Kwiiseshoni ezikhethekileyo zamagumbi omabini eNkongolo ngoLwesine, abenzi bomthetho baseRiphabhlikhi badibana neqaqobana labalingane beDemokhrasi abane-vitriolic diatribes xa lo mva waphakamisa inkxalabo malunga nezitenxo zonyulo ezenzeka ngexesha lenkqubo yonyulo ye-Ohio ye-2 kaNovemba. Umceli mngeni weDemokhrasi weza ekuphilisweni kwengxelo yenkongolo echaza izityholo ezininzi zokungavunyelwa eOhio.
Ekuhambeni kwenkqubo yemveli, iseshoni edibeneyo yeCongress yadibana ukuze iqinisekise ukubalwa kwevoti yonyulo kunye nokuqaphela ngokusemthethweni uGeorge W. Bush njengomongameli onyuliweyo waqhawula iiyure ezimbini zeengxoxo ezahlukeneyo phakathi kwamalungu kunye nabameli. Iseshoni ekhethekileyo yasebenza xa uSenator uBarbara Boxer (D-California) wajoyina ummeli uStephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) kunye namanye amalungu eNdlu ekuceleni umngeni ukuqinisekiswa kwe-Ohio's 20 iivoti ezibalulekileyo zonyulo.
Esikhundleni sokuzama ukuguqula isiphumo sonyulo lwe-2004, abameli beDemokhrasi bathi banqwenela ukusebenzisa uqhanqalazo lwabo njengendlela yokubonisa oko bacinga ukuba iingxaki zonyulo eziqhubekayo ezingenayo amathuba okulungiswa ngaphandle kokuba imeko ijongene nayo.
"Esi sichaso," utshilo uTubbs Jones kumgangatho weNdlu, "asinalo ithemba okanye umbono wokubhukuqa uloyiso lukamongameli kodwa lithuba eliyimfuneko, ngexesha elifanelekileyo kwaye lifanelekile lokuphonononga kunye nokulungisa eyona nto ixabisekileyo. inkqubo kwidemokhrasi yethu. Ndiphakamisa le nkcaso ukuba ndingafaki isizwe kwisiphithiphithi sonyulo olucetywayo okanye ukubonelela nge-cannon fodder okanye i-degoguery kumalungu am eCongress. "
Ethetha noonondaba ngoLwesine kusasa, uBoxer ubhengeze isigqibo sakhe sokutyikitya inkcaso kaTubbs Jones. "Wonke ummi weli lizwe obhalisele ukuvota kufuneka aqinisekiswe ukuba ivoti yakhe ibalulekile, ukuba ivoti yabo ibaliwe kwaye nakwindawo yokuvota," utshilo uBoxer, "ivoti yabo inobunzima njengaye nawuphi na uSenator, nawuphi na umbutho, nawuphi na umbutho. umongameli, naliphi na ilungu lekhabhinethi, okanye nayiphi na i-CEO yayo nayiphi na i-Fortune 500. "
Inkxalabo ephambili ephakanyiswe ngabezopolitiko abachasayo yayithe ngqo, njengokutyholwa ngokungafanelekanga koomatshini bokuvota abachaphazela izithili zeDemokhrasi.
Abavoti balinde โiiyure neeyure neeyure emvuleni ukuze bavote,โ utshilo uBoxer. โKutheni abavoti abaqikelelwa ku-5,000 ukuya kwi-10,000 beshiye iindawo zovoto benxunguphele bengakhange bavote? Bangaphi abanye abangazange bazikhathaze ngokuvota emva kokuba bevile ngale nto?โ
UBoxer uphinde wabuza, "Kutheni amagosa eNqila yaseFranklin eyehlisa inani loomatshini bokuvota be-elektroniki kwindawo ephakathi kwedolophu ngelixa bebongeza kwidolophu?"
Ukuqinisekisa ukungxamiseka kwesibheno sakhe, uBoxer uthe lifikile ixesha lokuba "sikhanyise ukukhanya kwenyani kwinkqubo eneziphene ekufuneka ilungisiwe ngoku. Hayi kwiminyaka ukususela ngoku, kodwa ngoku.โ
Eyona ngxoxo ishushu yenzeke kwiNdlu, apho abantu baseRiphabhlikhi ababebonakala bedangele bathuka bathuka oogxa babo beDemokhrasi. Ummeli uDeborah Pryce (R-Ohio) uthe uyazisola ngokuba kwangoko kwiseshini ka-2005, iCongress "yayixinzelelwa phantsi" kwingxoxo "engenamsebenzi." Ulumkise uluntu lwaseMelika ukuba lungakhohliswa ngabaphikisayo, awababiza ngokuba "ngababhali abanqwenelekayo" bethiyori "ezasendle," abangenazo "ajenda zithembekileyo zaseMelika" kwaye bagxile "kumaqhinga angenasiseko nangenamsebenzi."
URiphabhlikhi waseFlorida uRic Keller wawuchitha umyalezo wakhe wada wafikelela kumagama amathathu alula: "Yiyeke," uxelele abachasi beDemokhrasi. U-Rep. David Hobson, wase-Ohio Republican, wayibiza inkqubo "embi kakhulu."
I-House Majority Whip uRoy Blunt (R-Missouri) uthe imibuzo malunga nenkqubo yonyulo yase-Ohio kufuneka ijongwe e-Ohio, hayi kwiNkongolo yase-United States. Ngalo lonke ixesha sihlasela le nkqubo, sibeka amathandabuzo kulo mqathango wedemokhrasi obaluleke kakhulu.
Kumzamo ocacileyo wokuphikisa imiceli mngeni yeDemokhrasi, uBlunt uqhubeke wathi: โAbantu kufuneka babe nentembelo yokuba inkqubo isebenza ngendlela efanelekileyo. Akuyomfuneko ukuba bakholelwe ukuba igqibelele ngokupheleleyo kuba emva kwayo yonke loo nto yeyona demokrasi inkulu kwimbali yehlabathi. Kwaye iqhutywa ngabantu abahambela phambili kwaye benze inkqubo isebenze ngendlela ekungekho mntu unokukholelwa kuyo de ayibone, ivelise isiphumo sento abantu abafuna ukuba yenzeke ngomhla wolonyulo.โ
Ukubiza inkqubo "ngohlaselo oluchasene namaziko edemokhrasi yethu emele" kunye "nesoyikiso kwiinjongo ezizikhuselayo," iNkokheli enkulu uTom DeLay (R-Texas) wakhanyela ukuba naluphi na ukukhutshwa kwabavoti kwenzeka naphi na kwi-2004 okanye i-2000. utyhola iiDemokhrasi ngokukhala kwengcuka, kwaye wazibuza "kuya kwenzeka ntoni" xa unyulo oluzayo lubiwe ngokwenene.
U-Rep. Tubbs Jones, omnye wamalungu e-Congressional Black Caucus, ekhokele umngeni, wathintela uhlaselo lweRiphabhlikhi ngokubeka ithoni yoqhanqalazo oluvunyiweyo lomfuziselo. โKungenxa yezo zigidi zabantu baseMelika abakholelwayo kwaye bayixabisile inkqubo yethu yedemokhrasi kunye nelungelo lokuvota ukuba ndibeke esi sichaso namhlanje,โ utshilo. "Ukuba bazimisele ukuma kwiindawo zokuvota iiyure ezingenakubalwa emvuleni, njengoko benzile abaninzi eOhio, ngokuqinisekileyo kufuneka ndibamele apha kwiiholo zeCongress."
UMdemokhrasi waseNorth Carolina uMel Watt uye wavala inkcaso yakhe ngokwenkqubo ye-US phesheya. "I-United States ayinakuqhubeka ibango lokuba imele kwaye izimisele ukulwa nedemokhrasi kunye namalungelo abantu ukuba bavote e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq nakwezinye iindawo kwihlabathi jikelele ngelixa ingafuni ukwenza nantoni na efunekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuvota. abemi bethu balapha ekhaya, โutshilo uWatt.
Iqaqobana lamaDemokhrasi avuma ukuchithwa kwabavoti bakwenza kwacaca ukuba ngelixa i-Ohio inokuba yayiphantsi koqwalaselo kwaye isenokubona ezinye zezona zitenxo zonyulo zibi kakhulu, urhulumente wayengumzekelo weengxaki zokuvota kulo lonke uhlanga.
Ekugqibeleni, indlu nganye kwafuneka ivotele ukuba yamkele iivoti zonyulo ze-Ohio ze-20 zetikiti likaBush / Cheney. I-Senate ivotele i-74-1, kunye noSen.
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Umceli mngeni wangoLwesine womelezwa yingxelo malunga nezitenxo zonyulo zase-Ohio ezidityaniswe ngabasebenzi beDemokhrasi beKomiti yezoBulungisa yeNdlu kwaye yakhululwa ngoLwesithathu.
Isihloko esithi Ukugcina iDemokhrasi: Yintoni Engahambi kakuhle eOhio, ingxelo icebisa ukuba iCongress icele umngeni kwiziphumo zolonyulo, ihlawulisa ukuba abavoti abavela kwiphondo laseOhio batyunjwe ngokungekho mthethweni nguNobhala weSizwe waseOhio uKenneth J. Blackwell.
Le ngxelo ikwandulula ukuqeshwa kwangoko kwekomiti edibeneyo eza kuphanda izitenxo zonyulo.
โIivoti azikhange zibalwe kwaye bekukho ukuxhatshazwa koomatshini,โ umsebenzi weKomiti yeNkundla uDena Graziano uxelele INewStandard ngoLwesine. "Ngokucacileyo, umthetho wonyulo awuzange wenziwa ngendlela ebekufanele ukuba ube yi-Ohio."
Nokuba ubalo oluxhaswe ngumntu wesithathu e-Ohio lwaba lixhoba lenkqubo ye-gaffe, ingxelo iyaphikisana. Ngokohlalutyo lwayo lokugqibela, "uninzi lwezitenxo ezithile ekubaleni kwakhona azihambelani nemiba emininzi yomthetho wokubalwa kwakhona waseOhio."
Iingxaki ezifunyenwe kuphando lokubalwa kwakhona zibandakanya ukugcinwa okungakhuselekanga kweevoti kunye noomatshini, ukubalwa kweevoti eziphawulwe ngokungaqhelekanga, kunye nokungaphumeleli kwamabala ukuvumela amangqina kubaviwa ukuba baqwalasele ukubalwa kwakhona - ilungelo eliqinisekisiweyo kumthetho wase-Ohio. Kwamanye amabala, iziphumo azikhange zihlolwe kwakhona emva kokuba kufunyaniswe ukuba izibalo zezandla azihambelani nokubalwa koomatshini.
Ingxelo iphetha ngokuthi ukungaphumeleli kukaNobhala kaRhulumente wase-Ohio ukubeka imigangatho ethile yokubala kwakhona kuvelise ukungabikho kokufana okungaphula iSigatya seNkqubo efunekayo kunye neGatya leNkqubo eLinganayo yoMgaqo-siseko.
Umthetho we-Federal uthi zonke iingxabano malunga nokuqeshwa kwabavoti kufuneka zisonjululwe ubuncinane iintsuku ezintandathu ngaphambi kokuhlalisa abavoti ngoDisemba 13. Ingxelo yenkundla ibonisa ukuba ukubalwa ngokusemthethweni kwevoti yase-Ohio akuzange kugqitywe ngaloo Disemba 7. umhla wokugqibela. Ngokwamalungu eDemokhrasi yeKomiti yezoBulungisa, uNobhala kaRhulumente uBlackwell, owayesakuba ngusihlalo welizwe
I-Bush/Chaney 2000 Campaign isenokuba ilibazise ngamabom isiqinisekiso sabavoti ukwenzela ukuba ukubalwa kwakhona okupheleleyo kungenzeki ngaphambi kokuba kuhlalwe ngomhla we-13 kaDisemba.
Namhlanje kwi-Capital Hill, abaqhankqalazi baye baxhasa umngeni wokhetho olwenzeka kwiCongress kwaye bafuna uphando olungakumbi kunyulo.
"Ithemba kukuba sinokudala umthetho omtsha wokulungisa iingxaki esizibonayo olu khetho," kusho uGraziano, wongezelela ukuba amalungu eCongress aceba ukudala imithetho yokulungisa iingxaki ukuba i-Help America Vote Act (HAVA) ayijonganga.
Ukulandela unyulo lwe-2000, i-Democrat ephezulu kwiKomiti yezoBulungisa yeNdlu, uJohn Conyers Jr. (D-Michigan), wayila i-Help America Vote Act. Ukusukela ngoNovemba ophelileyo, ummeli wamalungelo oluntu waseMichigan uye wakhokela uphando kunyulo luka-2004. Ingxelo yokuGcinwa kweDemokhrasi yaphuma kuphando olwenziwa yiNdlu yeeDemokhrasi, kunye nobungqina obunikwe ngabavoti base-Ohio kunye nabakhi-mkhanyo bezomthetho kwiiforamu ezimbini zoluntu, kubandakanywa nenkundla enye yenkundla emodareyithwe yiConyers kwinyanga ephelileyo eCapitol Hill. Nangona bemenywe yiHouse Democrats, akukho bantu baseRiphabhlikhi bebezimase inkcazo yenyanga ephelileyo.
I-Judiciary Committee Democrats ikhankanya imithombo ukusuka kumanqaku e-New York Times ukuya kwiirekhodi zeBhodi yoNyulo kunye nobungqina bomvoti kwingxelo yabo. Uxwebhu olunamaphepha angama-102 luxhomekeke kumava kunye nedatha yeenkcukacha-manani, kunye nomthetho obanzi we-foregrounding, ukubonisa ukuba ukunikezelwa ngokungafanelekanga koomatshini bokuvota kwiindawo ezincinci kunye neendawo ezinengeniso ephantsi kubangele ukuchithwa okukhulu, ngokungekho mthethweni.
Imigca emide yokuvota eColumbus, eCleveland, eCincinnati, eGambier naseToledo, ingxelo ithi, ibonisa ukuba uBlackwell akazange enze ngokuhambelana neSihlokwana III se-HAVA, ilungiselelo elimisela inkxaso-mali kumazwe ukuba abonelele ngeteknoloji yonyulo olufanayo kunye nolungenalucalucalulo. .
Ngokweerekhodi zenkxaso-mali karhulumente equlethwe kwingxelo, iKomishoni yoNcedo loNcedo (i-EAC) iqhube i-$ 32,562,331 ngonyaka-mali we-2003 kunye ne-$ 58,430,186 yeendleko zokhetho lwe-2004. Ukunqongophala kolwazi loluntu malunga nendlela i-Ohio echithe ngayo imali ye-HAVA ithintele abasebenzi beKomiti yezoBulungisa ukuba banike ingxelo engaphezulu malunga nokuba kutheni le mali ingabonakali ngathi iphelisa ukunqongophala kwezixhobo kwindawo yeDemokhrasi yelizwe. Nangona kunjalo, le ngxelo ithi ibingumgaqo-nkqubo weBhodi yoNyulo yelizwe jikelele ethe yamisela ulwabiwo olungalinganiyo.
Ngaphantsi komgaqo-nkqubo wonyulo, imbali yabavoti kunye nezibalo ezidlulileyo ezidlulileyo zithatha isigqibo sokuba zingaphi iimatshini eziya kuphuma kwindawo nganye yokuvota, isicwangciso sokusasazwa esicalula abavoti kwiindawo ezinembali emfutshane okanye encinci yokuthatha inxaxheba kunyulo.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iWashington Post inike ingxelo yokuba โkwiNqila yaseFranklin, iiwadi ezingama-27 kwezingama-30 ezinoomatshini [abavoto] kakhulu ngomvoti ngamnye obhalisiweyo babonise ubukhulu beBushโฆ Kerry.'โ Ukucaphula le datha, i-House Democrats ithi iipateni zokuthunyelwa koomatshini kurhulumente ziphula iikhowudi zomthetho.
โUkusilela ngengqondo ukubonelela ngoomatshini abaneleyo bokuvota kwaphula iKhowudi eHlaziyiweyo yaseOhio efuna ukuba iBhodi yoNyulo 'ibonelele ngeendawo ezifanelekileyo kwindawo nganye yokuvota ukuze kuqhutywe unyulo,'โ itsho ingxelo.
Uphando lwekomiti lukwafumanise ukuba inkqubo ejikeleze ukuphoswa nokubalwa kokuvota okwethutyana kuyingxaki enkulu.
Kuhlalutyo lwale ngxelo, isigqibo sikaBlackwell sokumisela imida ekusetyenzisweni kweevoti zethutyana โsasibalulekile kunyulo,โ kwaye uthintelo lusenokuba lubangele โukungavunyelwa kwamashumi amawaka abavoti.โ Ingxelo ikhankanya ukuba indawo yokuvota enye eHamilton County ayikwazanga ukubala ngaphezu kweevoti ze-1,100 ngenxa yokhetho lukaBlackwell lokutolika umthetho wonyulo wobumbano ngokufutshane kwaye ubale kuphela iivoti zethutyana ezifakwe kwindawo efanelekileyo, nakwiimeko apho abasebenzi bokuvota banike abavoti ulwazi olungalunganga kunye nemiyalelo. .
"Kwisigqibo sethu, ukutolika okungqongqo kukaMnu. Blackwell kwaphula umoya, ukuba akunjalo ileta ye-HAVA," itsho ingxelo.
Ngokutsho kophando lwabo, amanye amazwe anokufunda ngokubanzi ikhowudi ye-federal akazange achaze "isiphithiphithi kunye nokudideka apho uMnumzana Blackwell athi nguye isizathu sesigqibo sakhe."
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