Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Brian Chess, chief scientist of Fortify Software [United Kingdom] has gone on record as saying:
“As with any computerised system, e-voting machines can be subject to programming errors and malicious tampering. With evidence in the States clearly showing that the voting machine certification process is flawed, how can any citizen be expected to trust this new system?”
California SOS Debra Bowen asks and answers [PDF]:
Those stories and more, all linked below…
NAtional: House Admin Committee Unanimously Votes to Dismiss 4 of 5 Federally Contested 2006 House Elections LINK
NAtional: Enough Is Enough: Federalize Elections LINK
NAtional: Voter-Verified Paper Ballots One Step Closer LINK
NAtional: House panel approves e-voting paper trails LINK
CA: Secretary of State Debra Bowen Unveils Details On Top-to-Bottom Review of California’s Voting Systems Scheduled To Begin Next Week LINK
CA: Top-To-Bottom Review Summary LINK
CA: Frequently Asked Questions About Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s Top-To-Bottom Review of California’s Voting Systems LINK
CA: CA to Conduct Unprecedented $1.8 Million Review of Voting Systems with UC LINK
CA: Bowen wants hack-free voting systems LINK
CT: Lawmaker questions voters’ privacy LINK
CT: Old Lever Voting Machines Free for Taking LINK
FL: Sworn Affidavits Signed By Voters Aren’t Evidence??? LINK
FL: Editorial – Landslide of problems from new elections law LINK
FL: FL-13 – Candidate asks courts to let Congress decide election dispute LINK
FL: Charlotte County – Horton: Paper ballots will cost millions LINK
IN: Marion County – Voters shut out in Marion County
In a chaotic day, 5 precinets fail to open; 45 others open late LINK
IN: Marion County – Polling problems plague Marion County primary LINK
IN: Marion County – White ran on promise to improve elections
Clerk said she would deal with trouble at ballot box by training poll workers better LINK
IN: Marion County – Election follow-up delayed LINK
IN: Marion County – Democrats and Republicans Finger Pointing Over Election Flaws LINK
IN: Randolph County – Randolph machines actually tally votes this time LINK
NY: Rensselaer County – Liberty voting machines programmed under watchful eyes LINK
NY: Rensselaer County – Officials Hope New Voting Machines Fix the Problem LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County board has calm start LINK
OH: Voting smooth for Cuyahoga County LINK
PA: Allegheny County – County Voters Can Expect More Privacy At The Polls LINK
UK: Why e-voting won’t save democracy LINK
UK: Spoilt votes tally could be 140,000 LINK
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I have an answer, they (electronic voting machines in all forms) can NOT be trusted.
The physics of electricity itself makes it impossible to physically validate anything.
Parts burn up.
Doping can be flawed or malicious (disappearing logic)
Software can manipulated.
Networks can not be trusted.
Physical access to a machine by trusted people can not be trusted!
who’s listening anymore? Anyone new?
lol the “random” captcha for this message was “DEBA7”
I think the vote in the upcoming criminal grand jury should be to indict Karl Rove:
(Seattle Times, emphasis added).
The ‘great democracy of Iraq’ has voted to throw the bums out before going on its two month vacation:
(Alter Net, emphasis added). Now isn’t that special, as Stephen Colbert might say about the itty bitty baby democracy.
The bushies are going to have to whip these guys into line and deal with them like it does the Department of Just Us, now headed up by wierd Al Gonzales.