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a dark conspiracy by Robert Sterling (robalini@aol.com) - May 29, 2001 |
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| Were African-American Precincts Victims of Widespread Fraud? A special report by Konformist editor Robert Sterling. In Palm Beach County, as reported, 28,036 votes in the Presidential race have been tossed, a number nearly twice as much as the previous election. The focus has been on the effects due to the butterfly ballot, which appears to have caused confusion and led to votes for Pat Buchanan. What has only been rarely mentioned is that nearly half of those votes tossed out are in African-American precincts. The percentage of disqualified votes county-wide was seven percent, an admittedly high number. However, in two precincts of Riviera Beach with African-American populates at 94 and 96 percent, the figure of disqualifications was 20%. There are reports of African-Americans who have complained they were given ballots that were already marked for rival candidates. While some may have caught the alleged problem, it is likely that many people would not notice the problem while voting. Further, according to a Salon.com article (November 13, 2000), half of all disqualified votes in Republican-dominated Duval County also are from the four African-American city districts of the county out of the 14 total, or 12,000 out of 27,000 total. Unlike Palm Beach, Duval County has no butterfly ballot. This is evidence that the disqualification of African-American voters is widespread. The Miami Herald reported (November 15, 2000) that the same phenomenon happened in Miami-Dade County. Three different counties, the same results, and two with no "butterfly" ballot. The implications are tremendous: a major attempt to swindle votes from African-Americans was a deciding factor in the 2000 election. We are no longer talking about "honest" fuck-ups, but a sinister conspiracy. What we have before us is an election scandal that makes Watergate and The October Surprise look like patty cake. The Konformist will not state for sure who the culprit is, but some questions must be asked: who would benefit from suppressing African-American votes in the Presidential race? How could these votes have been tampered with and who could have done it? And, perhaps most important, why was Katherine Harris, Florida's GOP Secretary of State, so eager to end the investigation of the vote totals in Palm Beach? (She has claimed, falsely, that Tuesday at 5PM [November 21, 2000] is the drop-dead date for submitting voter totals.) To be fair (something that Harris and Bush have failed to be through the entire post-election fiasco) there should be a presumption of innocence, followed by a thorough and honest investigation. So long as Harris leads a rush to judgement and G.W. prematurely ejaculates boasts of victory, they, the GOP, and the entire election mess will have a dark cloud of sinister fraud hanging over it. The views expressed above represent the writer and not necessarily those of The Disinformation Company Ltd. |
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A Dark Conspiracy The Unelectable Son The Unelectable Son, Part II Nearly Half of Tossed Ballots from Black Precincts Time for a Revolt, er, Revote! Analysis of Precinct Return Data for Duval County, Florida W's Triumph of the Will George W. Bush's Three Principles: Lies, Fraud and Theft The Bush Campaign and the Rise of the Political Underworld Ballot Errors Rate High in Some Black Precincts The Disappearing Ballots of Duval County Gore Camp Demands FBI Inquiry |
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