Elections in the Ukraine and the USA

Elections in the Ukraine and the USATuesday, November 23 @ 18:26:23 PST by howard martin (5 reads)
"In a lead editorial, the Post cited the divergent exit polls, along with voter claims about ballot irregularities, as prime reasons for overturning the official results. For its part, the New York Times cited reports of “suspiciously, even fantastically, high turnouts in regions that supported” the government candidate. The U.S. news media is making clear that the truth about these electoral anomalies must be told. Of course, the election in question occurred in the Ukraine."-from Robert Parry, who broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek in "Big Media's Democracy Double Standards." Greg Palast checks in with his attempts to query Senator Richard Lugar on the "inconsistency of official election results and exit polls in the USA; the intimidation of minority voters in Florida and Ohio; ... the failure to count two million ballots cast, half by African-American voters, in America's first post-democratic election held earlier this month." This comes after Lugar cited similar problems in the Ukraine. Back in the USA: "Government Accountability Office to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities," and CNN has "GAO to investigate election complaints." "14 House Dems Demand GAO Election Probe," but, Where's Jim? Update: Florida resident sues Volusia County FLA, based on "inadequate and incomplete information regarding election results."-from the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Ohio Judge Says: No Recount Before Final Official Count. "Washington Post Offers Support for Recount Coverage," finally. For a more robust analysis of the Ohio situation, see "Questioning Ohio," from the Boston Phoenix. Free sample: "If the reduced number of precincts in those counties accounts for the difference, it cost Kerry about 45,000 votes. And who knows what might have happened had the state increased polling places in anticipation of the high turnout it knew was coming? And if the state had encouraged voting rather than threatened to challenge credentials? And if there had been no dirty tricks and intimidation? And if all had received their absentee ballots? Would we be preparing for a Kerry presidency? We’ll probably never know." Bloggerman hasn't conceded this point yet: "the Provisionals plus the “Undercount” could make things very close indeed." On this morning before Thanksgiving, Olbermann has posted again. He recaps the state of affairs and notes that CNN's Aaron Brown has now acknowledged that there are some questions about the election. Brown even said the words, "Black Box Voting" on camera! Meanwhile, Medford, Oregon keeps the pressure on with, "Concerned Locals Push For Presidential Election Fraud Probe." Detroit's metrotimes has "Moonshine moment" that takes a look and concludes with "This is a legitimate story. Knowledgeable, highly educated, well-respected people have looked at this election and concluded there are some statistically mind-boggling results. One explanation is widespread fraud. The media should be on this like hungry dogs on fresh meat." Here are two more anecdotal Ohio postings: "Widespread Election Fraud in Cleveland?" and "Possible Proof of fraud in one bit of testimony."