Scott Brown - Elected, or Selected?

The recent editorial by Karl Rove, in which he predicted 3-6 point victory for Scott Brown dovetails all too cleanly with news that Diebold's optical scan machinery was employed to count the votes. This is a corporate sham election, and unless the people of Massachusetts take action to prevent this election from being certified without an investigation (unlikely given the concession by Coakley) it will be the first of many more to be stolen by the right wing machine - literally.

Massachusetts voting machines are programmed and serviced by New England Diebold affiliate LHS Associates.

"The electronic voting systems used in Massachusetts are notoriously plagued with problems and vulnerabilities, and are in violation of federal voting system standards. Moreover, they are sold, programmed, and maintained by a company with a disturbing criminal background."

Unfortunately it really is this easy to subvert representative democracy. It's not really fair, or right, and it is something we should all work to fight against. Don't let corporations pretend to count your votes!