How to Steal an Elections in 9 Easy Steps

source: Greg Palast (http://ballotbandits.wordpress.com/excerpts/)

Here are the facts, ma’am:

In the 2008 election, no less than:

•     767,023 provisional ballots were cast and not counted;

•     1,451,116 ballots were “spoiled,” not counted;

•     488,136 absentee ballots were mailed in, but not counted.

Add it up: in the last presidential election, no less than 2,706,275 ballots were cast—and never counted. I have not included a quarter million (251,936) provisional ballots counted only in part (that is, for some offices).

That’s the official number I’ve calculated from the records of the US Election Assistance Commission. Approximately three million votes flushed away are ugly enough. But it gets worse.... (Read the entire book excerpt here)

Chapter Two: “Why Obama Is Likely to Lose in 2012″