Wired News: E-Vote Software Leaked Online
Oct. 29, 2003
Software used by an electronic voting system manufactured by Sequoia Voting Systems has been left unprotected on a publicly available server, raising concerns about the possibility of vote tampering in future elections.
The software, made available at ftp.jaguar.net, is stored on an FTP server owned by Jaguar Computer Systems, a firm that provides election support to a California county. The software is used for placing ballots on voting kiosks and for storing and tabulating results for the Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen system.
The security breach means that anyone with a minimal amount of technical knowledge could see how the code works and potentially exploit it. According to a computer programmer who discovered the unprotected server, the files also contain Visual Basic script and code for voting system databases that could allow someone to learn how to rig voting results. The programmer spoke on condition of anonymity.
Jaguar blocked public access to the FTP site late Wednesday. Representatives from Jaguar did not return calls for comment.
--snip
It's the second time this year that voting machine code has been leaked on the Internet.
Wired News: E-Vote Software Leaked Online
31 October 2003
Groups question voting machines' accuracy
Salon.com News
Robert Tanner
Oct. 31, 2003
Doubts about the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines are growing among election officials and computer scientists, complicating efforts to safeguard elections after the presidential stalemate of 2000.
With just over a year to go before the next presidential race, touchscreen voting machines don't seem like the cure-all some thought they would be. Skeptics fear they'll only produce more problems, from making recounts less reliable to giving computer hackers a chance to sabotage results.
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Salon.com News
Robert Tanner
Oct. 31, 2003
Doubts about the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines are growing among election officials and computer scientists, complicating efforts to safeguard elections after the presidential stalemate of 2000.
With just over a year to go before the next presidential race, touchscreen voting machines don't seem like the cure-all some thought they would be. Skeptics fear they'll only produce more problems, from making recounts less reliable to giving computer hackers a chance to sabotage results.
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29 October 2003
Why aren't Republicans more disturbed by the threat of computer cheating?
Salon.com | Joe Conason's Journal
Oct. 27, 2003
Newsweek looks into blackbox voting
This fall, at every venue I visit to sign books and talk about politics, at least one worried citizen asks whether I believe rogue computer software can steal the next election for the Republicans. Others nod, murmur, and wonder aloud: What can we do about this threat to democracy? Why should we vote or encourage others to vote when the system can be gamed? How do we convince the mainstream media to cover this crucial story?
Salon.com | Joe Conason's Journal
Salon.com | Joe Conason's Journal
Oct. 27, 2003
Newsweek looks into blackbox voting
This fall, at every venue I visit to sign books and talk about politics, at least one worried citizen asks whether I believe rogue computer software can steal the next election for the Republicans. Others nod, murmur, and wonder aloud: What can we do about this threat to democracy? Why should we vote or encourage others to vote when the system can be gamed? How do we convince the mainstream media to cover this crucial story?
Salon.com | Joe Conason's Journal
Voter Fraud: Then and Now - BuzzFlash Cartoons by Thomas Burns
Voter Fraud: Then and Now - BuzzFlash Cartoons by Thomas Burns
Voter Fraud: Then and Now - BuzzFlash Cartoons by Thomas Burns
Count the Vote.org
Most state constitutions require free and fair elections.
When did we abdicate that responsibility to corporate America?
Count the Vote.org
Most state constitutions require free and fair elections.
When did we abdicate that responsibility to corporate America?
Count the Vote.org
28 October 2003
Black Box Voting Blues
--snip
Critics of verifiable voting do have a point when they note that the printouts are susceptible to some of the same kinds of tricks once played with paper ballots. But there’s a promise of more elegant solutions for electronic voting that are private, verifiable and virtually tamperproof. Mathematician David Chaum has been working on an ingenious scheme based on encrypted receipts. But whatever we wind up using, it’s time for politicians to start listening to the geeks. They start from the premise that democracy deserves no less than the best election technology possible, so that the vote of every citizen will count. Can anyone possibly argue with that?
Black Box Voting Blues
WOW! That sounds promising, at least, doesn't it?! They'd better hurry!
--snip
Critics of verifiable voting do have a point when they note that the printouts are susceptible to some of the same kinds of tricks once played with paper ballots. But there’s a promise of more elegant solutions for electronic voting that are private, verifiable and virtually tamperproof. Mathematician David Chaum has been working on an ingenious scheme based on encrypted receipts. But whatever we wind up using, it’s time for politicians to start listening to the geeks. They start from the premise that democracy deserves no less than the best election technology possible, so that the vote of every citizen will count. Can anyone possibly argue with that?
Black Box Voting Blues
WOW! That sounds promising, at least, doesn't it?! They'd better hurry!
24 October 2003
Scoop: Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud
The Diebold Memos' Smoking Gun
Volusia County Memos Disclose Election 2000 Vote Fraud
By Alastair Thompson
Scoop
Blackboxvoting.com
"DELAND, Fla., Nov. 11 - Something very strange happened on election night to Deborah Tannenbaum, a Democratic Party official in Volusia County. At 10 p.m., she called the county elections department and learned that Al Gore was leading George W. Bush 83,000 votes to 62,000. But when she checked the county's Web site for an update half an hour later, she found a startling development: Gore's count had dropped by 16,000 votes, while an obscure Socialist candidate had picked up 10,000--all because of a single precinct with only 600 voters."
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The Diebold Memos' Smoking Gun
Volusia County Memos Disclose Election 2000 Vote Fraud
By Alastair Thompson
Scoop
Blackboxvoting.com
"DELAND, Fla., Nov. 11 - Something very strange happened on election night to Deborah Tannenbaum, a Democratic Party official in Volusia County. At 10 p.m., she called the county elections department and learned that Al Gore was leading George W. Bush 83,000 votes to 62,000. But when she checked the county's Web site for an update half an hour later, she found a startling development: Gore's count had dropped by 16,000 votes, while an obscure Socialist candidate had picked up 10,000--all because of a single precinct with only 600 voters."
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23 October 2003
Electronic Voting: What You Need To Know
William Rivers Pitt
truthout.org
20 October 2003
Author's Note | In July of 2003, I sat down for an extended, free-wheeling interview in Denver with three of the smartest people I have ever met. Rebecca Mercuri, Barbara Simons, and David Dill have been at the forefront of the debate surrounding the rise of electronic touch-screen voting machines in our national elections. Sufficed to say, they are three computer scientists/engineers who are as well versed on these matters as anyone you will ever meet. Scroll quickly to the bottom of this interview before reading to view their CVs.
If you are completely new to this, the issue in brief: In the aftermath of the 2000 election, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act. After much wrangling, it appears the powers that be have settled upon electronic touch-screen voting machines as the solution. There are, however, a number of serious concerns about the viability of these machines that have been raised. The matter strikes to the heart of our democracy. If the votes are not counted properly, our democracy is broken forever. More data on this is linked below, after the CVs.
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William Rivers Pitt
truthout.org
20 October 2003
Author's Note | In July of 2003, I sat down for an extended, free-wheeling interview in Denver with three of the smartest people I have ever met. Rebecca Mercuri, Barbara Simons, and David Dill have been at the forefront of the debate surrounding the rise of electronic touch-screen voting machines in our national elections. Sufficed to say, they are three computer scientists/engineers who are as well versed on these matters as anyone you will ever meet. Scroll quickly to the bottom of this interview before reading to view their CVs.
If you are completely new to this, the issue in brief: In the aftermath of the 2000 election, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act. After much wrangling, it appears the powers that be have settled upon electronic touch-screen voting machines as the solution. There are, however, a number of serious concerns about the viability of these machines that have been raised. The matter strikes to the heart of our democracy. If the votes are not counted properly, our democracy is broken forever. More data on this is linked below, after the CVs.
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18 October 2003
A VOTING SCANDAL?
There’s the possibility of an enormous scandal brewing with the GOP using voter technology stealing votes. I can’t tell if they’re doing it yet or just getting ready to do it-or to be able to do it if they need to. And don’t tell me they’re above that kind of thing. If these guys cared about honest elections, I’d be whining about President Gore in this space. Anyway, read the extremely disturbing story above. Then read this one.
Why, for goodness sakes is the mass media avoiding this potentially enormous story?
Meanwhile, you probably can’t read this one-since it’s in the Chronicle of Higher Education-a publication not only requires a paid subscription but also libeled me recently-but it is rather amazing.
Here’s a summary: It seems “a graduate student at the University of California at Riverside has been sentenced to spend 28 days in jail on consecutive weekends for tampering with a campus election conducted over the Internet. The student, Shawn Bijan Nematbakhsh, 21, had been charged with unauthorized alteration of computer data, a felony under California’s criminal code. Mr. Nematbakhsh pleaded guilty to a similar misdemeanor charge and was sentenced last week in Riverside County Superior Court. In April, while he was still an undergraduate, Mr. Nematbakhsh used the campus’s Internet voting system to cast 801 votes in a student-government election for “American Ninja.”
He later described the move as a senior prank intended to expose how easily elections could be rigged because of security flaws in the system. Critics of computerized voting, especially Internet voting, defended Mr. Nematbakhsh’s actions. ‘This Riverside student may be the first person in the history of the United States to go to jail for hacking an election in an effort to show the weaknesses of computerized voting,” according to a source.
Post found at Altercation
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Don’t forget what almost all the coverage of the presidential election wants you to forget. Elections in America are about money more than anything else.
During the 2002 election cycle, Republican candidates outspent Democrats by nearly $200 million. That’s the most important reason everything ended up breaking their way, though I’ll be amazed if a single network’s coverage even mentioned it. Bush has now collected $83.9 million. He has done so in part by aggressively selling government at the cost of zillions to you and me. The totals of his current kitty “driven in large part by just 285 men and women, who collected $38.5 million or more, which was at least 45 percent of Bush’s total take. This fund-raising elite, many of whom were beneficiaries of Bush administration policies, included 100 “Rangers,” who raised at least $200,000 apiece, and 185 “Pioneers,” who collected at least $100,000 each.”
Post found at Altercation
There’s the possibility of an enormous scandal brewing with the GOP using voter technology stealing votes. I can’t tell if they’re doing it yet or just getting ready to do it-or to be able to do it if they need to. And don’t tell me they’re above that kind of thing. If these guys cared about honest elections, I’d be whining about President Gore in this space. Anyway, read the extremely disturbing story above. Then read this one.
Why, for goodness sakes is the mass media avoiding this potentially enormous story?
Meanwhile, you probably can’t read this one-since it’s in the Chronicle of Higher Education-a publication not only requires a paid subscription but also libeled me recently-but it is rather amazing.
Here’s a summary: It seems “a graduate student at the University of California at Riverside has been sentenced to spend 28 days in jail on consecutive weekends for tampering with a campus election conducted over the Internet. The student, Shawn Bijan Nematbakhsh, 21, had been charged with unauthorized alteration of computer data, a felony under California’s criminal code. Mr. Nematbakhsh pleaded guilty to a similar misdemeanor charge and was sentenced last week in Riverside County Superior Court. In April, while he was still an undergraduate, Mr. Nematbakhsh used the campus’s Internet voting system to cast 801 votes in a student-government election for “American Ninja.”
He later described the move as a senior prank intended to expose how easily elections could be rigged because of security flaws in the system. Critics of computerized voting, especially Internet voting, defended Mr. Nematbakhsh’s actions. ‘This Riverside student may be the first person in the history of the United States to go to jail for hacking an election in an effort to show the weaknesses of computerized voting,” according to a source.
Post found at Altercation
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Don’t forget what almost all the coverage of the presidential election wants you to forget. Elections in America are about money more than anything else.
During the 2002 election cycle, Republican candidates outspent Democrats by nearly $200 million. That’s the most important reason everything ended up breaking their way, though I’ll be amazed if a single network’s coverage even mentioned it. Bush has now collected $83.9 million. He has done so in part by aggressively selling government at the cost of zillions to you and me. The totals of his current kitty “driven in large part by just 285 men and women, who collected $38.5 million or more, which was at least 45 percent of Bush’s total take. This fund-raising elite, many of whom were beneficiaries of Bush administration policies, included 100 “Rangers,” who raised at least $200,000 apiece, and 185 “Pioneers,” who collected at least $100,000 each.”
Post found at Altercation
17 October 2003
Oliphant seeks state inquiry
Miriam Oliphant's letter to the Florida Attorney General asks for a review of the county's selection of a touch-screen voting system.
BY ERIKA BOLSTAD
Miami Herald
Oct. 17, 2003
Broward Supervisor of Elections Miriam Oliphant has asked Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist to investigate the county's 2002 purchase of touch-screen voting equipment.
Oliphant lists nine concerns she wants Crist to investigate, beginning with the selection and purchase of the county's $17.2 million voting system.
She also asks Crist's office to look into lobbying fees Elections Systems & Software paid Florida lobbyists. And many of her questions stem from her budget battle with county commissioners.
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Miriam Oliphant's letter to the Florida Attorney General asks for a review of the county's selection of a touch-screen voting system.
BY ERIKA BOLSTAD
Miami Herald
Oct. 17, 2003
Broward Supervisor of Elections Miriam Oliphant has asked Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist to investigate the county's 2002 purchase of touch-screen voting equipment.
Oliphant lists nine concerns she wants Crist to investigate, beginning with the selection and purchase of the county's $17.2 million voting system.
She also asks Crist's office to look into lobbying fees Elections Systems & Software paid Florida lobbyists. And many of her questions stem from her budget battle with county commissioners.
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 16, 2003
ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
EFF Defends Right to Publish Links to Electronic Voting Memos
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
San Francisco - Defending the right to link to controversial information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting machines' manufacturer.
On October 10, 2003, electronic voting company Diebold, Inc., sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit Online Policy Group (OPG) ISP demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an Independent Media Center (IndyMedia) website located on a computer server hosted by OPG.
Diebold sent out dozens of similar notices to ISPs hosting IndyMedia and other websites linking to or publishing copies of Diebold internal memos. OPG is the only ISP so far to resist the takedown demand from Diebold.
"What topic could be more important to our democracy than discussions about the mechanics and legitimacy of electronic voting systems now being introduced nationwide?" said EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer. "EFF won't stand by as corporations like Diebold chill important online debate by churning out legal notices to ISPs that usually just take down legitimate content rather than face the legal risk."
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ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website
EFF Defends Right to Publish Links to Electronic Voting Memos
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
San Francisco - Defending the right to link to controversial information about flaws in electronic voting systems, EFF announced today it will defend an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a news website publisher against claims of indirect copyright infringement from the electronic voting machines' manufacturer.
On October 10, 2003, electronic voting company Diebold, Inc., sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit Online Policy Group (OPG) ISP demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an Independent Media Center (IndyMedia) website located on a computer server hosted by OPG.
Diebold sent out dozens of similar notices to ISPs hosting IndyMedia and other websites linking to or publishing copies of Diebold internal memos. OPG is the only ISP so far to resist the takedown demand from Diebold.
"What topic could be more important to our democracy than discussions about the mechanics and legitimacy of electronic voting systems now being introduced nationwide?" said EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer. "EFF won't stand by as corporations like Diebold chill important online debate by churning out legal notices to ISPs that usually just take down legitimate content rather than face the legal risk."
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13 October 2003
All the President's Votes?
by Andrew Gumbel
October 13, 2003
The lndependent/UK
A Quiet Revolution is Taking Place in US Politics. By the Time It's Over, the Integrity of Elections Will be in the Unchallenged, Unscrutinized Control of a Few Large - and Pro-Republican - Corporations. Andrew Gumbel wonders if democracy in America can survive
--snip
The question is whether the country will come to its senses before elections start getting distorted or tampered with on such a scale that the system becomes unmanageable. The sheer volume of money offered under HAVA is unlikely to be forthcoming again in a hurry, so if things aren't done right now it is doubtful the system can be fixed again for a long time. "This is frightening, really frightening," says Dr Mercuri, and a growing number of reasonable people are starting to agree with her. One such is John Zogby, arguably the most reliable pollster in the United States, who has freely admitted he "blew" last November's elections and does not exclude the possibility that foul play was one of the factors knocking his calculations off course. "We're plowing into a brave new world here," he says, "where there are so many variables aside from out-and-out corruption that can change elections, especially in situations where the races are close. We have machines that break down, or are tampered with, or are simply misunderstood. It's a cause for great concern."
Roxanne Jekot, who has put much of her professional and personal life on hold to work on the issue full time, puts it even more strongly. "Corporate America is very close to running this country. The only thing that is stopping them from taking total control are the pesky voters. That's why there's such a drive to control the vote. What we're seeing is the corporatization of the last shred of democracy.
"I feel that unless we stop it here and stop it now," she says, "my kids won't grow up to have a right to vote at all."
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by Andrew Gumbel
October 13, 2003
The lndependent/UK
A Quiet Revolution is Taking Place in US Politics. By the Time It's Over, the Integrity of Elections Will be in the Unchallenged, Unscrutinized Control of a Few Large - and Pro-Republican - Corporations. Andrew Gumbel wonders if democracy in America can survive
--snip
The question is whether the country will come to its senses before elections start getting distorted or tampered with on such a scale that the system becomes unmanageable. The sheer volume of money offered under HAVA is unlikely to be forthcoming again in a hurry, so if things aren't done right now it is doubtful the system can be fixed again for a long time. "This is frightening, really frightening," says Dr Mercuri, and a growing number of reasonable people are starting to agree with her. One such is John Zogby, arguably the most reliable pollster in the United States, who has freely admitted he "blew" last November's elections and does not exclude the possibility that foul play was one of the factors knocking his calculations off course. "We're plowing into a brave new world here," he says, "where there are so many variables aside from out-and-out corruption that can change elections, especially in situations where the races are close. We have machines that break down, or are tampered with, or are simply misunderstood. It's a cause for great concern."
Roxanne Jekot, who has put much of her professional and personal life on hold to work on the issue full time, puts it even more strongly. "Corporate America is very close to running this country. The only thing that is stopping them from taking total control are the pesky voters. That's why there's such a drive to control the vote. What we're seeing is the corporatization of the last shred of democracy.
"I feel that unless we stop it here and stop it now," she says, "my kids won't grow up to have a right to vote at all."
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10 October 2003
Orcinus
Diebold and the California vote
Friday, October 10, 2003
Mark Crispin Miller offers an eye-catching post about the California recall election results vis a vis the use of Diebold's voting technology.
One of Miller's correspondents performed some number-crunching of the Diebold counties and concluded:
I'm sure the California media will get right on it.
Orcinus
Friday, October 10, 2003
Mark Crispin Miller offers an eye-catching post about the California recall election results vis a vis the use of Diebold's voting technology.
One of Miller's correspondents performed some number-crunching of the Diebold counties and concluded:
The probability of scoring twice the expected average county % could charitably be construed as the upper limit of the possible. Some candidates exceed that figure in Diebold counties by a four or five fold margin. If you have done statistics, you know that is so far beyond what might be expected that you would reject it as defective data. If it happened to one candidate in this election, I would be surprised but might accept it. There are a large number of candidates who have this same systematic pattern of receiving skimmed votes.At this remove, it's impossible to assess the accuracy of the analysis, but it certainly appears valid, and moreover bears investigating.
The California recall shows Diebold trying to affect the election outcome by moving votes from high ranked candidates to low ranked candidates.
By doing this, Diebold keep the total number of votes cast constant but rob some candidate of their votes.
I'm sure the California media will get right on it.
Orcinus
Californians boot governor
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
10-8-03
--snip
HIGH ABSENTEE VOTING - Absentee voting was unusually high. California’s 58 counties were already processing the 2.2 million absentee ballots turned in before Tuesday. Statewide, voters had requested 3.2 million absentee ballots, and many of these will not be counted until after election day. Civil rights groups set up a hot line to resolve voting problems and had received about 300 calls, said Vicky Beasley, deputy national field director of People for the American Way Foundation, a national civil liberties organization. Many callers said they were confused about where to vote, and a handful complained that machines failed to record votes or that ballots did not line up with candidates’ names.
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
10-8-03
--snip
HIGH ABSENTEE VOTING - Absentee voting was unusually high. California’s 58 counties were already processing the 2.2 million absentee ballots turned in before Tuesday. Statewide, voters had requested 3.2 million absentee ballots, and many of these will not be counted until after election day. Civil rights groups set up a hot line to resolve voting problems and had received about 300 calls, said Vicky Beasley, deputy national field director of People for the American Way Foundation, a national civil liberties organization. Many callers said they were confused about where to vote, and a handful complained that machines failed to record votes or that ballots did not line up with candidates’ names.
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07 October 2003
IRREGULARITIES IN CALIFORNIA RACE!!
Long-shot candidates do startlingly well in Tulare County
DIEBOLD MACHINES YIELD FISHY RESULTS!!
By Mark Crispin Miller
OpEdNews.Com
My friend in South Carolina writes:
I ran a number crunch of CA counties that use Diebold
machines to cast/count votes and found some weird
figures that show a skim of votes from top candidates
to people who were unlikely to affect the outcome. I
did my hand calculator work on the California election
results (from the secretary of state's site) when 96%
of precincts had reported. The website showed:
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Long-shot candidates do startlingly well in Tulare County
DIEBOLD MACHINES YIELD FISHY RESULTS!!
By Mark Crispin Miller
OpEdNews.Com
My friend in South Carolina writes:
I ran a number crunch of CA counties that use Diebold
machines to cast/count votes and found some weird
figures that show a skim of votes from top candidates
to people who were unlikely to affect the outcome. I
did my hand calculator work on the California election
results (from the secretary of state's site) when 96%
of precincts had reported. The website showed:
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04 October 2003
Special Message to BuzzFlash Readers from Bev Harris, Heroine Who Has Led the Investigation Into the Large Potential for Fraud in Electronic Voting. Her New Book Will be Available Free on PDF Before Coming Out in Softcover.
Bev Harris is the person who spearheaded the investigation into the chilling potential for fraud in electronic voting and has been joined by activists and researchers around the nation, who have all donated their time for democracy.
A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY
by Bev Harris
We have a made an important decision to try and ensure that every election in the United States will receive a fair vote count, and that every voter will have his or her vote counted ACCURATELY.
As the author of "Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century," I -- and publisher David Allen, of Plan Nine Publishing -- will make a PDF version of the book available to everyone, free of charge. "Black Box Voting" is designed for action, to provide facts and information so that voting can once again belong to the people. Many of those most at risk of disenfranchisement may be unable to afford this book. Therefore, the PDF version is completely free.
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Editor's Note: This is incredible news! The online version of the book is free for ALL so that everybody has equal opportunity to get the information they need to protect their right to vote! The following are the links to download the chapters of the book to read. I don't think I have any way to store these files on my blog, so I'll just have to offer the links for now, but I will try to get them on my other site if possible.
Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the Twenty First Century
By Bev Harris
Plan Nine Publishing
Chapter 1 in PDF format (includes introduction and preface)
Chapter 2 in PDF format
Chapter 3 in PDF format
Chapter 4 in PDF format
Chapter 1 in PNG format
Chapter 2 in PNG format
If you would like to support the author and publisher of this work to help defray expenses (research, bandwidth, legal fees, etc.) Please go to Blackboxvoting support page
This book is available for purchase in paperback from Plan Nine Publishing
Bev Harris is the person who spearheaded the investigation into the chilling potential for fraud in electronic voting and has been joined by activists and researchers around the nation, who have all donated their time for democracy.
A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY
by Bev Harris
We have a made an important decision to try and ensure that every election in the United States will receive a fair vote count, and that every voter will have his or her vote counted ACCURATELY.
As the author of "Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century," I -- and publisher David Allen, of Plan Nine Publishing -- will make a PDF version of the book available to everyone, free of charge. "Black Box Voting" is designed for action, to provide facts and information so that voting can once again belong to the people. Many of those most at risk of disenfranchisement may be unable to afford this book. Therefore, the PDF version is completely free.
Read Buzzflash Article
Editor's Note: This is incredible news! The online version of the book is free for ALL so that everybody has equal opportunity to get the information they need to protect their right to vote! The following are the links to download the chapters of the book to read. I don't think I have any way to store these files on my blog, so I'll just have to offer the links for now, but I will try to get them on my other site if possible.
Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the Twenty First Century
By Bev Harris
Plan Nine Publishing
Chapter 1 in PDF format (includes introduction and preface)
Chapter 2 in PDF format
Chapter 3 in PDF format
Chapter 4 in PDF format
Chapter 1 in PNG format
Chapter 2 in PNG format
If you would like to support the author and publisher of this work to help defray expenses (research, bandwidth, legal fees, etc.) Please go to Blackboxvoting support page
This book is available for purchase in paperback from Plan Nine Publishing
Ohio replaces voting machine reviewer
09/30/03
Julie Carr Smyth
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus - Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has replaced a firm slated to help conduct the security review of Ohio's newly certified voting machines - after his office discovered that the firm had a financial interest in one of the machine makers.
The decision followed his office's discovery that an arm of Science Applications International Corp. had promised to make a $5 million investment that would benefit Hart Intercivic.
Hart was one of four voting machine vendors qualified this summer to sell voting machines to Ohio counties. SAIC, a Fortune 500 research and engineering firm, was to share the job of reviewing the firms' machines and software. The review was to identify security weaknesses that might jeopardize the integrity of next year's presidential election.
--snip
SAIC has been replaced by Compuware, a Michigan firm. Compuware will join InfoSentry in completing the security review. Both have pledged in statements to Blackwell's office to have no conflicts of interest with the four vendors whose systems they are reviewing, Blackwell spokesman Carlo LoParo said.
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09/30/03
Julie Carr Smyth
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus - Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has replaced a firm slated to help conduct the security review of Ohio's newly certified voting machines - after his office discovered that the firm had a financial interest in one of the machine makers.
The decision followed his office's discovery that an arm of Science Applications International Corp. had promised to make a $5 million investment that would benefit Hart Intercivic.
Hart was one of four voting machine vendors qualified this summer to sell voting machines to Ohio counties. SAIC, a Fortune 500 research and engineering firm, was to share the job of reviewing the firms' machines and software. The review was to identify security weaknesses that might jeopardize the integrity of next year's presidential election.
--snip
SAIC has been replaced by Compuware, a Michigan firm. Compuware will join InfoSentry in completing the security review. Both have pledged in statements to Blackwell's office to have no conflicts of interest with the four vendors whose systems they are reviewing, Blackwell spokesman Carlo LoParo said.
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