Lookout, Arizona! Hand Recount Probably Won’t Be Done; ID Law Not Blocked

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Guest blogged by Winter Patriot

Election integrity advocates in Arizona got a double-whammy Tuesday — just in time for their primaries!

First we have some bad news from Erica Meltzer of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson:
Backup verifying of votes unlikely: Hand-recount procedures not cleared for touch screens

The hand recount that was supposed to guarantee the integrity of the touch-screen voting machines being used in today’s election probably won’t be done because the secretary of state didn’t submit its procedures for federal review until Thursday.

The widespread use of electronic voting machines to comply with the Help America Vote Act raised concerns among some political activists that the machines could be used to tamper with election results.

In response to those concerns, the Legislature passed a bill requiring a random recount of 2 percent of all precincts, and the Pima County Board of Supervisors said it would require a 100 percent hand recount.

The Justice Department signed off on the bill last month, but the secretary of state didn’t submit procedures for the recount until late Thursday.

What??? Late Thursday? To get the recount procedures approved for use when?

In a special meeting Monday, the supervisors said that made it very unlikely they would receive clearance in time to conduct a recount before the Sept. 19 deadline to canvass the election results.

The supervisors laid the blame on Secretary of State Jan Brewer.

“It has been her choice and her choice alone to put us in this position,” Supervisor Ramon Valadez said. “Any reasonable person would expect her to get this done.”

Deputy Secretary of State Kevin Tyne said the secretary of state followed the appropriate process for getting the voting counting procedures approved.

Oh, yeah, right. uh huh.

Here’s a good place to read more.

Meanwhile… from AP‘s Paul Davenport via CBS News via Raw Story:
Judge Won’t Block Ariz. Voter ID Law

(AP) A federal judge on Monday refused to block a law that requires Arizona voters to present identification before casting a ballot.

U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver’s order came a day before Tuesday’s primary, the first statewide election for which voters will be required to show identification. The law has already been used in some municipal elections.

The 2004 law requires that voters at polling places produce government-issued picture ID or two pieces of other non-photo identification specified by the law. It also requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Secretary of State Jan Brewer said the law was a protection against voter fraud. “Today’s court ruling assures the integrity of this process by retaining the requirements established by Proposition 200,” she said in a statement.

It’s quite clear that Secretary of State Jan Brewer cares very deeply about “the integrity of this process”.

Is it not?

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Lookout, Arizona! Hand Recount Probably Won’t Be Done; ID Law Not Blocked

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  1. 2)
    Lisa B said on 9/12/2006 @ 10:38pm PT: [Permalink]

    This country is something else. I’ve just about had it. The corruption is out of control and no one is doing anything about it except for people on the blogs and a handful of people in government. How did this country get so dam dumb down and weird? Beam me the fu*k out of here Scotty!

  2. 5)
    phil said on 9/13/2006 @ 6:01am PT: [Permalink]

    (To the tune of Beatles – Yellow Submarine)
    We all live in an electro-magnetic sea of death.

    News like this just pisses me off to no end. Psyops do it on purpose. If the military isn’t going to protect the US citizens, there really isn’t any hope left for America.
    My only thought is that if you can tell if you been hit by this crap, it’s assault. I’ll let you do the math on what this means.

    I wonder if the fucking bastard used to play with baby birds in his microwave oven.

  3. 6)
    Noname said on 9/13/2006 @ 7:17am PT: [Permalink]

    I’m of two minds regarding the ID thing. Requiring ID from voters is a viable fraud reducing measure. On the other hand, it might be considered discriminatory.

  4. 8)
    oldturk said on 9/13/2006 @ 9:40am PT: [Permalink]

    Active denial weapons systems being currently tested in Iraq. Hi power microwave and laser weapons are being field tested,.. turn down the (volume) – and it now becomes a low power weapons system that is ideal for crowd control that will be used in the USA if deemed necessary.

    As seen on Democracy Now,..
    Video Link to an Italian documentary about military crowd control weapons systems.

    ====================

    Police weapons and crowd control sciences,..

    http://www.policeone.com/police...rticles/99337/

    ====================

    Acoustic weapons for crowd control,..

    http://www.mindcontrolforums.co...9_3altmann.pdf

    ====================

    Nonlethal weapons for crowd control,..

    http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/nlw/...tNo7_May05.pdf

    ====================

    Strategies/weapons to maintain political control,..

    http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Echelo...2sept1998.html

  5. 9)
    plunger said on 9/13/2006 @ 11:18am PT: [Permalink]

    Hey WP:

    Here’s plenty of links to help you unravel the truth:

    Go to this page and read through the various posts, starting with this one:

    IF YOU DON’T WANT THE WHOLE TRUTH, DON’T READ THIS

    CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?

    ARE YOU REALLY READY FOR IT?

    THE PURPORTED “GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR” EXPLAINED.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2...l?p=6#comments

  6. 10)
    oldturk said on 9/13/2006 @ 11:23am PT: [Permalink]

    Here’s a handy little crowd control weapon,.. like a taser gun to incapacitate about 500 people in one shot. Weapons systems to control political unrest and potentially violent street demonstrations,.. Link # 1,.. Link # 2,..
    Link # 3
    ,.. Link # 4

    Erma: Please come to the front of the protest/demonstration line,.. your microwave hot-dogs are ready. Would you like an ice-pack,.. a band-aid,.. and an ace bandage with that microwave hot-dog ?

  7. 12)
    molly said on 9/14/2006 @ 3:24pm PT: [Permalink]

    Where is Erma these days anyway? I felt in her a kindred spirit to take to the streets. Now, I guess it’s too late unless I get a huge life insurance policy for the grand dogs.

  8. 13)
    Larry Bergan said on 9/15/2006 @ 1:47am PT: [Permalink]

    Lisa B #1

    You Really know how to change the topic on a thread!

    “If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation,”

    That has to be the worst quote of all time!

    Congratulations Sir!

    You’re in Guinness!

    Now GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COUNTRY NOW, YOU NAZI FUCK!

    Don’t tell me! He owns stock in the company that builds these things, doesn’t he! DOESN’T HE!

  9. 14)
    Lisa B said on 9/15/2006 @ 9:53pm PT: [Permalink]

    Larry Bergan

    That wasn’t my intention on changing the thread. When I read that article it made me want to go protest then I read about these secret weapons , and it all just seemed to fit. It’s kind of all interlinked together. 1. You catch them stealing your vote. 2. You go out to protest the stealing of your vote. 3. You get micro-waved by your government. 4. You die of cancer. 5. They have a new weapon to use on everyone.

  10. 15)
    Larry Bergan said on 9/16/2006 @ 2:03am PT: [Permalink]

    Lisa B:

    Yep! If they hadn’t stolen the 2000 election, this idiot would not be saying these unbelieveable things. When do they start arresting these guys? What if he said he was going to test his death ray on the handicapped? Would that have done it?

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