— GAO Report on Elections, 3/3/07
Whaddaya know? Yet another confirmation by the non-partisan GAO on Wednesday, in yet another sure-to-be-ignored report, that our voting systems across the country are a hellish patchwork of un-overseen technological mayhem and disaster. This latest is entitled “ELECTIONS: All Levels of Government Are Needed to Address Electronic Voting System Challenges” [PDF] and was presented at a Congressional oversight hearing yesterday on “Ensuring the Integrity of Elections.”
But what are the chances that anyone will bother to notice either the report or the hearing? (We’re talking to you, Mainstream Media!)
So far this article, and the one I’ve published over at ComputerWorld this morning, are the only ones to have done so.
My report opinion piece over there today offers details and analysis of that new report, and how it underscores — yet again — that our increasingly complicated system of voting in America would be immeasurably and immediately simplified by doing away with all dangerously disenfranchising, demonstrably unreliable, historically inaccurate, and easily hackable Direct Recording Electronic (DRE, usually touch-screen) voting systems.
(Sidenote: If you haven’t already, take action to demand that Rep. Rush Holt’s new, but dangerous, Election Reform bill be amended to ban all DRE voting systems by emailing Congress here and calling your legislative members here!)
My CW article today also points to earlier ignored GAO reports — covered only by The BRAD BLOG when they were released — but again referred to in the latest GAO report and worth underscoring here again, since few noticed the first time. To wit:
Hello? [Thump-thump] Is this thing on?…
One last point to recommend my piece over there today: It offers fresh criticism of the EAC’s latest woeful claim (“We can’t decertify something we didn’t certify”), and a related hint or two at an upcoming long-in-the-work investigative report we’ve been working on at The BRAD BLOG.
There’s your tease. My full ComputerWorld article is here…
Yer efforts are invaluable. i thank you and your guest bloggers for giving voice to the Reals, working Americans and people who believe in restoring what our country use to represent before it was stolen from us. The financial mega-corporate takeover of this country was longtime in the works but the Bush/Cheney holiday of 9/11 was the call for complete criminal power grab.
Controlled Demolition of skyscrapers is a very complicated technical production only a few companies can perform. Now ask yourself.. who detonated the steel concrete World Trade Tower Buildings #1, #2, and #7 (10 hours later) and how did the bombs get into place?
US Congress?
Anyone breathing is welcome to answer because the people who were murdered that day cannot speak?
Hint: The security company of which Marvin (Bush) was previously a board member ran ALL security for the World Trade Towers. Bomb sniffing dogs were removed from the Twin Towers weeks prior and i read that there were multiple evacutions performed as well leading up to 9/11. Total minimum required: 1-2 people closing their eyes and 2 bomb experts.
Wake up America because your worst nightmare is still in power until the following are indicted:
Larry Silverstein
Peter G. Peterson
David Rockefeller
Richard Cheney
George W. Bush
http://www.wireonfire.com/donpa...1guiltdvd.html
… Brad Blogged…
“…and was presented at a Congressional oversight hearing yesterday on “Ensuring the Integrity of Elections”…”
Hmmm… it seems, contrary to my expectations that I posted here, that it wasn’t an e-voting love-fest… and not only did Avi Rubin not expound on the joys of e-voting systems that cannot be built yet, he even acknowledged that the DRE concept cannot be salvaged.
(Which isn’t out of line with many of his his previous statements, but did not advance ACCURATE’s operating presumption that e-voting must be made to work… somehow.)
http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com
GBD
… and Jerome M. Hauer.
Until the GAO finds a way to wine and dine and make campaign contributions to our election officials, nothing is going to happen. I don’t think our local officials have read the GAO report from months ago yet.
But E-mail and call anyway. Mount Rushmore wasn’t built in a day, and they have to be getting more uncomfortable about ignoring this obvious mess.
Honestly, I don’t know what we even have politicians for. If the corporations pay them to do their bidding, and get them elected with vast amounts of money, WHY THE MIDDLE, (politician), MAN?
Huh?
Guess what dems, the only way the republican neoCons can win in ’08 is to cheat.
If they decide to cheat, guess what they will use?
It is a no-brainer.
In order for congress to DO something about the electronic voting mess they would have to fess up to the debacle of HAVA.
Keep in mind two powerful Democrats were also responsible for that piece of disinformation legislation-
Hoyer and Dodd
Get those two on board and the rest may follow.
Someone else will have to compute the odds of that.
Thank you agent 99.
Definetely add that treasonous dirtbag to the list.