Journal orthogonal's Journal: Republicans Jam Phone Lines on Election Day 2002 1
(I submitted this to Slashdot, but I guess the editors didn't find it interesting.)
A Republican consultant paid a "vendor" $2,500 to jam the phones of the local Democratic Party and Firefighter's union offices in several New Hampshire cities on Election Day 2002, in order to prevent voters from calling to arrange rides to the polls and other 'get out the vote' efforts.
In the closest affected race, Republican John Sununu beat Democrat Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate by fewer than 19,000 votes out of over 442,000 votes cast. The consultant pled guilty today, but his co-conspirators have not yet been identified and the investigation is continuing.
We all know that Diebold's voting machines are supposed to ensure that every vote is counted, but what are other ways that technology can be used to undermine democracy?
a situation like that (Score:1)
of course, we could have other significant election changes, such as a 1-2-3 rank the candidates and instant runoff vote,and you need a 50% majority to win, and a 24 hour voting period, and everyone who makes it to the ballot gets in on any media "debates" without exception.. And term limits. Like a term of 1.
I filed a protest after the 2002 elections at my precinct over the diebold machines. As soon as I saw no wayto get a paper trail action or anything I knew it was