{"id":2943,"date":"2006-06-10T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2006-06-10T21:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2006-06-11T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2006-06-11T20:24:27","slug":"busbybilbray-election-in-doubt-new-numbers-analyzed-while-absentee-ballots-reportedly-increase-margin-for-bilbray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2943","title":{"rendered":"BUSBY\/BILBRAY ELECTION IN DOUBT: New Numbers Analyzed while Absentee Ballots Reportedly Increase Margin for Bilbray…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>While I’m catching up and sifting through much incoming info on the already-tainted results of Tuesday’s Busby\/Bilbray special election for the U.S. House (CA-50), (BRAD BLOG<\/a> coverage here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>, so far), Loyola University Professor\/Ph.D. Ron Baiman has some analysis of numbers<\/a> from Tuesday which he describes as something that “smells fishy in San Diego”.<\/p>\n

(UPDATE<\/i>: I’d also like to point you to this comment by Jody Holder<\/a>, in re: the security issues and requirements for Diebold machines as issued by CA’s Sec. of State McPherson recently, and the apparent disregard and failure to properly implement those already-less-than-sufficient requirements. Holder, btw, is one of the plaintiffs in the recently filed suit<\/a> against the state to stop the use and purchase of Diebold touch-screen systems in California. He’s also an incredibly good researcher and analyst of this stuff.)<\/p>\n

Also, please note the reported margin seems to be widening<\/i> between Busby and Bilbray as absentee and provisionals are reportedly being counted, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters website<\/a>. The intially reported 4,700 votes on Election Night has grown to some 6,100 votes at this hour.<\/p>\n

Given Busby’s concerted campaign<\/a>, prior to the election, to encourage folks to vote by Absentee Ballot — as the good Thom Hartmann<\/a> was kind enough to tip me off to — the increasing spread in the margin as absentees are tallied is certainly worth watching closely. Particularly with the odd absentee numbers reported<\/a> that we covered last night.<\/p>\n

I suppose prudence demands that I point out, yet again, that I’ve yet to report any<\/i> of evidence of fraud in this race (at this time.) Nor have I said that Busby won the race, or that Bilbray — or anybody<\/i> — stole the election.<\/p>\n

I have, however, reported the irrefutable fact<\/i> that the world’s most easily-tamperable<\/a> voting machines (Diebold’s) were irreparably tainted by being sent home with poll workers<\/a> days and weeks prior to the election, in violation of several clear warnings issued by CA’s own Sec. of State, Bruce McPherson and the computer scientists at UC Berkeley that he commissioned to independently analyze<\/a> the scores of known and now-admitted-by-Diebold vulnerabilities in their optical-scan and touch-screen voting systems.<\/p>\n

That fact — in and of itself<\/i> — is reason for a complete<\/i> loss of confidence in the so-far reported results which are based on optically-scanned ballots and touch-screen machine-reported numbers and thus calls for a complete hand count<\/i> of the paper ballots and “paper trails” before any<\/i> credence should be given to the reported totals in such a close election with so many national ramifications.<\/p>\n

It bears repeating to those who don’t get this: The San Diego County Registrar of Voters office is paid with your<\/i> tax dollars (yes, your federal<\/i> tax dollars) to run an accurate election. The burden of proof<\/i> that they have done so, and that the election results are accurate<\/i> and verifiable<\/i> lies with them. So far, they have offered no such evidence<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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