Grand Juries and Election Investigations, (plus a GEMS Contract)

[Wilms]

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Grand Juries and Election Investigations

July 28, 2006

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Tom reached out to me because his local Grand Jury asked him to testify about election systems next week. Through the California Election Protection Network Tom knew that I had previously testified (January 2006) to the Humboldt Grand Jury. This is true, though I never did write about that experience in detail because at the time I was bound by the Grand Jury admonition, an affirmation that I will keep my testimony secret until the Grand Jury's final report is published.

That report was published last month (.pdf). It does not even come close to doing me justice. The report does not indicate that the Grand Jurors investigated the things I testified about. It was a pretty wide ranging interview covering topics including the questionable legality of Humboldt's election machines, various reports of demonstrated security failures, ranked choice voting, and the GAO (.pdf) and other government reports, most notably this Staff Report (.pdf) from the CA Secretary of State's office in April 2004 which charges Diebold with installing uncertified software in voting machines in 17 CA counties, including Humboldt.

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I had hoped this to be a good jumping off point for the Grand Jury to begin investigating but apparently not. Based on this experience, my advice to Tom Courbat was to make it as easy as possible for the Grand Jurors to do their jobs, and to lead them by the nose as much as possible. I have recently been doing some of the research I had hoped the Grand Jurors would do. Rather than presenting a compelling question, I hope to go back to them in the next few months with a case all ready to be made.

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I will share more on this in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you are the curious sort, I have obtained Humboldt's original contract with Global Election Systems (later bought by Diebold). Take a look and see what questions arise. Post them in the comments section of this post at WDNC. Also visit your county's website to find the contact information for your local Grand Jury. Use their process to submit a complaint about your local election conditions.

snip/link to GEMS Contract

http://wedonotconsent.blogspot.com/2006/07/grand-juries-and-election.html

[GuvWurld]

1. Thanks for posting, Wilms.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this year I was talking a lot more about going to the Grand Jury as a tactic that can be used in every county. It becomes especially powerful if we are all leveling the same complaints. I think now we have an additional star to hitch a ride with in the Holder v. McPherson case. We should be doing shotgun spray complaints at the various Grand Juries, all geared toward supporting Holder.

[Stevepol]

2. Sounds like something a lot of people should be doing. K&R!!

[EFerrari]

3. K&R

[bleever]

4. K&R.

[Kurovski]

5. Kick

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