The Examiner: Someday Americans may know the name of King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell like they know Brown v. Board of Education. This case was filed on August 31, 2006 over allegations stemming from vote count irregularities and voter suppression in violation of the 1st, 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution in the presidential election of 2004 in Ohio.
Putting aside for the moment the fact that by their constant efforts to rob all manner of poor, elderly, young, and minority Americans of their right to vote, Republicans are betraying democracy, or that with Citizens United they're trying to buy the outcomes, on top of all that, they're also rigging the vote count. The GOP stole the election in 2000 in Florida. They stole it 2004 in Ohio. Roves now famous election night freak out in 2012 indicates they tried to steal this one as well (2008 was apparently not even close enough to try). And they're already trying to steal it in 2016.
We almost had our smoking gun in 2008 but after being threatened with death the star witness mysteriously died in a plane crash right before the trial.
So we need to do some things, 1) a federal election protection law that takes control of elections away from partisan state officials and demands a paper trail in every state, 2) a federal investigation into Republican party election rigging, and 3) a coordinated, sustained effort to brand the GOP as the election stealing scoundrels that they are.
We need to be able to win elections when the electorate says we won, and not only when GOP public policy causes complete economic and fiscal meltdown making the election a blowout or when hackers prevent the theft. We need to drive a stake into the heart of the America killing criminal conspiracy that is the Republican party. These are great ways to get that done.
Merry Christmas.
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