Reply #15: "You guys" -- I am not part of a nameless, faceless group of people. [View All]

[IndyOp]

I am very, very concerned about voter disenfranchisement and I posted here at DU, prior to the Iowa caucuses that I was concerned that Republicans might cross over to vote for the candidate they think they can most easily defeat to screw up Dem changes in the general election. So your complaint does not stick to me.

I really, really do not have a dog in the Clinton-Obama fight.

I have always posted more about machine problems than voter-disenfranchisement because I used to program touch-screen machines and I know exactly what types of errors in programming could cause a miscount and exactly how they could be hacked.

My concern for fairness is a constant. Even if John Edwards had won and someone showed a potentially statistically significant difference in vote counts on machines versus votes counted by hand, I would stand with the people calling for a prompt hand count of all of the ballots --- even if a hand count might mean that John would lose. The process of fair elections is more important than the product: Any candidate.

It is always the right time to do what is right.

If you can point to evidence demonstrating that people (Republicans and Independents) who crossed over in the Iowa caucuses had a significant impact on the results -- maybe even just by moving Edwards a fraction above Clinton -- then post a thread showing the evidence and I will read it and kick it and recommend it.