Twenty amazing facts about Voting in the USA

[carolinalady]

Check out Mr. Pitt's updated blog---
http://www.truthout.org/cblog.shtml

Did you know....

80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold

There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. voting machine industry.
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0916-04.htm
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html

The vice-president of Diebold and the president of ES&S are brothers.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/private_company.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html

The chairman and CEO of Diebold is a major Bush campaign organizer and donor who wrote in 2003 that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/28/sunday/main632436.shtml
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1647886

And the list goes on.....

[Angry Girl]

1. The original is here: http://nightweed.com/usavotefacts.html

I wish people wouldn't take my work as theirs. It's getting rather annoying.

[NightTrain]

2. Great piece, Angry Girl!

I plan to read it on my college-radio public affairs show this Saturday, if you don't mind. And I'll be sure to give you proper credit!