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The Hart InterCivic Federal Fraud Complaint ‘Under a Microsope’ in Kane County, IL

Local Media Outlet Finally Reports on the Stunning Allegations in William Singer's Whistleblower Suit, Local Election Officials Respond With the Same Old, Disingenous, Long-Ago Debunked Nonsense...

Computer Scientists: ‘2008 U.S. Presidential Election Can Be Hacked’

Systems Made by Diebold, Sequoia and Hart InterCivic Are 'Still Going to Have Same Viral Vulnerabilities Found' During California's 2007 Study...

Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman Says Media Ignoring Details of His ‘Electronically Stolen’ 2002 Election

Has Given Story to 60 Minutes, Dan Abrams, LA Times, WaPo...All Have Failed to Report His Allegations While Covering Other Aspects of His Story...

RANDI RHODES QUITS AIR AMERICA, MOVES TO NOVA M RADIO

Popular Progressive Talker Leaves Beleaguered Network Following Suspension, Joins Former Colleague Mike Malloy at New Network...

EXCLUSIVE: HART INTERCIVIC ATTEMPTS HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF SEQUOIA VOTING SYSTEMS

Desperate to Stop the Deal, Sequoia's Owners Frantically Seek Funding, Legal Options, All of Which Have so Far Failed Enough to Lead the Judge Working on the Case to Regard One Such Legal Argument as a 'Conspiracy Theory'

Merger of Two Companies Would Likely Create New E-Voting Powerhouse, Face Federal Scrutiny, Come as Surprise to Sequoia's Current Clients...

Vote Counting Failures in Ohio and New Jersey Violate Federal Law, Accuracy Mandates

Does Anybody Care? Will the EAC or DoJ - or Even State Officials - Take Action Before the November General Election?

Error Rates Found to be MORE THAN 40 THOUSAND PERCENT HIGHER Than Allowed by Law...

BREAKING: Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines Subpoenaed in NJ

Judge Orders Mandatory Testing of Machines After Company Previously Threatened Legal Action Against Princeton Professors if They Dared To Examine Machines...

Failed Again: Widely-Used Diebold Touch-Screens Systems Dropped Votes in Recent Ohio Primary

Vote Totals from Memory Cards in Butler County Not Tallied by Central Tabulator, Despite System Reporting Otherwise

Letter to Company from County Officials Also Reveals New Admission Concerning Another Potential Serious Problem for November...

Former DoJ Voting Chief, John ‘Minorities Die First’ Tanner, Has New Gig in Corrupt Alabama

Heads to Scene of 'Siegelman Crime' and 'DoJ/Republican Election Takeover' to Instruct AL Law Institue How to 'Get DoJ Approval for Election-Law Changes'

All on DoJ's Dime...

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