E-Voting House testimony:certification process "virtually non-existent."

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E-Voting House testimony:certification process "virtually non-existent."

Then Why Are We Using Them?

Here's an expert's summary of the disaster that is referred to as the "testing and certification process for voting systems."

Shame on NASED and the federal government for pressing the states to switch to computerized voting while providing the states with no technical guidance and asking them to trust a certification process that is "virtually non-existent."

Testimony of Michael I. Shamos Before the Environment, Technology, and Standards Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Science. June 24, 2004

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I am here today to offer my opinion that the system we have for testing and certifying voting equipment in this country is not only broken, but is virtually nonexistent.

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1. Write your congressperson

I forgot, tell your congressperson, so they know, that you know, that they know.

[Eloriel]

2. That's an EXCELLENT message

Certification is a joke at best, or perhaps a sham. SoS Shelley of CA got upset that Diebold put incertified software on various machines in CA, but unless the CA certification process is outtasight, it was a minor technicality, really.

Still, they shoulda been following the law and their willingness to thumb their noses at "the law" spoke volumes and he did the right thing. In fact, I consider him one of the BBV heroes.

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3. yes, Shelly is one of the BBV heros

I hope he keeps pushing the issue.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Excellent!

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5. Was just having a discussion about this with local Dems at our township

"community day" today.

It's amazing how many well meaning democrats don't have the message about this yet, still believeing that the software will protect us. The early positions of the ACLU and the League of Women Voters were a huge stumbling block as far a mainstream suburban Democrats are concerned.

This post is very useful, thank you. Bookmarked.

[DeepModem Mom]

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