This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C., from their excellent series “Barriers to the Ballot Box“. Analysis: New And Age-Old Voter Suppression Tactics At The Heart Of The 2020 Power Struggle Making voting harder is about grabbing
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wmtc: all eyes on the united states: election day and beyond: the dark side laid bare
Election day in the U.S. tomorrow. My American family and friends are all quietly freaking out. The whole world is quietly freaking out. The massive turnout through mail-in voting and advance polling are very good signs. Thousands who didn’t vote in 2016 have already voted in 2020. Personally, I think
Continue readingwmtc: "fine. biden. but this is bullshit."
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: Donald Trump is the single greatest gift the Democratic Party could ever hope to receive. The Democrats have finally achieved their most sought-after position: every thinking person must now vote Democrat, no matter what. They can now run whoever they want
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading: how to be an antiracist by ibram x. kendi
How To Be An Antiracist is an important, powerful, thought-provoking book. With unflinching precision, Ibram X. Kendi defines the roots of racism and explains how we can work to eliminate it. The structure of the book is disarming: the explanatory chapters are interwoven with the story of Kendi’s personal journey
Continue readingwmtc: 11 things you should know about u.s. presidential elections
Here are some facts about US elections. There are mountains of evidence to support each of these. If you have doubts, do some homework. This is merely a summary of facts. 1. The Electoral College. Up to 50% of votes in any state are wiped out. Canada has first-past-the-post voting
Continue readingwmtc: the worst part of trump is not trump
The freak show that is the Trump presidency gives us so many things to lament, and mourn, and goggle at. But for one organization, it is a singular gift, valuable beyond all measure: that is the Democratic National Committee. For me, the worst part of the Trump presidency is not
Continue readingwmtc: president trump: what didn’t just happen
Since I’m making an effort to put more of my thoughts here, I’m gathering up a bunch of my Facebook posts and responses. If we know each other on Facebook, apologies for the repetition. I find much of the analysis and commentary I’ve seen about the recent US election to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Duffy testimony should spark new investigation into 2011 election fraud
The Council of Canadians calls for the re-opening of the investigation into the election fraud of 2011 in the wake of Mike Duffy’s recent testimony. The former Conservative senator testified under oath that a “black ops group at Conservative headqua…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess
Elections Canada has made an awful mess of voter registration for the 2015 federal election. It’s a mess that recalls bad memories of the 2011 robocall scandal. Stephen Harper is partly to blame. The post Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Con Plan to Steal the Election
It was a day of good news and bad news on the election front yesterday.The good news is that now that we know that Stephen Harper is cancelling his annual trip to the Arctic, we know that he is almost certainly going drop the writ much sooner than expected. So we
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Council of Canadians calls for reopening of robocalls investigation
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Commissioner of Canada Elections to re-open the investigation into the 2011 robocalls election fraud scandal. The post Council of Canadians calls for reopening of robocalls investigation appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sona robocall verdict doesn’t close book on 2011 election fraud: Issue will be back in court with “Fair” Elections Act legal challenge
Conservative aide Michael Sona’s conviction does not resolve the issues surrounding the widespread electoral fraud perpetrated in the 2011 federal election, says Council of Canadians. The post Sona robocall verdict doesn’t close book on 2011 election fraud: Issue will be back in court with “Fair” Elections Act legal challenge appeared
Continue readingwmtc: today: call your m.p.! stop the (un)fair elections act!
I trust by now you’ve all heard about Stephen Harper’s latest plan to undermine democracy in Canada, his electoral reform bill that the chief electoral officer of the country has called an affront to democracy. Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand told CBC: “My reading of the act is that I
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Supreme Court Rules Last Federal Election Was Fraudulent
Dorothy Field-Cowichan Conversations Contributor The Canadian Federal Court has confirmed that the country’s 2011 federal election, which led to the victory of Stephen Harper’s government, was fraudulent. This is appalling. Doesn’t the erosion of our democracy matter anymore? Why isn’t this in the news instead of the awful Senate and
Continue readingwmtc: happy canada day, a/k/a national stop harper day
This week, pollster Nik Nanos revealed that 51.5% of Canadian voters would not consider voting for the Conservative party, compared to 36.4% only seven months ago. I don’t play the national pastime – election prediction – so I won’t speculate about if or how this poll will translate on the
Continue readingwmtc: election fraud ruling: demand to know the truth
While everyone’s been glued to Rob Ford’s crack and Mike Duffy’s featherbedding, something even more important happened: the Federal Court confirmed that there was election fraud in the 2011 federal election. Not just “robocalls” – that diminutive buzzword that the media clings to – but election fraud: a deliberate, targeted
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robocalls: Fed Court’s Election Fraud Finding Implicates Conservatives
The Federal Court ruling states that “there was an orchestrated effort to suppress votes during the 2011 election campaign by a person with access to the [Conservative Party’s] CIMS database.” An attack on Canadian democracy. The post Robocalls: Fed Court’s Election Fraud Finding Implicates Conservatives appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robocalls election fraud: Federal Court ruling “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow
Last Thursday’s Federal Court ruling on the robocalls and other U.S. Republican-style voter suppression tactics during Canada’s 2011 Federal election is “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow, the chairperson of the Council of Canadians. The post Robocalls election fraud: Federal Court ruling “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow appeared first
Continue reading350 or bust: No More “Nice Guy”: Canada’s Democracy & Reputation Tarred
It turns out Canada’s reputation is getting as toxic as the Alberta tar sands tailings ponds: * Some more facts: Canadian federal taxpayers subsidize the oil industry $1.38 billion a year. And that’s not counting your Province’s subsidies to the oil industry. The International Energy Agency says up to two
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