Posted by
grappledoctor on Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:40:09 AM
President Carter's involvement in foreign elections to avoid any and all tactics to distort results. Here is the list:
Elections Monitored by The Carter Center:
71 Elections in 28 Countries
(April 2008 figures)
Cherokee Nation
(July 1999) Liberia
(July 1997, October 2005)
China Elections
(March 1997, July 1997, March 1998, January 1999, September 1999, January 2000, August 2000, September 2001, December 2001, December 2002, June 2004, May 2005, May 2006) Mali
(April 2002)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(July 2006) Mexico
(July 1992, August 1994, July 1997, July 2000)
Dominican Republic
(May 1990, June 1996, May 2000)
Mozambique
(December 1999, November 2003, December 2004)
East Timor
(August 1999, August 2001, April 2002, June 2007)
Nepal
(April 2008)
Ecuador
(September 2007*, September 2008*)
Nicaragua
(February 1990, October 1996, November 2000, November 2001, November 2006)
Ethiopia
(May 2005)
Nigeria
(December 1998, January 1999, February 20, 1999, Feb. 27, 1999)
Ghana
(November 1992) Palestinian Territories
(January 1996, January 2005, January 2006)
Guatemala
(November 2003*) Panama
(May 1989, May 1994)
Guyana
(October 1992, March 2001, August 2006*)
Paraguay
(May 1993)
Haiti
(December 1990)
Peru
(April 2000, June 2001)
Indonesia
(June 1999, July 2004) Sierra Leone
(May 2002)
Jamaica
(December 1997, October 2002)
Venezuela
(December 1998, July 2000, August 2004, December 2006*)
Kenya
(December 2002) Zambia
(October 1991, December 2001)
*These missions were targeted or focused observations and did not result in statements on the overall administration of the electoral process.
Why has Carter been so involved in these elections? Fairness is the principle behind electing a candidate. If he has demonstrated such standards on world elections in the interests of fairness, when does he intend to scrutinize the fraud committed by ACORN. The election process needs to be overhauled (like the show). Already in Florida, early voters have been complaining about process. If I want the voters to participate properly, we need to make the process foolproof (dummy proof). And South Florida is the poster child for election fiascos. Let a third party organization conduct a study on how problems arose for voters across the country. This should include accusations of fraud and any other misconduct. Then, all issues could be addressed in time for the 2012 election.
I read the sample ballot dispensed in the local mail to all residents. The Amendments were written in jargon that only a trial lawyer could possibly decipher. Semantics and logic was my favorite class in high school. I have a college education and a ost graduate degree. I have a reasonably well orchestrated command of the English language. I found the manner in which the Amendments were written make them nearly impossible for anyone to understand. Anyone with less ability to make reasonably judgements may not be qualified to vote. I read about Democrats driving bus loads of citizens from wherever to the booths. Some of the people are homeless!! They do need a voice, but are they capable of honestly voting with any comprehension?! Sometimes underhandedness provokes people to do things. This type of behavior is really amoral, bordering on criminal. I think when Carter gets involved in past elections in a gesture of fairness, he is guilt laiden with silence when he fails to do so now.
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