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"Iowa G.O.P. on Guard Against Voting Disruptions"
Under the guise of trying to "protect" against voting disruptions from OWS-Iowa protesters,Iowa GOP officials are moving the vote counting to a "secret location".
Secret?
Anyone could steal the election and who would know?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/iowa-g-o-p-on-guard-against-voting-disruptions/?ref=politics
"They have alerted the police and local party officials about concerns that some people may try to disrupt the caucuses, state party officials said.
They have also decided to tally the votes reported from the precincts at an undisclosed location instead of at party headquarters. Candidates will be able to have campaign representatives, along with other election watchers, view the counting at both the precinct and state level, officials said.
Paper ballots are used in Iowa’s local precincts before the votes are compiled into a computer database. As an extra precaution, state party officials will have extra computer security experts available in the event there are efforts to hack into or electronically tamper with the results, they said."
Back in 2003, the GOP held secret meetings with the energy industry behind closed doors and off the record. Before this happened (at the White House), there were mysterious outages across many parts of the country. Afterward, not a single outage....
Back in 2004-2005, it was finally discovered there really WEREN'T any WMDs in Iraq (the #1 reason for invading the country). And who was controlling the information? The GOP.
And that's only the tip of the iceberg! The GOP have done many underhand and secretative stuff all in the name of 'protecting America', when the truth (once out) was they were simply protecting themselves. Kinda of like Nixon...
So it doesnt surprise me that the GOP in Iowa needs to take draconian 'steps' to 'protect' the vote. How often DOES voter fraud take place? Does the GOP have some statistics to back up their bullshit this time around? I doubt even their numbers would be sound and well vetted.
This isn't about undermining Mr. Paul's or Mr. Romney's chances because the lunatic fringe (which is the norm for the GOP these days) cant handle one of their preferred candidates (Perry, Bachmann, Sanitorum) not winning in a landslide. Its about the fact that Democrats have often been open with their elections and catch shit for it by conservatives, who give a blind eye towards the Republicans.
In the end it doesn't matter, as President Obama only needs to convince another 5-10% of American voters to vote in his favor. Given that the GOP's approval rating in the USA is in the teens (at best) to single digits (at worst), will also lower the GOP's credibility. Likewise, their credibility is undermined due to pass actions (and inactions) that caused such events as the Iraq War, Wall Street's Collapse, the Katrina aftermath, and giving us George W. Bush (oh an Dick Cheney too).
Again, I ask, how often does voter fraud ACTUALLY take place in this country? Are there any reilable statistics to support the GOP's paranoia? If you go and do a google search (or which ever search engine you like), you'll find the voter fraud hysteria comes straight from the GOP camp. As with most other GOP 'band wagon issues', this one is high in 'conspiracy theories' and starved of facts/evidence.
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