http://www.broward.com/mld/mercurynews/new...04/10093344.htm
Here's the answer folks: Alert all your fighting senators who are being voted for, to clean the machines out. If the machines are removed from the equation, the senators will likely enter into the house of represenatives....Putting a forcable army in place, for any legal battles in the electoral college. That part matters the most versus who is choosing who for president....

http://www.qctimes.com/pop_unders/4weeksfree/index.html

Iowa finds no quick answer to sluggish election system
By Associated Press

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DES MOINES (AP) — Many local election officials failed to meet the Friday deadline for certifying vote totals to the state, leaving no hope for a quick end to the state’s very tight presidential election.
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“We want them all to use today as their deadline,” said Phyllis Peters, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Chet Culver. “They won’t all do so.”
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The delay illustrates the tensions in the state’s election system, which is largely run by 99 county auditors, many of whom are fiercely protective of their turf.
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The deadline for submitting certified vote totals, for instance, is not contained in state law, but is one where state election officials ask county auditors to build that into their calendar.
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Peters said the likelihood is it will be next week before all the votes for the presidential race between President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry are submitted. Final election results might be delayed even further because of a couple of very tight legislative races.
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“A couple of the counties are in the midst of a recount,” Peters said.
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Those recounts are being closely watched because the election left the Senate evenly divided at 25-25 and the House in Republican hands by a 51-49 margin.
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While they are watching the recounts closely, leaders of both parties are moving forward with electing new leadership on the assumption that nothing will change.
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Senate Democrats meet Sunday, and Democratic Leader Michael Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, is expected to win another term. Senate Republicans meet next Friday, and that’s likely to see a duel between Senate President Jeff Lamberti, of Ankeny, and Senate Majority Leader Stewart Iverson, of Dows.
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Under a power-sharing arrangement, the Senate presidency is likely to become a figurehead post, with the real power residing with the floor leader. Lamberti and Iverson are competing for that floor leader post.
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The state’s election totals will be certified Nov. 29 by the Executive Council, a committee of statewide elected officials.
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At the last count, Bush had 745,980 votes and Kerry had 732,764 votes. That marked the first time the state has voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984.