CA Legislature Approves Dangerous Bill to End All Federal Testing of State E-Voting Systems

Legislation deceptively sold as measure to 'allow counties to develop, own and operate voting systems, increase voter confidence in the integrity of our elections'...

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Brad Friedman,
9/10/2013 -
8:35 am PT

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Columnist: ‘Whining’ California Election Registrars are ‘Losers, Exposed as Careless at Best, Irresponsible at Worst’

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Brad Friedman,
8/10/2007 -
11:28 am PT

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CA SoS Bowen Strikes Back: Speaks up (Again) for the VOTERS!

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Brad Friedman,
4/10/2007 -
2:27 pm PT

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Columnist: ‘CA Counties Must Install Voting Machines Reliable Enough to Withstand REAL Testing’

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Brad Friedman,
4/7/2007 -
5:52 pm PT

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Hackin’ Harri Hursti a Hit in Riverside County, California

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Brad Friedman,
4/1/2007 -
7:13 pm PT

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CACEO Goes Coo-Coo Over New ‘Top-to-Bottom Review’ Criteria for Voting Systems in California

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Brad Friedman,
3/26/2007 -
8:40 pm PT

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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Major E-Voting Critic, Attorney Named to Key Voting Systems Oversight Role by New CA Secretary of State!

[UPDATED] Critics of E-Voting Hail News as 'Collosal Suprise,' Very Good for Voters, Very Bad for the Nation's Electronic Voting Machine Companies...

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Brad Friedman,
1/8/2007 -
2:31 pm PT

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New CA SoS Bowen Believes Voting Machine ‘Sleepovers’ Illegal, Will Review Every System in Use From ‘Top to Bottom,’ Will Consider Decertification of Machines Approved by Predecessor McPherson!

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Brad Friedman,
1/5/2007 -
2:34 pm PT

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VIDEO – Brad at ‘Electric City Political Comedy Special’ on the Saturday Before the Election…

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Brad Friedman,
11/13/2006 -
2:28 pm PT

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UPDATE! DEBRA BOWEN ANNOUNCED WINNER OVER LYING, DEMOCRACY-HATING CALIFORNIA SEC. OF STATE BRUCE MCPHERSON!

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Brad Friedman,
11/8/2006 -
9:46 am PT

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MELTDOWN ’06: Orange County CA Candidate Says Machines Down, No Paper Ballots Available…

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Brad Friedman,
11/7/2006 -
2:24 pm PT

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Reading the E-Voting Tea Leaves From Today’s Headlines

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Brad Friedman,
11/3/2006 -
10:06 pm PT

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HERE WE GO AGAIN: ‘Just Push the Yellow Button and Vote as Many Times as You Want’ on Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines!

California's Secretary of State Bruce McPherson Denies Knowledge of Vulnerability Well After His Office Had Been Notified...

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Brad Friedman,
11/2/2006 -
3:32 am PT

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San Diego County Registrar Sued by Voter Seeking Compliance of State’s Paper Ballot Order, ‘Immediate Action’ Concerning Diebold Voting Machine ‘Sleepovers’!

Suit Funded by Velvet Revolution's 'Election Protection Strike Force' Effort...

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Brad Friedman,
11/1/2006 -
10:35 am PT

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Diebold Fumbles Attempt to Stop HBO Airing of ‘Hacking Democracy’!

Feature Article on Film Should Be Published by ComputerWorld Tomorrow...

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Brad Friedman,
10/31/2006 -
10:32 pm PT

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Sponsored by 2014 Sec. of State candidate, measure grants unprecedented power to Sec. of State to approve new e-voting systems for use in real elections, even with no testing at all

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