On his "Ring of Fire" radio program (audio not available), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his guests said they will sue Diebold and other voting machine vendors in the coming weeks, seeking to "put some voting machine companies out of business." Kennedy claims the plaintiffs have whistle blowers from Diebold and other companies who will be involved in the Qui tam suits. According to Wikipedia:Qui tam is a provision under the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), which allows for a private individual, or whistleblower with knowledge of past or present fraud on the federal government to bring suit on behalf of the government. Its name is an abbreviation of the phrase “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro seipse,” meaning “he who sues for the king as well as for himself." This provision allows a private person, known as a “relator,” to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the United States, where the private person has information that the named defendant has knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the United States. The relator need not have been personally harmed by the defendant’s conduct.
A private [natural] person may not be able to commence a qui tam action "pro se", that is without representation by a lawyer, since, the private person is actually representing/filing the suit on behalf of the government and that may only be done by a lawyer.
More information about Qui tam suits can be found here.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. believes the 2004 presidential election was stolen.
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