Grievance 36 - Vote Fraud

The U.S, Constitution, while posing a "representative form" of
government, failed to establish specific procedures to ensure integrity
of the voting system and protect the nation against fraudulent
powerholders.

Charges of election-stealing were frequent throughout the nation's
history, including the first election in which Lyndon B. Johnson became
a member of Congress from Texas, a position that launched him on the
road to the Presidency. The contest was reported close enough for a
recount, but the ballots were allegedly destroyed in a deliberately set
fire.

In 1996, the non-governmental Virginia-based Voting Integrity Project
investigated an election in Louisiana in which the U.S. Senate seat was
decided by a vote margin of 5,788 out of 1.7 million cast;

"Probable cause exists to believe that
large scale violations of federal and
state law have occured. The most
serious include the purchasing of votes,
multiple voting, and the casting of
fraudulent votes."

The "losing" candidate was ahead by 95,000 votes outside New Orleans
when the polls closed, but 70 of the city's 474 voting precincts had not
reported their tallies even two hours after closing, When they finally
reported, they gave the opposing candidate 100,000 votes to win.

Under Louisiana law, computer voting machines were to be opened later
for election "observers" and the totals verified, but the machines had
been opened before they were allowed to view them. Independent
investigators learned that 1,380 votes were cast by "residents" of a
public housing project regarded officially as vacant.

U.S. law required states to allow people to sign as voters by mail or at
various unsupervised locations. An investigative reporter tested the
system with 25 bogus voter applications containing false names,
addresses and dates of birth, to government registrars and 20 were
accepted. A common complaint everywhere was that deceased voters names
were being used by imposters. With introduction of computer voting
machines, there were numerous challenges regarding possible
pre-programming for desired results.

In the heat of politcally partisan elections and with great power to be
gained, fraudulent scenarios were reported throughout the nation from
time to time. Enforcement of federal laws against vote fraud was in the
hands of partisan political interests. The U.S. Attorney General and
regional U.S. Attorneys who were designated to prosecute federal law
violations, were themselves appointed to the posts by the winners of
potentially fraudulent elections.

The integrity of a voting system is paramount to the integrity of a
government "of the people, by the people, for the people". Essential
backup for verification of computer machines, for example, would include
hand-ballots with fingerprints and telephones with voiceprint
technology. but none was in place as the 20th century passed into
history.

Under an AUTHENTIC CONSTITUTION in harmony with the natural
Cosmic Laws of the universe, and producing High Moral Values and Democratic
Ideals, specific procedures are set forth to ensure the integrity of each
persons vote on all governmental principles, policies and practices, and
prosecution of law violations is the responsibility of a verifiably
elected U.S. Attorney General.

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