California primary election irregularities

Peggy Olsen, on left, and Sue Hubbard, right, carry the Monterey County Branch WILPF US banner during the July 4 parade. Credit: Sylvia Shih, WILPF US Monterey Branch member.
 

By Peggy Olsen, Co-Chair, WILPF Monterey County Branch
 

The Monterey County Branch was delighted to have a visit with WILPF US President Mary Hanson Harrison. We so appreciated this connection!

Following the California primary, Peggy Olsen of our chapter presented a talk and discussion on electronic voting, with emphasis on the many irregularities of the primary in California.

The Monterey County chapter has worked for years to bring attention to the danger of using electronic voting machines. Votes can be, and are, flipped without any trace. Election results have been unreliable since the inception of these machines.

Greg Palast, investigative reporter, said this was one of the most biased elections yet in the United States. He was shocked at what went on in California, where the Election Integrity Project reported significant altering of the voter rolls with large number of voters disenfranchised and with excessive numbers of voters forced into using provisional ballots, which are often not counted.

Lack of media coverage about this fraud is cause for great concern. When cheating is passed over as if it didn't exist, our democratic system is at great risk.

The nonpartisan watchdog organization Election Justice USA has produced a 100-page report, “Democracy Lost: A Report on the Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries.” A summary was posted on Election Justice USA’s Facebook page on July 25 and can be found by going to Facebook.com/electionjusticeusa.

The Monterey County Branch with WILPF US President Mary Hanson Harrison. Credit: Sylvia Shih.