Revolution Blues

Read how the AP completely understates a voting machine mistake in Ohio:

Ohio essentially decided the outcome of the presidential race, with Kerry giving up after unofficial results showed Bush with a 136,000-vote lead in the state.

Since then, there have been demands for a recount and complaints about uncounted punch-card votes, disqualified provisional ballots and a ballot-machine error that gave hundreds of extra votes to Bush.

LATER IN THE SAME ARTICLE:

Other critics have seized on an error in an electronic voting system that gave Bush 3,893 extra votes in a suburban Columbus precinct where only 638 people voted. The extra votes are part of the unofficial tally.

HUNDREDS OF VOTES? Well, they are technically correct, but good lord. You read just the first few paragraphs of the article and you're like, god damn democrats, a couple hundred votes, big deal. But, over 3,000 extra votes when only 638 people voted (for Bush, Kerry and other candidates!). The machines gave much over 100 times the number of votes he should have received.

Now, this does not mean that the election was stolen or anything, but we think it is definitely a good exercise to count all the votes in Ohio and other states, to at the very least examine the problems associated with voting. Of course the main problem with voting is that all these fucking idiots get to vote.

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Hey Kid, when you're done playing chess, you gotta go count those votes again, but not before you take out the trash and do your homework.