Sure, rigging continues, and it will continue ad nauseum, because voting for tyrants never ends. The Dem-Rep Party saw to that long ago.

Annnnnd another nutter butter news report on voter fraud.

http://conservativevideos.com/uncover...

Just read this one this morn...http://dailysignal.com/2016/08/18/voter-frau...

Well, that would be the death of democracy. Yet in the past elections have been rigged, in many different forms and ways. Nevertheless, if the government does its job to keep people ignorant on politics, other forms of "cheating" can be accomplished. The main problem is that few understand how far an election can go, and what responsability is at hand in this. Congress, the Senate; all these chambers go through a very ignored ballot that can create a very powerfull adversary during office. It´s too bad people still believe the executive office is the main election, something that proves we still have some issues to resolve from older times. A President´s power should be limited for many reasons, and he/she shouldn´t have the main ground anymore. But most vote for one candidate, one voice, one big mistake. And then there´s me. I believe that, despite the biparty system, one really doesn´t get to chose much. It´s like a multiple choice quiz. Keep people distracted and tamper with their gut feelings so that passion ends up making choices, and not reason. Some countries give them distractions in consuming, others in desperate situations. Untill the voters really focus on what´s going on, you can herd them like sheep for the most part.

Education is really poor these days, and that´s a perfect way to form opinions and convince the mass majority. To think that in many districts most use one history text book is proof that tampering with the facts is quite simple. As for the "higher educated" well, for the main part they´re trained to be very good at a very specific trade, carreer or sub system; leaving them oblivious to many facts as well. Like a "machine" with very particular parts that perform very specific functions. It´s not perfect of course, but it keeps the system running. Democracy, a rather noble concept in a very schirmish world.

Its a recurring dream born in 1776. Better than the nightmare of FakeDealRoosevelt, Falseman, JustForKomrades, LootingBastardJohnson, Tricky Dick, Falldown Ford, Meddling Carter, Readmylips Bush, Newspeak Clinton, Duh Bush, Olooter, HRM Donnie and Empress Hillary.

You are dreaming, but I sure like your dream.

Well, David, a lot of us ARE frothing at the mouth, but nobody on power is listening to us. They don't care. We have no power.

And then we got stuck with even worse in Nov '63.

Of course it can. The JFK election was so rigged that it was embarrassing.

Why rig an election when whomever is elected will do exactly the same thing the other would do? Obama never stopped the war (as promised) and conservative presidents increase taxes and size and scope of government despite their promises not to.

Elections are rigged by bad philosophy. After that they fight among themselves with gimmicks.

How about instead I sacrifice my right to vote and receive nothing from the federal government. No benefits, no interference (e.g., I can work for anyone who wants my service with no social security number, no w/h required), full personal privacy (take that NSAss), ability to own private property (instead of "estate"), no federal taxes except "use fees", e.g., fuel tax on motor vehicle fuel. Just opt me out of your rigged lotto game if you can stand the competition, looters. (In the next twenty years I expect we will lose the benefits and get total interference instead.)

How in the WORLD do you think Obama got his second term?

we have marked ballots too..we draw a line to complete an arrow and feed it into a reader machine. No chads, no touch monitor screens...simple and effective. I'm sure there is a way to cheat it but, unlike the electronic options, at least an physical effort would have to be made.

Hello freedomforall,
"winner-looter" Yes. That being the case, it has to be virtual landslide to ensure victory. I'm beginning to think Jefferson was right about needing regular revolutions... We definitely need voter ID and paper ballot backups. I understand some of the electronic voting doesn't even have that. Although I despise all the cameras we have in public now, having them at the entry of polling places (not in the booth) might dissuades some of the cheaters. Perhaps a thumb print on every ballot??? I had to supply prints for gun purchases... hmmm...
Regards,
O.A.

Hello AJAshinoff,
How are you doing? :)
That is terrible, but seems par for the course. We really are a banana republic now... That Soros connection is definitely worrisome. That guy is a real monster.
Regards,
O.A.

OK so we know that the elections in many or most nations are routinely rigged. It's hardly headline news.

What I'm more interested in is why the population aren't frothing at the mouth and demanding election systems and vote counting protocols that guarantee the election outcomes actually reflect the will of the people.

how can we rig it to get Gary Johnson above 50 percent? -- j
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Well, this casts rather a gloom over the evening, doesn't it?

We use marked ballots here but I notice that they have code numbers which might go to the registration card? First a clerk finds my card then the next clerk codes a ballot. I don't know why they just can't have ballots without some kind coding, though maybe the clerk is just putting a signature marking on the ballot so too many ballots can not be sneaked in when the tabulating machine is emptied and the counters adjusted(?).

What Hillary did with the DNC nomination she would attempt to do with the Presidential Election, She has no morals, when it comes to seeking the highest office in the land she would manipulate, and murder to get what she wants.
Some of the major media are reporting that the Major Hacker Groups are siding with Trump.
There is Julian Assange who has a large volume of Hillary's email he might release before the election. Then there is the Russians, need I say more!

True enough. An acquaintance who was a bright enough communications consultant went over to the dark side about 10 years ago. Traitor making 6 figures fiat in the Dark Center with Just-us. Despicable.