Activist: E-Voting to Be a 'Train Wreck'

[cosmicone]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=4&u=/ap/20040706/ap_on_el_ge/profile_e_voting_gadfly_1

By RACHEL KONRAD, Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Ambushing registrars and tracking down executives at their homes and offices, a literary publicist has uncovered conflicts of interests and security flaws inside the companies that make electronic ballot machines.


Searching the Web and poring over newspaper clippings, Bev Harris has unearthed obscure arrest records, ties to conservative political groups and other embarrassing secrets of senior executives at voting companies.

Her conclusion: there will be so many problems with the more than 100,000 paperless voting terminals to be used in the November presidential election that the fiasco will dwarf Florida's hanging chad debacle of 2000.

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[NMDemDist2]

1. good girl Bev, she said the same on Ed Schultz's show

she also said the major networks had the story in the can, waiting for "sweeps" week--- Bastards---- by then it will be too late. She said they need a couple thousand volunteers to test and catch the machines making errors on election days, starting with the primaries in August and September

volunteer here www.blackboxvoting.org

[Chicago Democrat]

2. This woman needs Candidates to back her up!!

Why hasnt the DNC or Kerry come out against these machines?

[cosmicone]

3. We need to make a bigger noise about this

instead of waiting for the establishment.

[NMDemDist2]

4. kick

:kick:

[Chicago Democrat]

5. Yes!! There should be marches! There should be Protests!

Who can I give money to!? I feel so helpless some times.

1) Call CSPAN about it.
2) Call Washington!
3) Email Kerry campaign (kindof like talking to a wall)
4) BUMP this thread!~

I don't know.. you got any ideas?

[BeFree]

6. Bev Harris' web address

blackboxvoting.org IIRC

I've talked to my Elections supervisor about E-voting. Methinks I made a wee-bit of a positive impression. The last time we talked she told me other supervisers - at a state meeting - were talking about the inherent problems.

There is a house bill HR2239 winding it's way thru congress, call your rep and let 'em know what you'd like done.

Kerry has heard about the problems. Maybe they've lined up some Dem programmers? hehehehe

[sendero]

7. When is the DNC...

... ever out front on any issue? We need a leadership transplant in this party, and soon.

[Justitia]

10. Amen my brother! -eom

[colonel odis]

12. william jefferson clinton, perhaps.

i'd love to see the big dog running the dnc.

[sam sarrha]

8. The hanging chad fiasco was a smokescreen to cover the voting machine

fraud.... PERIOD.

[NMDemDist2]

9. kick

[Pastiche423]

11. Another kick

And please rate it.

[cthrumatrix]

13. instead of activists...why not lead with "patriot" or intelligent woman

who is exposing crooks

[Moderator]

14. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=666150