Was Prop 8 Actually Defeated?

[NorthCarolina]

Well, well, well. First we find out, happily, that We the People may not be incorrigible racists after all, as Election '08 has debunked the (feeble) theory of "the Bradley effect."

And now it turns out that Americans--at least those in gay-friendly California--may not really be as hostile to gay marriage as the outcome of that state's election has apparently suggested.

As we think about the possibility that Prop 8 was not really passed by California's voters, let's note something that the press, and others, won't discuss: i.e., that the entire apparatus of computerized voting in this country--the e-voting machines and op-scans and central tabulators, etc.--is largely owned by members of the Christianist far right.

Diebold and ES&S were both begun by Bob and Todd Urosevich, two ardent
Oklahoma theocrats, while Triad, which makes the central vote tabulators used in Ohio in 2004, is owned by the Rapp family. SmartTech, the company that helped Bush/Cheney steal that state, is owned by evangelical Jeff Averbeck; and his associate Mike Connell, owner of GovTech Solutions, which also helped to steal Ohio, among other races, was motivated to such work by his desire "to save the babies," according to Stephen Spoonamore.

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Election Irregularities Surfacing Re: California's Proposition 8!

Exit Poll Shows DEFEAT of Same-Sex Marriage Ban!

Volunteers Needed NOW to Monitor Post-Election Procedures

The GLBT Community and its supporters nationwide are mourning and organizing in the wake of last week's announced 52-48% passage of Proposition 8, which eliminates the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. But an accurate count of the votes may not yet have occurred, according to early indications.

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Read the entire article here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/WAS-PROP-8-ACTUALLY-DEFEAT-by-Mark-Crispin-Mille-081116-228.html

[msongs]

1. emailed these guys to see about volunteering for their project. interesting nt

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2. If it was defeated Pat Robertson would be

blaming the wildfires in CA on Prop. 8.:sarcasm:

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3. Anti-gay laws passed overwhelmingly in Florida, Arkansas, and Arizona, though.