It is now a bit fun watching some previously silent news organizations fall all over themselves as they suddenly recognize that our election process is seriously flawed. Today CNN reported, and many smaller organizations picked up the report, that the GAO released a report this week on voting system testing that finds that the Election Assistance Commission [EAC] has not notified election officials across the country about electronic voting machine failures.
This has been no secret within the Election Integrity community and has been one of our main complaints about the EAC. Voting systems fail and the EAC does nothing about it. They argue instead that none of the voting systems were certified by the EAC so they have no right/mandate to do anything about them. The GAO recommends that congress step in with legislation to force this issue.
We agree but dislike the fact that we have to wait on a snail-slow congress to do anything. CNN also reports on the CommonCause/Century Foundation report that was also released this week and that points to 10 states that they believe will have problems in Nov. My guess is that the “ten states” will grow substantially to 40 or more by election day and on beyond.
Also in the news is that the re-re-recount of ballots in Palm Beach Co Florida is taking place today and tomorrow. One can only guess what they are going to find. Ballots from 2004? Punch cards with hanging chads?
And a member of the Washington DC council has subpoenaed Sequoia for records that may reveal what really happened in the recent primary. Could it be that the council will find that the Sequoia spokeswoman, Michelle Shafer’s, declaration that the company is not at fault; “No, no, no” is really “Yes, yes, yes”? …
- Featured – National: Report: Voting problems in several swing states
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/voting.problems/index.html?iref=werecommend - National: State Election Officials Not Told Of Voting Machine Failures
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=61641 - National: Election Officials Brace for Trouble
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/hdw/?p=3111 - National: Conyers Demands ‘Immediate Halt to Republican Vote Suppression Efforts’
U.S. House Judiciary Chair Announces Hearings, Requests ‘Full Scale Investigation’ by DoJ Into Recent Reports of GOP ‘Vote Caging’ Schemes…
https://bradblog.com/?p=6406 - National: Bob Koehler: Goo-Goo America
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Goo-Goo-America-by-Bob-Koehler-080918-924.html - National: Historic 2008 Election Could See Unprecedented Attempts to Bar African American Voters
http://i3.democracynow.org/2008/9/18/historic_2008_election_could_see_unprecedented - National: New Laws, Technology Challenge Elections Officials
Presidential Race Raises Voting Fears in Toss-Up States
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122179207897655599.html?mod=googlenews_wsj - National: Stealing America: Vote by Vote (Unrated) *** | Cast your vote, take your chances
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/story/690847.html - National: “Stealing America”: Regardless of viewers’ politics, assertions of vote fraud are disturbing
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008188551_mr19stealing.html - National: Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide
http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/19/1131208.shtml - National: Significant Voting Machine Problems Present in 10 Swing States
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6827 - National: Report: Crucial swing states not prepared for voting problems
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Report_10_swing_states_have_voting_0919.html - National: Software, Trust and Democracy
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Software-Trust-and-Democracy-64541.html - AZ: Hispanic group appeals ruling on voter ID law
Requirements hurt minorities more, it argues
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/258256 - CA: Riverside County – Vote Hacking Revealed By Computer Scientists
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9036836&nav=menu191_2 - FL: Recount going smoothly in disputed Palm Beach County judge’s race
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-0919-pbc-recount,0,6908077.story - GA: Polls open for earlier voting
A new law allows ballots to be cast starting Monday; officials brace for onslaught
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091908/geo_333996339.shtml - GA: Early voting starts Monday
http://www.times-herald.com/local/Early-voting-starts-Monday–550123 - MD: Disabilities voter forum draws a big crowd
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/09_19-03/REG - MI: Advancement Project and ACLU Sue Michigan Secretary of State Over Unlawful Voter Purging
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20080918/DC3389218092008-1.html - MI: ACLU sues state over voter purging programs
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS06/80918047/1008/news06 - MS: Senate race moving up
Secretary of state, governor OK change to November ballot
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS/809190353/1001 - OH: Deposition by Spoonamore Admits Ohio Vote Theft
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Deposition-by-Spoonamore-A-by-Stephen-Spoonamore-080919-58.html - PA: Lawsuit seeks ban on partisan election clothing
http://www.pennlive.com/statehouse/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1221789303207720.xml&coll=1 - Washington DC: Firm Subpoenaed in Vote Tally
Errors Add to Election Board’s Concerns About November
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091803736.html
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It’s just a little late for the MSM to “Find out” that the problem we (the cognoscenti) have been hollering about for SIX YEARS actually exists, isn’t it? I do hope that the election will turn out to be just a little bit more honest than the last three.
Absolutely REQUIRED viewing for EVERY American of every age. Teach your children, your parents and your neighbors. Make them sit and watch this:
Money As Debt
http://breadwithcircus.com/
We stand at the edge of the collapse of the entire financial system, and this video not only shows why, in the simplest possible terms, but who is in fact behind it.
A quick, easy read about a proposed fix for optical scanner voting machines from Septembers Discovery Magazine:
http://discovermagazine.com/200...earchterm=vote