Electronic Voting Machine Fraud Hits Mainstream News!

Today, July 25, 2003, CNN finally took notice of the investigation into easily rigged Electronic Voting Machine software. Judy Woodruff, dried-up prune and blatantly rightwing biased host of CNN's Inside Politics, introduced a story titled "Hacking the Vote?". This news item comes directly after the release of a report on July 24, 2003, written by computer security experts at Johns Hopkins University, with findings that even a 15 year old teenager would be able to hack the software used for Electronic Voting Machines. The story posted on CNN's Website is Study E-Voting Flaws Risk Ballot Fraud

The volume of articles and investigations online into electronic voting machines has apparently swollen to such proportions that it has forced mainstream media to take notice. Without the constant hammering by internet watchdog sites, this story would have been swept under the rug along with the rest of the crimes perpetrated by the Bush Cartel and the Republican Party.

In the past few days, major newspapers and news sites ran stories on this subject, which may be why CNN felt compelled to report it, not to be outdone by the likes of the New York Times and the Washington Post, MSNBC, or Reuters. And that is great news for voters rights because TV news reaches far more people in one broadcast than any one website can reach. Getting this story out so that all voters are aware of the potential disastrous consequences of machines that can be easily tampered with has been the goal of all the articles and sites which report on this issue. Having more people become aware that the problem exists will spur many more people to action before the 2004 election, cause more to search for info on the internet, and probably encourage countless new articles and investigations into this matter. It will no doubt also compel hordes of rightwing rethugs to come out in defense of the machines and to block any legislation to protect voters rights. After all, they are the ones who will benefit from allowing this to continue. Some people believe they already have.

There should be major investigations into the last two elections. Republicans would argue that it would be too costly, but it would probably only take a tiny fraction of the billions that are being wasted on the Bush war machine to fund something that goes directly to the people's right to choose their officials and to have their votes counted properly. None of the events that have occurred since the ultra conservative republican takeover of our government would have happened had the person elected President in 2000 been allowed to take office. That is how important this issue is, and how important every vote in every election is to the fate of America. And that is why I say it is the most important issue, above all, in this country today.

Judy Woodruff probably would have rather chewed off her own bony foot than to stick it into this pile of steaming republican doodoo. Nevertheless, she did, and in doing so may have inadvertently done the American people one of the greatest favors in history. 

Here is what you can do...

Pass it on! Get the word out! Send articles and links via email to people you know who might not be aware of the issue. (Not spam ... people you know.)

Pass along the following two extremely important MUST READ articles on election fraud!

Inside a U.S. Election Vote Counting Program

Bigger than Watergate!


Link to every site in sight about vote fraud and electronic voting machines ... especially ...

Blackboxvoting.com

Scoop American Coup


Support Congressman Rush Holt's legislation to require a paper trail!

Congressman introduces legislation to require 
all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper trail

Read Rush Holt, Rep. NJ, Remarks Made On The Floor Of The Congress When He Introduced The "Voter Verifiable Paper Trail" Bill

Last paragraph of the above remarks by Rep. Rush Holt, (D-NJ) :

"Mr. Speaker, there is nothing more crucial to democracy than guaranteeing the integrity, fairness, and accuracy of elections. The election of 2000 was a fiasco, but unless this legislation is promptly enacted the election of 2004 could be a disaster."


Find out what's going on in your area in regard to electronic voting machines and bring the issue to the attention of local officials.


Write your Senators and Reps in Congress and ask them to address the issue.
 
Write Congress

Tell Congress to Fight for Secure Elections! Send them a message! - Electronic Frontier Foundation


Sign Petitions

Act for Change Petition - Stop the Florida-ation of the 2004 Election!

Support Legislation requiring Voter-Verified Paper Trail for 2004 Elections Petition


Get Educated - Get Involved

July 28-29, 2003
USACM Sponsored Workshop on Voter-Verifiable Election Systems
Denver Colorado Adams Mark Hotel:

Billions of dollars will be spent in the next few years on voting equipment. Unfortunately, some believe the new technology may reduce election integrity and voter confidence. A proposed solution is to provide "voter verifiability," so that election results are guaranteed to reflect the intent of the voters. The workshop aims to bring together people interested in these issues. More!

And, if you haven't ....

Register to vote!

There isn't much time left before the 2004 election. We've got to get busy and get this under control before it's too late! Do anything you can think of, but above all, keep this issue on the table, and then kick it up a notch!