Was Prop 8 rigged by zealots? (new version)
Was Prop 8 Fixed by Religious Zealots?
Monday, 17 November 2008, 9:54 am
Column: Mark Crispin Miller
Was California’s Anti Gay Proposition Fixed by Religious Zealots?
Early evening, Nov. 4, exit poll showing Prop 8 going down to defeat. Later in that evening, after adding 72 respondents the exit poll figures switched to show a preference for “Yes.” (Screen shot)
Well, well, well. First we find out, happily, that We the People may not be so fiercely racist after all, as Election ‘08 has debunked the (feeble) theory of “the Bradley effect.”
And now it turns out that Americans–at least those in gay-friendly California — may not really been as hostile to gay marriage as the outcome of that state’s election has apparently suggested.
As we think about the possibility that Prop 8 was not really passed by California’s voters, let’s note something that the press, and others, won’t discuss: i.e., that the entire apparatus of computerized voting in this country–the e-voting machines and op-scans and central tabulators, etc.–is largely owned by members of the Christianist far right.
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Nice theory Mark, but how do you explain this?
Only two counties used electronic voting machines and both have a printed verified receipt. One of them, San Mateo, went against 8, the other, Orange, went for 8.
Now if you’re suggesting that optical scan paper ballots were somehow altered, that’s obviously another matter. The 1% manual counts are well under way in most of the counties - haven’t looked to see about any disparities in the counts or heard anything either.