However, I haven't really blogged about the election irregularities.
If readers want to follow the story, I recommend they check out the Anonymous blogger who has been compiling the various problems around the country.
Or watch Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC. Or just read Bloggermann, Olbermann's blog. If you are interested in this topic, you've probably already read Thom Hartmann's op-ed.
For those who haven't been paying attention, some new datapoints:
Yesterday, a Franklin County Commissioner seat in Indiana switched from red to blue when officials found that an optical scan machine had counted straight ticket Democratic voting for the Libertarian candidate.
Thousands of votes are still inexplicably missing in North Carolina.
Ralph Nader set in motion a recount in New Hampshire, a state John Kerry won. Again, the issue is optical scan machines:
Nader has alleged that “irregularities’’ in the optical scanning voting machines appear to have inflated the totals that Bush should have gotten in several key states.The machines were manufactured by Diebold.
Even as the count of provisional ballots has started, David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, the Green and Libertarian candidates for President, have "announced their intentions to file a formal demand for a recount of the presidential ballots cast in Ohio." They estimate that they'll need $150,000 in donations to pay for it, and so far have raised $112,500.
Meanwhile, Kerry's lawyers are in Ohio on a "fact-finding mission."
Remember, the real Presidential election is December 13, 2004, when the Electoral College meets.
Just one more month!
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