tom_thinks
Monday, June 21, 2004
Does every vote count?
Greg Palast has a new version of his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy". I've read the old version and its a great book, a real investigation into the corruption of or government and particularly the theft of the 2000 election. There's an excerpt of the book at AlterNet: Election 2004: The Sour Smell of Spoiled Ballots
In the 2000 presidential election, 1.9 million Americans cast ballots that no one counted. 'Spoiled votes' is the technical term. The pile of ballots left to rot has a distinctly dark hue: About 1 million of them -- half of the rejected ballots -- were cast by African Americans although black voters make up only 12 percent of the electorate.
This year, it could get worse.
posted by Tom, 6/21/2004 05:38:00 PM
