SPECIAL COVERAGE: The Riverside County Sequoia Hack Challenge

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12/6/06: RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA SUPERVISOR BETS ‘A THOUSAND TO ONE’ THAT HIS SEQUOIA VOTING MACHINES CAN’T BE HACKED!
Challenges Election Integrity Advocates to ‘See if Your Programmer Can Manipulate That Machine’ at Public, Video Taped Meeting!
Invites Media to Witness Challenge!

12/12/06: EXCLUSIVE: Renowned Computer Security Expert Agrees to Meet California County Supervisor’s ‘1000 to 1’ Challenge to ‘Manipulate’ Sequoia Voting Machine!
Harri Hursti — The Lead Programmer Who Hacked Diebold Systems in Both Florida and Utah — Looking Forward to Testing the Security Vulnerability of Riverside County’s Systems!
Election Integrity Individuals, Group, Stake $1000 for Charity on Supervisor Jeff Stone’s Offer!

12/13/06: ‘RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE’: County Supervisors, Voting Machine Company Begin to go Wobbly
Press Coverage Reveals Board of Supervisors, Sequoia Laying Groundwork to Try and Wriggle Out of ‘1000 to 1’ Bet Their Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked…

12/19/06: ‘RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE’: ‘Hot Rod Harri’s Fight to the Finnish’

1/5/07: California County Official Who Dared ‘Hackers’ to Manipulate Voting System Gets Desperate!
Sends Letter to Outgoing CA Sec. of State Attempting to Create New Conditions for Hack Test! Computer Security Experts Deride!
EXCLUSIVE: Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone’s Complete Letter to SoS Bruce McPherson

1/18/07: Jeff Stone: The Coward of Riverside County?
The California County Supervisor Continues to Hide Behind Unrealistic ‘Conditions’ on His Sequoia Voting Machine ‘Hack Challenge’
COLUMNIST: ‘A test that doesn’t allow the hacker to work on the machines as handled prior to the election and after it is no real test at all.’

2/10/07: SEQUOIA TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING MACHINES HACKED, FOUND VULNERABLE TO VOTE-FLIPPING BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY!
New Jersey Attorney to Ask Judge for Decertification of Company’s ‘AVC Advantage’ System After Machines Found Untested by State
Princeton Professor Paid $86 For Online Purchase of 5 Machines That a NJ County Paid $40,000 for…

2/26/07: EXCLUSIVE: California SoS Finds No State Law to Prohibit Proposed Riverside County ‘Hack Test’ of Sequoia Touch-Screen Machines!
But Secretary Bowen Says Board of Supes Proposed ‘Ground Rules’ for Test ‘Overly Narrow’, ‘Would Prove Little and Give Voters False Sense of Security’
Supervisor Stone’s Hope for SoS Participation in ‘1000 to 1’ Bet with Election Integrity Advocates under Unilateral, Unrealistic Restrictions Flatly Rejected by State’s New Election Chief…

3/28/07: HACKIN’ HARRI HURSTI TO APPEAR BEFORE PANEL IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA!
Finnish Security Expert to Appear, Give Testimony This Friday Before County’s ‘Blue Ribbon’ Commission Investigating Complaints About Local Election System
No Word on Whether Gamblin’ County Supervisor, Jeff ‘1000 to 1’ Stone, Will Be in Attendance…

4/1/07: Hackin’ Harri Hursti a Hit in Riverside County, California
As we Sit Down for a One-on-One Debriefing with the Finnish Computer Security Expert and Discuss American Elections, Rush Holt’s Reform Bill, Debra Bowen, ‘Black Hats’ and Why Elections Matter
Big Turnout and Good Press Coverage Accompany his Riverside Visit, Even if Jeff ‘1000 to 1’ Stone Was a No Show…

7/13/07: ‘Blue Ribbon’ Committee to Riverside County, CA Board of Supes: Dump DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems!
Enormous Victory as Dogged Citizen Advocacy Finally Pays Off!
Committee Also Recommends Security Audit of Registrar’s Office in First County in America to Move to Touch-Screen Voting Systems…

8/18/07: Riverside County, CA to Hold Sequoia Accountable for Lies, Faulty Voting Machines?
If So, Let the Fraud Suits Begin!

9/20/07: Riverside County, CA Board of Supes to Sequoia Voting Systems: ‘Drop Dead’
Board Members Threaten ‘Not Another Dime’ For Company That Has Failed Them to the Tune of $27 Million So Far
The Time is Now for Accountability…

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