Diebold, Electronic Voting and the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by Bob Fitrakis in 2004. [Some info on Ahmanson]

Blumenthal’s article is very in-depth.

Just for laffs [ironic as it is]:

Still Wanna Quote Leviticus to Say Being Gay is Wrong?

Facts Belie the Scapegoating of Black People for Proposition 8

Proposition 8

I do not understand why the rights of some of this state’s citizens was placed on a ballot for people to vote their prejudices. When given the opportunity, people will vote their prejudices, pure and simple. Looking at the Prop and how it was written — which was sooo confusing — and the idea that a Proposition was used to change the state’s Constitution to deny rights to some of its tax paying citizens represented, IMHO, a “Fail Whale” from the start. Basically, it was destined to pass, it did, no surprise there.

Before I launch into my rant and rage against the machine let me first state I am an African American lesbian, homeowner, and one who voted “No on 8.” I felt stupid voting on something so ridiculous but I did and that’s that. However, I do know a lesbian couple who missed the point altogether by voting “Yes on 8″ because they did not quite understand Yes meant No and No meant Yes. I am a firm believer where there is one, there are others. This lesbian interracial couple are two smart women with advanced degrees but they found the wording of the Prop — confusing.

“Max Blumental reports that the two biggest individual backers of Proposition 8 in CA are the mother of Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Howard Ahmanson.

We all know Blackwater, but Ahmanson has two claims to fame. He was the main financier of election machine company ES&S” …

A lot of people may have misunderstood the way the proposition was worded and actually voted against their actual choice.

And, I caution everyone not to make blanket judgments based on votes cast on unauditable voting machines. Lots of mysterious anomalies are cropping up all over the country.