Ezimisweni ezikhethekile zawo womabili la magumbi eCongress ngoLwesine, abenzi bomthetho baseRiphabhulikhi bahlangane nedlanzana lozakwabo beDemocratic Alliance abane-vitriolic diatribes lapho laba baveza ukukhathazeka ngokungahambi kahle okhethweni okwenzeka ngesikhathi senqubo yokhetho lwase-Ohio lwangoNovemba 2. Inselelo yamaDemocrats yeza ekuphulukisweni kombiko wekhongolose ochaza izinsolo eziningi zokungavunyelwa e-Ohio.
Ekusukeni kwenqubo yendabuko, iseshini ehlanganyelwe yeCongress yahlangana ukuze kuqinisekiswe isibalo samavoti okhetho futhi yamukele ngokusemthethweni uGeorge W. Bush njengomongameli okhethiwe yahlakazeka amahora amabili enkulumompikiswano ehlukene phakathi kwamalungu ephalamende nabameleli. Iseshini ekhethekile yaqalwa lapho uSenator uBarbara Boxer (D-California) ejoyina uMmeleli uStephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) kanye namanye amalungu eNdlu ekuphonseni inselelo ukugunyazwa kwamavoti abalulekile angama-20 e-Ohio.
Kunokuba kube nomzamo wokuchitha umphumela wokhetho lwango-2004, izishayamthetho zeDemocratic Alliance zathi zifisa ukusebenzisa umbhikisho wazo njengendlela yokugqamisa lokho abakubheka njengezinkinga eziqhubekayo zokhetho ezingasethubeni lokulungiswa ngaphandle uma isimo sikhona.
"Lokhu kuphikisa," kusho uTubbs Jones esitezi seNdlu, "akunalo umsuka walo ithemba noma ngisho nokusikisela kokuchitha ukunqoba kukamongameli kodwa kuyithuba elidingekayo, elifike ngesikhathi futhi elifanelekile lokubuyekeza nokulungisa okuyigugu kakhulu. inqubo kuntando yeningi yethu. Ngiphakamisa lokhu kuphikisa ukuze ngingafaki isizwe odabeni lokhetho oluchithiwe noma nginikeze ukudla kwenganono noma ukuxoshwa kweqembu kumalungu engikanye nawo eCongress. "
Ekhuluma nabezindaba ngoLwesine ekuseni, uBoxer umemezele isinqumo sakhe sokusayina ukuphikisa kukaTubbs Jones. โZonke izakhamizi zakuleli ezibhalisele ukuvota kufanele ziqinisekiswe ukuthi ivoti lazo libalulekile, ukuthi ivoti lazo libaliwe nokuthi endaweni yokuvota,โ kusho uBoxer, โivoti lazo linesisindo esilingana nesanoma yimuphi uSenator, noma yimuphi ukhongolose, nanoma yimuphi umhlangano. umongameli, noma yiliphi ilungu lekhabhinethi, nanoma yimuphi u-CEO wanoma iyiphi inhlangano ye-Fortune 500.โ
Ukukhathazeka okukhulu okuvezwe osopolitiki abaphikisayo bekuqondile kakhulu, njengokungabiwa kahle kwemishini yokuvota okuthinta ikakhulukazi izifunda zeDemocratic Alliance.
Abavoti balinde โamahora namahora namahora emvuleni ukuze bavote,โ kusho uBoxer. โKungani abavoti abalinganiselwa ku-5,000 10,000 kuya ku-XNUMX XNUMX bashiye izindawo zokuvota bekhungathekile bengakavoti? Bangaki abanye abangakaze bazihluphe ngisho nokuvota ngemuva kokuzwa ngalokhu?โ
U-Boxer uphinde wabuza, โKungani izikhulu zeSifundazwe saseFranklin zehlise inani lemishini yokuvota yama-elekthronikhi ezindaweni ezimaphakathi nedolobha ngenkathi zengeza ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha?โ
Ukugcizelela ukuphuthuma kwesikhalazo sakhe, uBoxer uthe sesifikile isikhathi โsokukhipha ukukhanya kweqiniso ohlelweni olunephutha okumele lulungiswe manje. Hhayi eminyakeni kusukela manje, kodwa manje.โ
Inkulumompikiswano eshubile yenzeka eNdlu, lapho amaRiphabhulikhi abebonakala ekhungathekile ethuka izakwabo eDemocratic Alliance. Omele u-Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) uthe uyazisola ngokuthi ekuqaleni kweseshini yango-2005, iCongress "yayiboshiwe" "empikiswaneni engenangqondo." Uxwayise umphakathi waseMelika ukuthi ungakhohliswa abantu abaphikisa, ababize ngokuthi โngababhali bezinganekwane abasafufusaโ โbemibono yasendle,โ abangenalo โi-ajenda ethembekile yeMelikaโ futhi begxile โkumaqhinga angenasisekelo nangenamsebenzi.โ
I-Florida Republican Ric Keller wachitha umlayezo wakhe waze waba ngamagama amathathu alula: "Yeka lokho," etshela abaphikisi beDemocratic Alliance. URep. David Hobson, wase-Ohio Republican, ubize ukuqulwa kwecala ngokuthi โkubi.โ
USotswebhu we-House Majority uRoy Blunt (R-Missouri) uthe imibuzo mayelana nenqubo yokhetho lwase-Ohio kufanele kubhekwane nayo e-Ohio, hhayi e-United States Congress. "Njalo uma sihlasela lolu hlelo, sibeka lokho kungabaza kuleyo ndwangu yentando yeningi ebaluleke kakhulu."
Emzamweni osobala wokuphikisana nezinselelo zeDemokhrasi, uBlunt uqhubeke wathi: โAbantu kufanele babe nethemba lokuthi inqubo isebenza ngendlela efanele. Akudingekile ukuthi bakholwe ukuthi iphelele ngokuphelele ngoba iyintando yeningi enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni womhlaba. Futhi iqhutshwa ngabantu abaya phambili futhi benze uhlelo lusebenze ngezindlela okungekho muntu ongakholwa kuze kube yilapho belubona, ukukhiqiza umphumela walokho abantu abafuna kwenzeke ngosuku lokhetho. "
Ebiza le nqubo ngokuthi "ukuhlasela izikhungo zentando yeningi yethu emele" kanye "nosongo kuyona le mibono eyivikela ngokusobala," Umholi Weningi u-Tom DeLay (R-Texas) ukuphikile ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuncishiswa kwabavoti kwenzeka noma yikuphi ngo-2004 noma ngo-2000. wasola amaDemocrats ngokukhala kwempisi, futhi wazibuza ukuthi "kuzokwenzekani" lapho ukhetho oluzayo luntshontshwa ngempela.
Ummeli u-Tubbs Jones, ongomunye wamalungu e-Congressional Black Caucus, owahola inselelo, wagwema ukuhlasela kweRiphabhulikhi ngokubeka ithoni yombhikisho ovunywayo owawuwuphawu. "Kungenxa yalezo zigidi zabantu baseMelika abakholelwa futhi bazisa inqubo yethu yentando yeningi kanye nelungelo lokuvota ukuthi ngibeke lokhu kuphikiswa namuhla," kusho yena. "Uma bezimisele ukuma ezindaweni zokuvota amahora amaningi emvuleni, njengoba kwenza abaningi e-Ohio, kufanele nakanjani ngibamele lapha emahholo eCongress."
I-North Carolina Democrat uMel Watt ubeke ukuphikisa kwakhe ngokohlelo lwe-US phesheya. "I-United States ayikwazi ukuqhubeka nokusho ukuthi imele futhi izimisele ukulwela intando yeningi kanye namalungelo abantu okuvota e-Afghanistan, Iraq nakwezinye izindawo emhlabeni jikelele kuyilapho ingazimisele ukwenza noma yini edingekayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ivoti izakhamizi zethu lapha ekhaya,โ kusho uWatt.
Idlanzana lamaDemocrats elivume ukuncishwa kwabavoti likwenza kwacaca ukuthi nakuba i-Ohio kungenzeka ukuthi ibibhekwe kakhulu futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ibone ezinye zeziphambeko ezimbi kakhulu zokhetho, umbuso ubuyisibonelo nje sezinkinga zokuvota ezweni lonke.
Ekugcineni, indlu ngayinye kwadingeka ivotele ukuthi iyawamukela yini amavoti okhetho angama-20 e-Ohio ethikithi likaBush/Cheney. ISenethi ivotele ama-74-1, uSen. Boxer egcina ukuphikisa kwakhe, ngenkathi eNdlu, ivoti lalingu-267-31 elivumelana nokuqinisekisa umphumela wase-Ohio.
Umbiko Wabasebenzi Imininingwane Yokwenqatshelwa Kwabavoti
Inselelo yangoLwesine iqiniswe umbiko mayelana nokungahambi kahle kokhetho lwase-Ohio ohlanganiswe ngabasebenzi beDemokhrasi beKomidi Lezobulungiswa BeNdlu futhi wakhululwa ngoLwesithathu.
Isihloko esithi Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio, lo mbiko uncoma ukuthi iCongress inselele imiphumela yezibalo zokhetho, isola ukuthi abavoti abavela esifundeni sase-Ohio baqokwa ngokungemthetho nguNobhala Wezwe wase-Ohio owayesenkingeni uKenneth J. Blackwell.
Umbiko uphinde uphakamise ukuthi kuqokwe ngokushesha ikomidi elizophenya ngokungahambi kahle kokhetho.
"Amavoti awazange abalwe futhi kungenzeka ukuthi kuphazamiseke imishini," kusho isisebenzi seKomidi lezobulungiswa uDena Graziano etshela iNewStandard ngoLwesine. "Ngokusobala, umthetho wokhetho awenziwanga ngendlela obekufanele ube ngayo e-Ohio."
Ngisho nokubala kabusha okuxhaswe yiqembu lesithathu e-Ohio kwaba yisisulu se-procedural gaffe, lo mbiko uyaphikisana. Ngokohlaziyo lwayo lokugcina, "izinto eziningi ezingalungile ekubaleni kabusha azihambisani nezici ezimbalwa zomthetho wokubala kabusha wase-Ohio."
Izinkinga ezitholwe ophenyweni lokubala kabusha zazihlanganisa ukugcinwa okungaphephile kwamavoti nemishini, ukubalwa kwamavoti amakiwe ngokungafanele, kanye nokwehluleka kwezifunda ukuvumela ofakazi kumakhandidethi ukuthi babheke ukubalwa kabusha - ilungelo eliqinisekisiwe emthethweni wase-Ohio. Kwezinye izifunda, imiphumela ayizange ihlolwe kabusha ngemva kokutholakala ukuthi izibalo zezandla azifani nokubalwa komshini.
Lo mbiko uphetha ngokuthi ukwehluleka kukaNobhala Wombuso wase-Ohio ukubeka izindinganiso ezithile zokubala kabusha kubangele ukuntula ukufana okungase kwephule Isigaba Somthetho Esimisiwe kanye Nesigaba Somthetho Senqubo Elinganayo.
Umthetho wombuso uthi zonke izingxabano mayelana nokuqokwa kwabavoti kufanele zixazululwe okungenani ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngaphambi kokuhlala kwabavoti ngoDisemba 13. Umbiko wamajaji uveza ukuthi ukubalwa kabusha okusemthethweni kwevoti lase-Ohio kwakungakaqedwa ngalowo Disemba 7. umnqamulajuqu. Ngokusho kwamalungu eDemocratic Alliance eKomidi Lezobulungiswa, uNobhala Wezwe uBlackwell, owayengusihlalo wezwe
Umkhankaso kaBush/Chaney 2000 kungenzeka ubambezele ngamabomu ukugunyazwa kwabavoti ukuze kungenzeki ukubala kabusha okuphelele ngaphambi kokuhlala kwangomhla ziyi-13 kuZibandlela.
Namuhla e-Capital Hill, ababhikishi bahlangene beseka inselelo yokhetho eyenzeka kuKhongolose futhi bafuna ukuthi kuqhutshekwe nophenyo okhethweni.
"Ithemba liwukuthi singakwazi ukudala umthetho omusha wokulungisa izinkinga esizibonile kulolu khetho," kusho uGraziano, enezela ukuthi amalungu eCongress ahlela ukudala imithetho yokulungisa izinkinga i-Help America Vote Act (HAVA) engazange ibhekane nazo.
Kulandela ukhetho lwango-2000, iDemocrat ephezulu eKomidini Lezobulungiswa Lendlu, uJohn Conyers Jr. (D-Michigan), ubhale uMthetho Wokuvotela i-Help America. Kusukela ngoNovemba odlule, ummeli wamalungelo omphakathi waseMichigan uye wahola uphenyo okhethweni lwango-2004. Umbiko wePreserving Democracy uphume ocwaningweni olwenziwe ngabakwa-House Democrats, kanye nobufakazi obunikezwe abavoti base-Ohio kanye nezibukeli zomthetho ezinkundleni ezimbili zomphakathi, okuhlanganisa nesithangami esisodwa samajaji esilawulwa ngabakwaConyers ngenyanga edlule eCapitol Hill. Yize bemenywe yiHouse Democrats, awekho amaRiphabhlikhi abekhona esithangamini sangenyanga edlule.
I-Judiciary Committee Democrats ikhombe imithombo kusukela ezihlokweni ze-New York Times kuya kumarekhodi eBhodi Lokhetho kanye nobufakazi babavoti embikweni wabo. Lo mbhalo onamakhasi ayi-102 uthembele kudatha yesipiliyoni nezibalo, kanye nesisekelo esibanzi somthetho, ukufakazela ukuthi ukwabiwa kabi kwemishini yokuvota ezindaweni zabantu abahola kancane nabahola kancane kubangele ukuhoxiswa okukhulu, ngokungemthetho.
Imigqa yokuvota emide eColumbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Gambier naseToledo, lo mbiko uthi, ikhombisa ukuthi uBlackwell akenzanga ngokuhambisana neSihlokwana III se-HAVA, umbandela osungula uxhaso lwezimali lwezifundazwe ukuthi zihlinzeke ngobuchwepheshe nokuphatha kokhetho okufanayo nokungakhethi. .
Ngokusho kwamarekhodi ezimali kahulumeni aqukethwe embikweni, i-Election Assistance Commission (EAC) icubungule u-$32,562,331 ngonyaka wezimali ka-2003 kanye no-$58,430,186 ngezindleko zokhetho luka-2004. Ukushoda kwemininingwane yomphakathi yokuthi i-Ohio iyisebenzise kanjani imali ye-HAVA ivimbele abasebenzi beKomidi Lezobulungiswa ukuthi baqhubeke nokubika ukuthi kungani lezi zimali zingabonakali zidambise ukushoda kwezinsiza ezindaweni zeDemocratic Republic. Kodwa-ke, umbiko uyasho ukuthi kwakuyinqubomgomo yokhetho yeBhodi lezwe lonke eyabelwa izabelo ezingafani.
Ngaphansi kwenqubomgomo yokhetho, umlando wabavoti kanye nezibalo zangaphambilini zabavoti zinquma ukuthi mingaki imishini ezophuma iye endaweni ngayinye yokuvota, isu lokuphakelwa elibandlulula abavoti ezindaweni ezinomlando omfushane noma ongashintshi wokubamba iqhaza okhethweni.
Ngenyanga edlule, iWashington Post yabika ukuthi โesiFundazweni saseFranklin, amawadi angu-27 kwangu-30 anemishini [yokuvota] kakhulu ngomvoti ngamunye obhalisiwe abonise uBush okukhuluโฆ Kerry.'โ Icaphuna le datha, i-House Democrats ithi amaphethini okusetshenziswa kwemishini kuhulumeni aphula amakhodi omthetho.
โUkwehluleka ngamabomu ukuhlinzeka ngemishini eyanele yokuvota kwephula Ikhodi Ebuyekeziwe yase-Ohio edinga ukuthi Ibhodi Lokhetho โlihlinzeke ngezindawo ezanele endaweni ngayinye yokuvota ukuze kuqhutshwe ukhetho,โโ kusho umbiko.
Uphenyo lwekomiti luphinde lwathola ukuthi inqubo emayelana nokuvota nokubalwa kwamavoti esikhashana iyinkinga kakhulu.
Ekuhlaziyeni kombiko, isinqumo sikaBlackwell sokukhawulela ukusetshenziswa kwamavoti esikhashana โsasibucayi okhethweni,โ futhi ukuvinjelwa kungenzeka kube nomphumela โekukhishweni kwelungelo lokuvota kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zabavoti.โ Umbiko uveza ukuthi indawo eyodwa yokuvota e-Hamilton County ayikwazanga ukubala amavoti angaphezu kuka-1,100 ngenxa yokukhetha kukaBlackwell ukuhumusha umthetho wokhetho wenhlangano kancane futhi abale amavoti esikhashana afakwe endaweni efanele, ngisho nasezimeni lapho abasebenzi bezokuvota banikeze abavoti imininingwane nemiyalelo engalungile. .
"Ngokwahlulelwa kwethu, ukuhumusha okukhawulelwe kukaMnu Blackwell kwephula umoya, uma kungenjalo incwadi ye-HAVA," kusho umbiko.
Ngokophenyo lwazo, ezinye izifundazwe ezifundwe kabanzi ngekhodi yenhlangano azizange zibike โisiphithiphithi nokudideka uMnu Blackwell athi yisona sizathu sesinqumo sakhe.โ
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela