What to look for in this election cycle:

For the Arizona Libertarian Party to maintain continuing ballot status as a Major Political Party in Arizona we must maintain a voter registration of 2/3rds of a percent, .66% (about 17,000 registered Libertarians). Since Libertarian activists are far more concerned about the quality of libertarian supporters than quantity we focus much more of our efforts on relaying our message to the people of Arizona than seeking raw numbers. However, we must always be mindful of the minimum requirements to maintain ballot status here in Arizona. When required, the Arizona Libertarian Party will conduct voter registration drives to ensure our continued ballot status.

Another method that will ensure automatic ballot status for the 2008 election cycle is for the Arizona Libertarian Party candidate for Governor to obtain at least 5% in the 2006 election.

16-804. Continued representation on basis of votes cast at last preceding general election or registered electors

A. A political organization that at the last preceding general election cast for governor or presidential electors or for county attorney or for mayor, whichever applies, not less than five per cent of the total votes cast for governor or presidential electors, in the state or in such county, city or town, is entitled to representation as a political party on the official ballot for state officers or for officers of such county or local subdivision.

The Libertarian message is Kryptonite to the SuperEfforts of the Left and Right Jackboots of the "Jackboot on your Throat Party" and has to be minimized and even silenced if at all possible. Having been a first hand witness to these efforts, using every means available to those in power, I would like to make the following predictions;

- Many voters will complain that they were not able to cast a regular ballot for this election due to quiet purgings being done at this moment under a Secretary of State contract with ES&S (Election Systems and Software, headed by the brother of the head of Diebold computer voting machines).

- Libertarian Registered voters will be purged from the list to drop the percentage below the requirement for continuing ballot status (by a lot I suspect).

- Barry Hess' race for Governor will be between 4.5 and 4.999% even though published polling data on his participation in the race before he even announced was at 6%.

The "Electioneering Communications" by the broadcast media that the McCain-Feingold legislation was suppose to prevent has been regularly ignored. Libertarians are not supportive of regulations on broadcast media to the point that any "lisencing" would be limited to the allocation of frequencies and their protection as a property right. But the use of government force has been allowed to limit competition, in the name of the 'public good' and this is another excellent example.

The level playing field of the Internet must be controled by those that fear the free exchange of ideas. As I write this I was informed that at this very moment KTVK TV3 (Oct. 19th 2006 at 11:15) is featuring an in studio interview with both of my opponents without my knowledge. A quick call to the newsroom 602 207 3333 produced a fowarding to a voice mail (think I'll get a call back? :)

There's Something Very Wrong With This Country,... Isn't There?

Still Voting?

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PREPARE FOR YET ANOTHER STOLEN ELECTION UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/18/85915/109

ACTION ALERT: Blackwell purged Ohio Voter Rolls Oct 1st.- Vote Early.

by KStreetProjector

Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 05:59:14 AM PDT

A friend, in a position to be present at lunches of GOP insiders here in DC called me on Thursday, they know of my ongoing efforts to make hackable voting end.

My friend was present as a group of Moderate GOP members with Ohio ties lamented how far the party had strayed. There was consensus at the table there was no way they should retain control. The table conversation began with the assumption they party would lose control in this election. The moderates started planning how to take back control of the GOP from the extremists.

Then, one insider, probably an extremist, but certainly very close to Mr. Ken Mehlman abruptly stopped the conversation. He told table that it was impossible they would lose either house. He also predicts an Ohio GOP sweep.

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He informed the group that over the last year, in four critical states the GOP needs to hold huge purges of the voter rolls have just been finished.

The insider did not say which four states, but did say Ohio was among them.

His claim was a new Diebold voter registry system had been installed over the last year. The last week of July and the first week of August a "test run" was made of the systems ability to purge ineligable voters. The purge generated names and test letters sent out to 1.2 million Ohio addresses with a focus on University's, Apartment addresses with high turnover. He claims they made the letters seem just functionary, but they have an action component to avoid being purged from the rolls.

The Insider warmed and said that Blackwell was brilliant in how he did this. The letter went on for a long time about changes in Ohio voting and security and suggested people who might have any concerns about their voting status could come by county offices and confirm their continued voting eligability before election day.

He further added, that since it was conducted as a "test" they only sent letters to a limited number of suspect addresses and "I suspect Blackwell chose criteria very very favorable for us."

Further the insider stated that Blackwell had only purged the lists after a full 60 days was given for people to respond. Which means even if a voter was on the "termination" list, they would still have been eligable to vote in the primary.

He told they table they believe the purge has probably caught up "hundreds of thousands of students, activists and wanderers with no real job" would show up at the polls and have to vote provisionally.

He predicted to the table that tens of thousands of voters will show up on election day, and once the provisionals are used up will simply not be able to at all.

He also said that this "operation" (The Insiders word, my friend was specific about this" had turned up a lot of additional fascinating information including a number of Democrats in elected office who are registered to vote in several places, and they may explore how to use this information against them.

I am going to assume, Mr. Blackwell's "test" purge went to no-one registered GOP. His criteria is something I am trying to get a copy of now.

Friday I called friends in Lorain County and Wayne County Ohio. I told them this DC tale. Neither of them had voted yet and I asked them if they could go on Monday to either early vote, or apply for an absentee ballot. And if possible sit for in the Elections Office for an hour and determine if anyone was expressiing surprise they were no longer registered.

If the sample of 11AM-1PM in Lorain County Ohio and 10AM-11AM in Wayne County Ohio are true. Then Ohio Democratic Voters had better go and Vote Early if they plan to vote at all.

At Lorain County, my friend arrived to find a line of over 15 people, many of whom had come back for a second time, all of them Democrats who had arrived to vote and been told that Drivers Liscence Information, or in one case Home Ownership Information had not matched the address provided for Voter Registration.

In one case a college student had been purged because he had changed dorms on campus.

In another case a local blue-collar worker had been purged because his voter registration had only his building address, but his drivers liscense included an apartment number. This tiny difference in information had led to his purging.

While everyone present seemed to have enough information to allow the records to be updated, my friend told me it was being done by one and only one clerk and was taking a very long time, about 5 minutes per person to resolve. Everyone in line confirmed that several voters had given up in frustration and left.

In Wayne County the sample is smaller, but during the one hour he stated 18 people arrived for absentee ballots or to vote early. Wayne County had 3 Diebold TSX Touch Screens set up for early voters. Of those who arrived two of them had been provisionally purged. The first was again a student from a local college, she was sent away and told she had to bring some ID beyond her student ID to prove she was resident at the College. She was wearing a Sherrod Brown button. The second was a local guy who owns two houses on the same block. His drivers liscence is to the one house where he keeps his cars, but his voter roll is in his house where he actually sleeps four houses away. This got resolved with a series of steps that included filling out two forms, and a clerk having to enter the corrected information into two seperate computers.

As an added bonus, My friend listened in and witnessed 8 retired ladies getting instructions on how to be poll workers on the new TSX machines. The instructor was a local elections board member. She was asked many questions by one of the retirees and her answer to almost all of them was "I don't know how it works, I just know how we are supposed to use it"

Get ready Ohio.

This story also may explain Mr. Blackwell's sudden discovery of the "two homes and is he really a qualifed Voter" now facing Strickland.

This Blackwell discovery of Mr. Strickland is actually "by-catch" of the much larger net thrown to eliminate hundred of thousands of democrats from the voting rolls.

ACTION: Get to your election boards, bring all the documentation you can. Demand a paper absentee ballot. Alert a everyone you know in Ohio.

Good luck out there. This doesn't eliminate the fact your Diebold System is utterly hackable, but it certainly explains how Rove plans to drag all your races into the margin of error so hitting the Diebold Button to steal the election doesn't look so obvious.

He has taken away your right to vote based on any piece of mismatched information in your state records.

I would expect that would be nearly everyone if the test was applied across the board. But I suspect it was not done that way by Mr. Blackwell.

It might be worth other states starting to look at this issue as well.

They are very much in love with the power they have my friends. I am increasing afraid this one one ends as another of my friends now says very often: "By Feeding the Tree of Liberty."