A series of articles about election issues with Greg Palast and others discussing voter suppression, vote by mail, election crimes, ballot burglary, and more…
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Election Crimes Bulletin feat. Rev Yearwood and Ralph Nader
by Greg Palast and Thom Hartmann
Join Dennis Bernstein and Palast on Friday for the first in a series of two special Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletins broadcast on Facebook LIVE. This Friday’s program will explore how voting by mail discriminates against voters of color and will feature special guests Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., the founder of Hip Hop Caucus, and Ralph Nader… READ MORE
Yes, We can Bust the Ballot Burglary
22% of all mail-in ballots don’t get counted — that’s according to an MIT study conducted before Trump took office. And the Post Office has always been a problem, even before a Forever Trumper was appointed as Postmaster General. Safest way to vote… READ MORE
How Safe is Vote by Mail?
With the Forever Trumper as Postmaster General, mailing your ballot in 2020 is playing Russian Roulette with your vote.
It’s very uncomfortable to talk about the deficit of American democracy, that what we have is a mockery, it’s not exactly a democracy when you don’t… READ MORE
Let’s End the Vote Challenge Game
“We must outlaw challenges to signatures unless there is a report filed that the ballot has been stolen,” writes Greg Palast, in his new book, How Trump Stole 2020. Palast is greatly concerned that signatures on mail-in ballots will prove to be “an easy target for nitpickers with a partisan agenda to challenge” and could… READ MORE
Wisconsin Eats its Young
Donald Trump’s 2016 Wisconsin win was a shock to the Democratic Party — but then, the Democratic Party is always shocked — because Wisconsin was supposed to be a safe state for Hillary Clinton.
But then, on Election Day 2016, a giant hunk of … READ MORE
The SECRET Purpose of Trump’s Threat to Delay the Vote
The real purpose of Trump’s threat to delay the election is to lay the groundwork for massive challenges of mail-in ballots.
Yes, Donald, “The 2020 election will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT election in history” because … READ MORE
Ballot Condom for Safe Voting
Protect the health of your democracy during this epidemic of stupidity, meanness, and misinformation. Follow these simple instructions: Don’t just Pick and Lick! If you … READ MORE
1,913,369 Ballots Thrown Away
Here’s what you don’t know: 75,355 ballots were never counted. That’s official, too. Just “spoilage,” that is, ballots that were, for some technical reason, un-tallied. But not just anyone’s vote “spoiled.” Most of these vanished votes were cast in… READ MORE
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