Did you think the 2004 election went smoothly? This election was plagued with ridiculous hassles for voters, efforts to deny people their right to vote, electronic vote counting errors and alarming statistical anomalies. However, the media has mostly ignored or dismissed the growing public concern to make sure every vote is counted in this, and future elections. With the attention given to the electoral challenge of Ohio's votes (the first challenge since 1877), our concerns with the election process can finally start to be addressed publically.

The Election Squad has been covering this story long before the 6 o'clock news would acknowledge there were any problems with the 2004 election. This website is here to give you a concise, yet inclusive look into what went wrong, and why we should investigate and reform our election process. The problem is very real, and it isn't going away until more people realize the situation. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, we are all Americans and our vote is our strongest voice in this country. Everyone's voice deserves to be heard.

Americans are getting killed and killing others in Iraq in an attempt to spread democracy and we have acted as an election watchdog in other countries, yet we can't conduct a fair election in our own country? The White House, many Republicans and irresponsible media outlets have unfairly dismissed the criticisms of the voting process as "conspiracy theories" or "partisan tactics." However, they have not addressed the staggering amount of evidence revealing the massive problems with our election process. During the Ohio electoral challenge, Republican Representatives told those raising the objections to "Get over it." and "Let it go." We believe that a fight for a fair democracy in our own country is not something to "let go of", and that it's a fight we must win. A lot of people are already moving from the 2004 election, but we must address and correct this issue now if we want our future elections to be fair and accurate. In order to be heard, we need to arm ourselves with knowledge of the situation and the ability to communicate it. We hope this website will help in that effort. Please spread the word, support the fight for election reform, stay open-minded, pass this website on, keep reading, and don’t give up. 

These are some of the concerns we address within this website:


Green Party website has turned itself into an election reform hub (link)

Greg Palast (of the BBC) has been covering the problems with our voting process. (link)

Editorial: The Ohio Objection (SF Chronicle) (link)

Michael Moore's video of voter suppression in Ohio. (link)

Votergate is a 30 minute video that demonstrates how easily the election could have been stolen by using actual Diebold software. (link)

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is keeping up with the story on his blog









 



• Exit polls were coming up all Kerry. Were they wrong?

• Counties all over the nation are reporting hundreds, even thousands of miscounted votes.

• Baffling positive swings in Republican turnout.
 

• Surprising results that correlate with the type of voting system used.

• Electronic election results can be easily tampered with, on many different levels.

• Electronic voting machines don't produce a "receipt" to help ensure that every vote is counted.

• The unsettling connections between the GOP and companies that make unreliable voting technologies.
 

• Widespread voting rights injustices.

• Election incidents being reported in the thousands in states like Florida and Ohio.

• Evidence of racially biased suppression at all stages of the voting process.

• And is the media still saying this election went smoothly?!?


- - - - - - See our case study on OHIO, where all of these problems were evident. - - - - - -


Disclaimer: This website is constantly evolving. We've compiled the information from credible sources. Those sources can be found through our hyperlinks or the additional suggested readings that we highlighted. We realize that there is a lot of information out there from many different sources, and that's why we've put our efforts into sifting through it all, and presenting you with the full story. We know some of these claims are being debunked, but some arguments don't hold a lot of water. Check the numbers and the facts and decide for yourself. Bottom line, if any of these issues were isolated we could dismiss them. However, if you put them all together it does seem like something to be concerned about, regardless of what side of the fence you're on.

We encourage your feedback, feel free to contact us - email The Election Squad


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Visit our Action section to see what's being done to address our concerns:

• Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), joined by Sen. Babara Boxer (D-CA), spearhed a formal protest to Ohio's Electors

• Green & Libertarian Party raise money for recount in Ohio

• Nader files for recount in New Hampshire

• Jesse Jackson uses the "F" word (fraud) and demands Ohio presidential recount


• Black Box Voting are conducting the biggest Freedom of Information action in history.

• Kerry demands that Congress commit itself this year to reforming the
electoral system.