ESS Man Caught in Ohio Election Computers(we got one)

[59millionmorons]

Board awaits state followup
By ERIN MILLER



WAPAKONETA -- Auglaize County Board of Election members say they have not heard any more from the state regarding a possible investigation after receiving notice of being placed on administrative oversight last week.

"Absolutely nothing," board member Diana Hausfeld said in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon when asked if the board had received any information about the investigation.

Election Board Director Jean Burklo, in her office Wednesday morning, said she has not received any information from Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's office since notice of the board being placed on administrative oversight arrived late on Oct. 30.

James Lee, spokesperson for the secretary of state's office, said last week the specific conditions of the administrative oversight and reasons for the oversight were available after Tuesday's election. Lee said Wednesday afternoon the Secretary of State's office was focusing its efforts on assisting county elections boards with processing and counting provision ballots.


"These other issues will be addressed in the coming weeks," Lee said.

http://www.theeveningleader.com/articles/2004/11/06/news/news.01.txt



In a letter dated Oct. 21, Ken Nuss, former deputy director of the Auglaize County Board of Elections, claimed that Joe McGinnis, a former employee of Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the company that provides the voting system in Auglaize County, was on the main computer that is used to create the ballot and compile election results, which would go against election protocol. Nuss claimed in the letter that McGinnis was allowed to use the computer the weekend of Oct. 16.

[gordianot]

1. Chipping away where will it go?

I am also one of the radical fringe true believers who posts on DU.

My faith is wavering. Thanks for the post. Hope just does not seem to be on the way after all.

[liberalnurse]

3. Sometimes you just got to go and leap.....

Take that leap of faith, that faith that makes up the essence of why each of us are Democrats and not republican.

Don't you shake your head after each encounter with a fundamentalist republican? We are just cut from a different cloth. Take the gut level trust and sit with it a while. Hope is on the way......

[Eric J in MN]

2. So an ESS employee changed the results? nt

nt

[riverwalker]

4. "former" employee had access to the computers?

why would a former employee need to be near them unless it was to rig them?

"In a letter dated Oct. 21, Ken Nuss, former deputy director of the Auglaize County Board of Elections, claimed that Joe McGinnis, a former employee of Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the company that provides the voting system in Auglaize County, was on the main computer that is used to create the ballot and compile election results, which would go against election protocol. Nuss claimed in the letter that McGinnis was allowed to use the computer the weekend of Oct. 16.

Nuss, who resigned from his job Oct. 21 after being suspended for a day, was responsible for overseeing the computerized programming of election software, according to his job description. His resignation is effective Nov. 11."

[Eric J in MN]

5. kick

kick