Predictions from Plato; Dictatorship?
Transparency is but one root necessary for the Tree of Liberty to survive!
Prescott, AZ October 22, 2023… As you may have read in my most recent Substack post, this past week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to Affirm the U.S. District Court, Arizona, decision to dismiss and sanction Kari Lake and Mark Finchem for bringing the case of “black box ballot tabulation” to court. Given the vast accumulation of evidence that has been well documented and well vetted, and which was presented in the various briefings to the court, many American voters are left wondering, what are the ubiquitous “they” so afraid of. After all, the relief sought was to either allow inspection of the machine operating code, or prohibit use of the machines.
While the court would like to throw up all manner of barriers, like “standing” and “mootness,” it seems to miss the point of the entire exercise. TRANSPARENCY is a right of free people where their consent to be governed is concerned. It is a necessary component in the battle against “pure democracy,” favoring a democratically chosen representation, like our republican form of government.
Where transparency is diminished, tyranny reigns supreme.
And that is what we have slipped into over time, just as the proverbial frog in the pot.
Blocking records access and transparency…
The courts have in effect taken transparency hostage, and are separating the American people from it. While lesser magistrates who have the responsibility and authority to provide public records upon request, like county recorders, commissioners, supervisors and election officials, they instead shirk from full disclosure of their work; voters are left to ask WTH? Access to previously open books is now now blocked if not outright closed. For example, try obtaining a “cast vote record,” (CVR) which is nothing more than a record of the individual voters who cast ballots in any given election. Contrary to bureaucratic assertions, the candidates and proposals an individual voted for are NOT disclosed on such a document.
The go to answer for elections officials now is, “oh, we don’t keep that” when asked for a CVR. But wait a minute, they signed off on an “Official Canvass” which is the report transmitted by counties up to the Secretary of State in any given state, to provide the necessary information that goes into the State’s “Official Canvass.” It is the report of how many votes, and who voted. In other words, we are playing a game of words. Officials have the record, but we must be precise with the request for the report.
Asked to respond to the 9th Circuit ruling…
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