Is Anonymous behind Switched Voter Registrations?

Who is tampering with voters' registrations across the nation? Sabotage of democracy is well-documented in the Republican erosion of voters' rights. But how extensive is this phenomenon of "switched affiliation"? Was it widespread already in 2008? Are we just noticing its prevalence because of the rise of social media and

grassroots political involvement?

In any case, it's election fraud.

Thousands of Americans are finding their records altered. For instance, lifelong Democrats find they're listed as Green and therefore disqualified from voting in this year's Primary.

[ Verify your voter registration status ]

New York is the immediate focus of concern. A groundswell of new voters and "independents" have been essential to Bernie Sanders' success so far. Yet legions of them have registration issues that can collapse his numbers in the April 19 election. New York officials may blame voters' confusion or a "DMV computer glitch." Of course hackers can easily be that "glitch."

In a just world, New York voters would be granted an open Primary to compensate for the fraud that extensive "switched registration" constitutes.

What to do in the face of such an injustice? Someone suggested to the hacker collective Anonymous, "What if the New York voter database got hacked and changed EVERYONE to 'no party designated' so no one could vote in the closed primary?"

Idealistic hackers could alter databases to prove the point that democracy in the USA is an illusion.

What cyber-criminals are messing with voters' info? Garage anarchists; Mafia-like manipulators of our corrupt politicians; or Romanian mercenaries hired by Putin or China?

We all know it's Hillary.

Ha ha.

If mainstream media gets wind that "Anonymous" is behind it, maybe they'll cover the fraud.

[Blame the Russians if you want to prevent Election Fraud]

Seriously, America's media -- notably CNN, MSNBC and New York Times -- are flagrantly smearing Bernie Sanders. And now there's hardly any coverage of this voter-registration issue. Odd. Non-stop news about Trump could be accented by cute teenagers telling TV cameras that excitement about voting for the first time ended with the discovery: "No record of my file! I was crushed!"

Mainstream media is complicit in manipulating elections and destroying democracy. Their guiding principle is that their rotten golden-egg goose keeps laying.

Hillary Clinton's reputation for morality took a vulture-like dive this week when she exploited the kids' murders at Sandy Hook in order to depict Bernie Sanders as a gun-slinger.
Murky too: the "Panama Papers."

Her blithe dismissal of the March 22 fiasco in Arizona (also known as voter suppression) fails to reassure us of her concern for the democratic process. There's a lady who should go where she belongs, into hedge funds. (I don't know what a hedge fund is, and I don't want to know. I just imagine Clinton as a bustle in the hedgerow like a weasel stealing finch eggs.)

She's buying a stairway to heaven. And Bernie's off to the Vatican.

I was at the Portland rally where "Birdie Sanders" entered the limelight. Audubon announced it was a female house finch. Right now through my window, I hear birds as I write: two great horned owls, a robin, crows, my neighbor's chickens, and juncos who sound like tiny machine guns. I love them all, with all my soul, the way I love Bernie. Natural forces like love are the true Anonymous that commercial careerists and corporate oligarchs disregard.

Birds are flocking. Expect The Birds.

Has Your Voter Info been Changed by Hackers?

[Update for November: HA HA HA HA HA]

Is this presidential primary invalid? The voting fiasco in Arizona was orchestrated in part by the official responsible for Phoenix, Helen Purcell, who reduced the number of voting locations. But she is a tiny pustule in an infection that is virulent nationwide.

[Updated for New York here on April 19]

[Update from July 28]

Voters from New York to California are reporting that their registration has been altered or discarded. The same crime happened in Arizona, where members of both parties complained. It happened in 2008 as well. Apparently the fraud is not just done electronically.

The voter-registration data breach is massive.

Elections in earlier voting states are now in question. The margin between candidates was razor-thin in the case of Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Yet the extent of the fraud and data hacking is only now being revealed:

Suspicious issues in Illinois surfaced, most recently incriminating Clinton campaigners. The situation was dicey in Nevada but ongoing irregularities are being aced. Registration problems in Wisconsin were blamed on "a glitch." Voters in New York are scrambling to ensure their rights. (NY had bizarre discrepancies in the 2008 Primary.) Anecdotes emerge from Colorado to Maryland. Some Californians find they're registered with a false birth year.

Smokescreens can obscure the real targets if, say, a few Libertarians are disenfranchised along with groundswell supporters of a Democratic "insurgent." This cyberwarfare on our democracy has wiggle room. Our next President may seem to win by just a few votes.

California voters are on high alert and keep checking their registration. What else can we do?

We may petition officials who are complicit in corruption:

Petition: Open the 2016 New York Democratic Presidential Primary to Unaffiliated Voters

Petition #2 - Open the NY Primary

NY may open its Primary

United States Supreme Court's conservative majority gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Before that, changes in voting practices (such as Phoenix’s drastic cut in the number of polling places) would have needed to be cleared in advance with the Justice Department.

But conservatives and hackers aren't the only ones to blame for this attack on citizens' right to be involved in our own government. The mainstream media called Arizona in favor of Hillary Clinton when reportedly only 1% or at most 21% of the votes had been counted. Many disenfranchised citizens had stood for over four hours on March 22, 2016, trying to fulfill their most basic role in Democracy. Why was the Arizona vote called for Hillary Clinton when over seventy percent (possibly 99%) of the ballots had not been counted? Who ignored the people still standing outside waiting to log their choice for president? Former Secretary Clinton apparently didn't see a problem.
[Democrat insiders belatedly bring a lawsuit 4/14/16]

Incredibly, this election fraud and data breach are barely being reported in news media.

 [Check your voter registration status. Get a screen shot and/or print-out!]

Arizonans can report irregularities here. New Yorkers, read this if you have problems voting.

For help you can contact Bernie Sanders' campaign at 515-450-6960 or email votetracker@berniesanders.com (subject: PROBLEM). 

If your voter info is hacked, document as much as possible.  
Here are Election Fraud Hotlines.
1) Contact your COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
2) If, for any reason, they claim you need to wait a day, CALL YOUR STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS and report to the DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS OPERATIONS.

Then report the crime to the FBI; ACLU; Election Justice USA at countmyvote@riseup.net; Documenting Democratic Primary Election Fraud DDEFConfidential@gmail.com; Facebook pages like Clinton Fraud; and #SwitchedRegistration #ElectionFraud on Twitter, ex. TYT's reporter @JordanChariton.

 And there are these routes:

U. S. Dept. of Justice is investigating voter suppression.

Independent Election Investigators are also gathering legal evidence. A lawsuit could force a re-vote enabling a beloved candidate to garner more delegates if not win outright. "150 thousand voters in Maricopa County were disenfranchised." The Oval Office may hang on that thread.

Tampered voter info invalidates this Primary.

[Blame the Russians if you want to prevent Election Fraud]  

The author VC Bestor is Director of FangedWilds.org

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