Ichi ndicho chinhu chandakanyora makore mashoma apfuura, asi ndakachivandudza nezuro, iye zvino sezvo sarudzo ya2008 yave munguva yakapfuura kwete mune ramangwana.
Kupindirana Kwezvematongerwo enyika
Wakambonzwa kunzwa kuti hurumende yako iri kukukanganisa? Pamutemo, hongu, icho chinhu chisingabvumirwi kuita kunze kwekunge wapa mvumo yako. Pasina mvumo yako haisi hukama hwekubvumirana uye inova chibharo. Saka mubvunzo wangu ndewekuti wakabvumira here kana kuti kwete?
"Kwete," shamwari dzangu dzinondiudza nehasha. "Nei taizobvuma kuti mabasa edu atorwe, dzimba dzedu dzitorerwe, ramangwana revana vedu ripihwe mari yehondo dzinobva panhema, uye kubvumira makambani makuru kuti apise chikafu chedu nemvura?"
"Handizivi kuti sei muchibvuma zvinhu zvakadaro," ndinovaudza kudaro, "asi handisi kunyanya kunetseka nezvekufunga kwenyu - ndinongoda kuziva kana wabvuma kana kuti hauna kukupa."
"Aihwa!" vanopindura nehasha. "Hatina kubvuma!"
Uye ndinonzwa maungira avo kwese kwandinoenda.
"Hatina kubvuma!" shevedzerai varwiri vorugare.
"Hatina kubvuma!" shevedzera ma9/11 Chokwadi.
"Hatina kubvuma!" kudanidzira vakaderera uye vakadzingwa, vaduku nevakuru.
Ndinovanzwa, asi handina chokwadi chokuti ndiri kutenga. Kana vasina kubvuma, ko zvinhu zvakadai zvakaitika sei? Zvakadini kana ivo vakanga vabvuma chaizvoizvo asi zvino vava kunyara nazvo uye vari kuedza kuumba hurumende isina mhaka nokuda kwechibharo?
Ikozvino handisi kutaura nezvemvumo inorehwa, ndiri kutaura nezvemvumo yekusimbisa. Kwete chete kutadza kuramba kana kuramba, asi chiito chekutaura, "Hongu! Ndinoida! Ndikwenya! Nditore pane zvese zvandinazvo! Ndiri wako!"
Munoona, hurumende yedu inogona kuita hutsinye kunze kwenyika, asi pano pamusha hapasi bhinya. Inogara ichikubvunza zvakajeka uye zvine ruremekedzo kana iwe uchida kurohwa. Uye hurongwa hwainobvunza hunonzi sarudzo yesarudzo. Makore mana ega ega hurumende yedu inotibvunza kuti tinoda kurobwa here, uye makore mana oga oga tinoti hongu. Inotoita sarudzo dzegore rega-rega makore maviri ega ega, uye munzvimbo zhinji vagari vanokumbirwa kuti vape mvumo yavo, zvirinani kuti vaomerwe nehurumende nehurumende yenzvimbo, gore rega rega kana kakawanda pagore.
โAsi hatina kuti hungu,โ vanhu vanondiudza kudaro. "Takavhota kwete!"
Ah, asi isu tine secret counting munyika muno, saka ungaratidza sei kuti wati kwete? Kana mavhoti achiverengwa muchivande zvakangofanana nepanosangana vanhu vakavharirwa magonhi. Ishoko rako rinopesana neravo uye vanoti wati hongu.
"Kwete," vanondiudza kudaro, "zvinoitika kuti chinhu chose chakabatwa patepi yevhidhiyo uye tinogona kuratidza kuti takati kwete." Uye chokwadi zvakakwana, kune maCD ROMS ane matepi ekuvhota, mabhuku ekunyoresa, uye mavhoti chaiwo, zvichiratidza kuti vagari havana kubvuma. Asi nhamo, mutemo wekugumira wapera uye zvanyanya kunonoka kukwidza mhosva izvozvi. "Nei musina kuunza humbowo uhu panguva iyi?" Ndinobvunza.
โNokuti takadziviswa,โ vanochema kudaro. "Hurumende yaisatipa humbowo kusvika tapedza makore tiri mudare tichivamanikidza kuti vaburitse marekodhi."
"Uri kundiudza," ndinoti, "kuti wakanwa zvinwiwa zvishoma navo, wakakwira mukamuri yavo, vakakubvunza zvine ruremekedzo kana iwe uchida kukanganiswa, iwe ukati kwete, zvakajeka uye zvakajeka, asi kuti ivo vakakubata chibharo zvakadaro, uye kuti pawaedza kuwana matepi kuti uzviratidze, vaisazokupa kwauri kutozosvikira nguva yapera kuti umhare?โ
"Uh," vanopindura kudaro, "takafunga kuti chero bedzi paine chinyorwa chechokwadi chezvakaitika, zvinenge zvakachengeteka."
Dai ndisina kuona humbowo nemaziso angu, handifungi kuti ndaizobvuma kuti pakaitwa chibharo. Vanhu vasina mbeveve vanonyengerwa zviri nyore zvekuti hazviwanzodikanwa kuvabata chibharo. Asi ndaona humbowo uye vakabatwa chibharo chokwadi.
Muna 2000 vanhu vakataura pachena kuti kwete, asi Dare Repamusorosoro harina kutarisisa humbowo (huwandu hwemavhoti, kubviswa kwevavhoti zvisiri pamutemo, kudzvanyirirwa kwevavhoti, uye mavhoti akabirwa nemichina yekuvhota) kuti hutenderwe, saka Mutungamiriri asina kusarudzwa akagadzwa. zvinopesana nezvido zvevanhu. Ndiko kubata chibharo. Asi hurumende payakazoburitsa humbowo uhwu, yakanga yatononoka kuita chero chinhu pamusoro pazvo.
Muna 2004 vanhu vakataura zvakare pachena kuti kwete, asi panguva ino hurumende yakanga yave nehungwaru hwekunyima humbowo zvekuti Dare Repamusorosoro rakanga risingade kupindira. Zvakare humbowo hwakabviswa uye Mutungamiriri asina kusarudzwa akagadzwa kwechikamu chechipiri. Uye zvakare panguva iyo vanhu vakakwanisa kuratidza kuti vakabatwa chibharo, mutemo wekugumira wapera uye kukuvara kwacho kwaisagona kugadziriswa.
Musarudzo dzemuna 2008 paive pasina chikonzero chekupindira musarudzo. Sezvo vamiriri vaviri chete vane mukana wekuhwina vaive nemarekodhi ekuvhota akada kufanana, vanhu vaigona kuvhota sezvavanoda uye mhedzisiro yacho ingangove yakafanana. Saka zvakare hurumende yakakubvunza neruremekedzo kana iwe waida kukanganiswa, uye iwe zvakare wakasvuta navo, wakanwa zvishoma pamwe chete, ndokupinda muimba yavo yekuvhota ndokuti kwete. Uye zvakare uri kutaura kuti wakabatwa chibharo uye kuti hauna kuzviziva kutozosvikira kwanyanya kunyanyononoka kuita chero chinhu nezvazvo.
Asi vanhu vachiri kundituka kana ndichiti vasaende kunovhota rwendo rwuno.
โKana tikasavhota hatigone kunyunyuta,โ vanodaro.
Kunyunyuta kunobatsirei?
โKana tikasavhota, vanhu vakaipa vanohwina,โ vanondiudza kudaro.
Vakomana vakanaka vanokunda here kana vavhota?
โIbasa redu neveruzhinji kuvhota,โ vanodaro.
Musarudzo dzakabiridzirwa dzine mavhoti epachivande kune vamiriri vasingakwanisi kuzvidavirira? Ndimbozorora!
โPanguva ino zvingangosiyana,โ vanodaro.
Chokwadi? Takawana Bumbiro reMitemo idzva raitivimbisa kodzero yekuti mavhoti edu averengwe nekuverengwa nemazvo here? Takabvisa Electoral College here? Takavandudza Bumbiro reMitemo here kuti mavhoti ose averengerwe vanhu vasati vatoreswa mhiko uye kuti Dare Repamusorosoro haringanyime kodzero yemunhu chero ipi zvayo yekuti vhoti yavo iverengwe? Takarambidza maoptical scanner, michina yekuvhota yemagetsi, nematabulator epakati sezvakaitwa neDare Repamusorosoro reGermany nekuti vanovanza maitirwo esarudzo kubva kuruzhinji saka hazvienderane nedemocracy? Takatanga here sarudzo dzinopihwa mari neveruzhinji uye nekuwana mavhoti akaenzana kuitira kuti vamiriri vebato rechitatu vave nenzvimbo yekutamba? Takawana proportional representation here? Chii chakasiyana panguva ino?
Eya, nguva yokutanga apo mumwe munhu anondiudza kuti akabatwa chibharo, ndinonzwa ndichida kuvapa betsero yokusava nechokwadi. Asi ndichabvunza kuti zvakaitika sei uye kana zvichiita kwandiri kuti vaiita zvinhu zvine njodzi, ndinovakurudzira kuti vangwarire mune ramangwana.
Kechipiri apo mumwe munhu anondiudza kuti akabatwa chibharo, uye vanotsanangura kuti zvakaitika nenzira chaiyoiyo nemhaka yokuti vakafuratira zano rangu, ndinotanga kunzwa kuti ivo vane kariro yokuzvipa mhaka vamene.
Asi pazvinoitika kechitatu, handichina tsitsi. Kunze kwekunge wazvifarira kaviri kekutanga, waisatendera kuti zviitike kechitatu. Uku hakusi kubata chibharo--ndiko kusangana kwezvematongerwo enyika matenderana, saka musauye muchichema kwandiri.
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Umbowo:
Chapupu kune Mhosva: Kuongorora kweVagari kweAmerican Election naRichard Hayes Phillips (Hardcover ine CD ROM, Canterbury Press, Kurume 2008)
Iyo GOP Yakabira sei America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008 naBob Fitrakis naHarvey Wasserman (Paperback - Sep 21, 2005)
Zvakaitika muOhio: Gwaro Rekodhi reKuba uye Kubiridzira muSarudzo ya2004 naBob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, naHarvey Wasserman.
George W. Bush Akabira Sarudzo dzemuAmerica muna 2004 here? naBob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, naHarvey Wasserman (Paperback - Chivabvu 30, 2005)
Sarudzo yeMutungamiriri wenyika ya2004 Yakabiwa here?: Buda Polls, Kubiridzira kweSarudzo, uye Kuverengwa Kwepamutemo naSteve Freeman naJoel Bleifuss (Paperback - Jun 19, 2006)
HACKED! High Tech Election Election muAmerica - Nyanzvi gumi Dzinofumura Chokwadi naAbbe Waldman Delozier naVickie Karp (Paperback - Sep 11, 5)
Kusaruramisira Kwepamusoro: Mabatiro Akaita Dare Repamusoro Sarudzo 2000 naAlan M. Dershowitz (Hardcover - 2001)
Sarudzo Yakashata Yakashata: Kupikisa Bush V. Gore, Dare Repamusorosoro, uye American Democracy naRonald Dworkin (Hardcover - Sep 2002)
Kukuvadza Kusingagadzirisike: Dare Repamusorosoro reUS uye Chisarudzo Chakaita George W. Bush Mutungamiriri naRenata Adler (Paperback - Jul 2004)
Akapusa Zvakare: Iyo Chaiyo Nyaya Yesarudzo Reform naMark Crispin Miller (Paperback - Jun 2007)
Akarasika Tora Zvese: Kubiridzira kweSarudzo uye The Subversion yeDemocracy, 2000-2008 naMark Crispin Miller (Paperback - Kubvumbi 1, 2008)
Armed Madhouse: Ndiani Anotya Osama Wolf?, The Best Legal Whorehouse muTexas, The Scheme to Steal Election '08, Hapana Mwana Kuseri Kuruboshwe, uye kumwe Kuferefeta naGreg Palast (Paperback - Kubvumbi, 2007)
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