With Donald Trump formally installed in the Oval Office, election integrity activist Jonathan Simon crunches the numbers and reflects on Election 2016, the death of electoral transparency and the thwarting of public will. As Published in MintPressNews By Jonathan D. Simon @JonathanSimon14 | January 24, 2017 Whether viewed in terms of outcome or of process, the story of the 2016 presidential … [Read More...]
CODE RED lays out the case that election fraud has been occurring via the targeting and manipulation of computerized voting equipment across America.
CODE RED is about election fraud and how it has impacted American politics since the computers took over the vote counting. It is a compelling call to action, about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it is all gone.
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Between Trump and a Hard Place: The Truth About "Rigged" Elections
Jonathan SimonTruth-out.org
Donald Trump speaks at a fly-in campaign event in Wilmington, Ohio, November 4, 2016. (Photo: Damon Winter / The New York Times)
What happens when a dangerous and serial liar like Donald Trump blunders onto an inconvenient and disruptive truth?The truth Trump is inadvertently pointing to is not that elections in the United States are rigged, but that our privatized, electronic vote counting system is unobservable and incapable of proving that it is not rigged. This is a true crisis for American democracy. Yet, it would be hard to imagine a more unsuitable and uninformed standard-bearer for electoral integrity than Mr. Trump. His glib debate-night plan to hold America "in suspense" about whether he would accept electoral defeat was coupled with some racially-tinged nonsense about "voter fraud" in the millions, and the nonsensical proposition that Hillary Clinton should not be allowed to run for office because of her email-related issues and other supposed disqualifiers.
Predictably, Trump's message about "rigged" elections immediately resonated with his faithful (a significant bump in his poll numbers was detected). At the same time, it predictably provoked a rousing chorus of official denial, proclaiming the virtues of American democracy and the unquestionable security of our elections. These ringing assurances have come from all quarters of the political and media establishment, from president to pundit.
Lost, though, in the bipartisan condemnation of Trump and passionate renditions of America the Beautiful is an undeniable reality. Our computerized, unobservable vote counting system actually cannot prove or demonstrate that it is fraud-free. It simply cannot answer a challenge to its fidelity from Trump or anyone else, whether the challenge is justified or baseless, sincere or cynical. Keep reading at Truth-Out.org (opens in new tab)
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- John Zogby, founder of The Zogby Poll
From the Blog
Jon Ossoff won the GA-6 June 20 runoff Mail-In Vote 64% to 36%. Some speculated that it was because his campaign had promoted mail-in voting among supporters. No Ossoff campaign literature linked to mail-in voting could be found, but the above flyer was sent by the Handel campaign.