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FirmhandKY -> NH Primary: Hillary "steals" election from Obama? (1/9/2008 6:19:17 PM)
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Lots of people said that one of the ways that the 2004 election was "stolen" by the Republicans was due to the use of Diebolt electronic voting machines, which were rigged to give the results that Rove et al wanted.
"They" said that you couldn't trust those type of machines.
Now, in New Hampshire, all the polling said that Obama was a massive favorite to win the Democratic primary, some polls had his lead in double digits, and the talking heads were saying that it was all over for Hillary.
Hillary almost breaks down and cries ... showing emotion that for some candidates would have meant a greater slide in their numbers.
Yet ... yet ... the next morning, Hillary wins. Obama's lead "mysteriously" has disappeared. Pollsters are astonished, talking heads are buzzing in embarrassment.
Diebold favors Hillary, hand count for Obama
For the counts
Hillary victory tainted by vote fraud claims
Hillary Clinton's victory celebrations in New Hampshire were short lived after Internet bloggers uncovered that the former first lady did better in precincts where the votes were counted by the much maligned Diebold voting machines, whereas in precincts where votes were hand counted, her rival Barack Obama was the clear winner.
Illinois Senator vying to become the first black President of the United States has already conceded victory and congratulated Clinton, but the blogosphere is buzzing with allegations of vote fraud directed at the Clinton camp.
Obama garnered 38.7% of the hand counted votes to Clinton's 36.2%, but Diebold machines gave Clinton 40.7% of the vote against Obama's 36.2%.
Bloggers have highlighted the fact that the candidate placed second from each method got exactly 36.2% of the vote.
They also point out that opinion polls before the election placed Obama firmly in front in the Democrat race, with a 13 percentage point lead over Clinton.
81% of New Hampshire ballots were counted in secrecy by Diebold Election Systems, which was recently renamed Premier.
The ethical hacker Harri Hursti, who demonstrated how easy it was to crack Diebold optical scans in Leon County, Florida, testifying on September 19 before the New Hampshire legislature explaining significant vulnerabilities requiring urgent mitigations.
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New Hampshire used Diebold version 1.94w optical scan machines, the same model that was successfully cracked by Hursti.
And the Daily Kos kicks in:
Diebold steals election for Hillary
We need to get on the ball and contact as many media outlets as possible.
It certainly looks to me like there is as much - if not more - reason to suspect skulduggery in this election.
Firm
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