voters. Cumulatively, these irregularities, which affected hundreds of thousand of votes and voters in Ohio, raise grave doubts regarding whether it can be said the Ohio electors selected on December 13, 2004, were chosen in a manner that conforms to Ohio law, let alone federal requirements and constitutional standards."
"This report, therefore, makes three recommendations: (1) ... there are ample grounds for challenging the electors from the State of Ohio..."
"...we find that there were massive and unprecedented voter irregularities and anomalies in Ohio. In many cases these irregularities were caused by intentional misconduct and illegal behavior, much of it involving Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio..."