Letter:Moore calls on liberals to protest inauguration – Daily Lobo – Opinion
I want to let my congressman know I don’t want them wasting another dime of taxpayer money on this tinfoil-hattery.
Chayal Boded
UNM community member
Every American must believe he or she has a reason to vote and that his or her vote will be counted. That issue should unite Left and Right. To say the various problems that have already been documented ultimately don’t change the results and therefore don’t really matter is unacceptable.
Some people may have gone too far in challenging this elections results. However, it may be worse to completely dismiss every complaint as “tin-foil hattery.”
In fact, there were too few voting machines in the urban areas that went for Kerry — does anyone have any idea how many people were turned away from the polls across the country? Or why more machines weren’t available when we all knew turnout would be a record? Is it acceptable to you that many people stood in the rain and cold for hours before voting?
Before the election, Republicans talked loudly about Democratic Party dirty tricks they were sure were in the works. After, some outside the Republican Party are worried it went the other way. All of us need to work together to make this process more reliable AND verifiable. The election of 2004 may not have shaken confidences the way 2000 did, but it did not put all concerns to rest.
Do we want to go through this again in 2008? mjh