SWAT Teams Count Votes in Denver
Submitted by Couch Potato Re... on Wed, 2007-11-07 09:29.
According to the Denver Post, SWAT Teams were brought in at the last minute to count ballots in our local elections because our Elections Commission botched the job again. The city justified this exercise in police supervision of elections by saying that the police had underground background checks. I, for one, am a bit suspicious that the same overgrown thugs who beat and pepper-spray people in the streets practicing their first amendment rights have any business counting votes. Police are a direct threat to Democracy. Having them involved in the electoral process is a further example of America's confusion between Democracy and Police State--particularly in our "Democrat" led city.
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OUCH !
Can policemen count votes ? Even when they are paid by the guy named on the votes ? lollll
In my town the car drivers working for the re-election of our rotten mayor did not get any tickets for not inserting coins in the parking meters. One block away the opposition drivers got as many as 8 tickets per day per driver.
They call that democracy ! lolllll
amen
ditto
sick
last thing we need are uniformed thugs counting the votes and standing there reminding us not to express any discontent when voting. They can get fucked.