Election Reform & Fraud News 07.31.06 – Busby Motions Filed in San Diego

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In SAN DIEGO…


DUKE CUNNINGHAM PLEADS GUILTY & RESIGNS OPENING UP CALIFORNIA’S
50TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN ELECTION TO REPLACE "DUKE".
The Republicans won another of those “squeakers.”
But this time the challenge is brought forth and the Democratic Party Supports it.

"We need honesty and openness back in American government …and that
means we do not need election workers taking voting machines home,"
Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean
said at the 3rd annual DemocracyFest at San Diego State
University on Saturday, July 15th..

July 31, 2006

Today, famed election attorney Paul Lehto filed an election contest lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court demanding a count of all paper ballots in the Busby/Bilbray special election to replace convicted Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham.
July 31, 2006 BradBlog, see first story below.

…and in MEXICO CITY…

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1. CA: Busby Election Decert. & Paper Ballot Count to be Filed July 31

See the Release, it’s all there!!! GO FOR IT!!!

July 31, 2006
San Diego
Ilene Proctor PR
[phone]

ELECTION CONTEST FILED DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, DECERTIFICATION AND PAPER BALLOT COUNT OF BUSBY/BILBRAY ELECTION IN CA-50

http://tinyurl.com/ju7vm
Press Conference Set for 10:30am in San Diego

Today, famed election attorney Paul Lehto filed an election contest lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court demanding a count of all paper ballots in the Busby/Bilbray special election to replace convicted Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham. On the face of the pleading, Lehto, on behalf of voters of CA-50, asserts that they are entitled to a 100% ballot count at a reasonable cost because of massive security violations of federal and state law by election officials.

California state law requires that all votes cast in an election be properly counted and tabulated. In the CA-50 election, however, it cannot be determined whether or not all votes were counted because legally mandated procedures were violated both in the run-up to the election and during the official voter request for a hand ballot count. County Registrar Mikel Haas sent the Diebold voting machines on “sleepovers� in the unsecured homes and cars of volunteer poll workers for weeks prior to the election in violation of federal and state law. When voter Barbara Gail Jacobsen filed for a recount, Haas set an exorbitant price of $150,000 but refused to provide the documents necessary for that count.

Given the fact that all the voting machines were circulating in the county for at least a week prior to the election, and manipulation of a single machine can rig an election, there is no basis for voters to have confidence in the election results. attorney Lehto said. Indeed, because the Diebold machines used in the election were conditionally certified by the Secretary of State under stringent security and chain of custody conditions to protect against manipulation, the lawsuit asserts that non-compliance with those conditions necessarily requires decertification of the election results.

A press conference will take place today on the steps of the San Diego County Superior Court at 10:30 am. Lehto, voters and activists will be on hand to talk about the lawsuit and their plans for further action to ensure compliance with all California election laws.

VelvetRevolution.us, a network of scores of election reform organizations demanding honest and accountable elections, is handling the fundraising for this CA-50 legal challenge and donations are being accepted on its website, www.velvetrevolution.usernet:

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2. Internet: Business Reporter Sees Logic of Busby Recount Cast

Internet: Business Reporter Sees Logic of Busby Recount Cast

And how hard is that, not very. This is just a good business reporter for a internet magazine saying, fix the problem, recount the votes. We don’t know his political bias because he shows none, just the facts and a logical conclusion. Thank you Michael Hickins of Internetnews.com.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GENERAL ARTICLES ON ELECTION FRAUD I’VE SEEN. IT’S A KEEPER. AND IT SHOULD BE SPREAD FAR AND WIDE.

InternetNews.Com: July 28, 2006
Electronic Voting Machines And The 'Political Hack'
By Michael Hickins

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3623391

Michael Hickins Reporter's Notebook: The term "political hack" is taking on new meaning.

The threat of someone hacking an electronic voting machine is real enough, but at least folks on both sides of the aisle seem to be taking note.

<[b>Both Democrats and Republicans got more than they bargained for in the aftermath of GOPer Brian "No Recount Needed" Bilbray's by-the-skin-of-his-teeth victory over Francine Busby in the race to replace disgraced Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

It's not so much that Bilbray barely squeaked out a victory against a gaffe-prone Democratic neophyte in a cozy Republican stronghold. Observers see in this race a harbinger for the GOP's chances to hold onto the House in November. But something far more important is raising flags about that election: Poll workers were allowed to take the machines home with them in the days leading up to the election. Say what?

According to my sources, the idea, in theory, was to let poll workers get an early start on election day morning.

Such election officials as Maryland Secretary of State Linda Lamone and voting experts such as Ted Selker like to point out that poll workers tend to rate high on the enthusiasm scale but low in the computer-savviness department.

They'd better be right where San Diego is concerned.

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3. The Stain of Cong. Duke Cunningham is the Stain of Secrecy in Government

This is DUer Land Shark, aka Paul Lehto, the attorney fighting the odds in San Diego, you know those odds, getting a logical outcome from “the man” on all these close elections the Republicans seem to win EVERY TIME. Great article, fun surprise at the start. THANK YOU LAND SHARK for fighting for our rights.

Permission to quite liberally

THE STAIN OF CONG. DUKE CUNNINGHAM IS THE STAIN OF SECRECY IN GOVERNMENT
By Paul R Lehto

http://tinyurl.com/l67ya
[e-mail]
http://www.opednews.com
July 30, 2006 at 08:40:45

As one of the attorneys just retained to investigate the June 6, 2006 Busby/Bilbray election in California's 50th Congressional District, I've not yet finished drafting the election contest complaint, so the San Diego Union-Tribune editor certainly hasn't read it. Yet, the editor has already pronounced as "unfounded" the case against invisible and secret electronic vote-counting and against burdening recount rights via the sky-high pricing that occurred in the Busby/Bilbray race.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060724/news_mz1ed24botto.html (Monday, July 24, 2006)

But the same day's Union Tribune contained a remarkably parallel story, regarding the same 50th Congressional District seat. It notes that an independent investigation found that imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham took advantage of the secrecy surrounding the House Intelligence Committee panel to slip in items that would benefit him and his associates. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060724/news_1n24duke.html

The article goes on: "Cunningham's case has put a spotlight on the lack of oversight" and "public scrutiny" of the Intelligence committee's secret budgeting process, the secrecy that enabled $2.4 million in bribes over a time span of years. Given these established facts, I wonder if the Union-Tribune previously dismissed as an "Internet conspiracy theorist" anyone correctly claiming the Congressman was on the take to the tune of millions of dollars by taking advantage of the secrecy in the process?

With elections, public oversight has been largely eliminated in favor of secret and nontransparent vote counting, and that elimination will be finalized and total when San Diego county changes over to 100% touch screen electronic voting this fall. With computerized touch screen voting systems, ballots are rendered into invisible electrons the voter can never see, and counted secretly and unaccountably on corporate hard drives using processes claimed as proprietary or "trade secret." The magic numbers just pop out of these secret vote counting machines.

These computerized governmental vote processors constitute the government determining in secrecy the results of elections (and therefore determining in secrecy the government's power, tax money, and performance). Citing the difficulty of determining the intent of a very small number of voters' chads among Florida's millions of ballots in 2000, the Union-Tribune obviously prefers that the public no longer be troubled by information about vote counting, because it favors the "magic number" systems that eliminate all public oversight of vote counting. The Union-Tribune blindly concludes: "Give us electronic voting and its safeguards any day."

The electronic voting in the Busby/Bilbray race brings the stain of Cunningham onto the election to replace him. The common element in both is the impropriety made possible by secrecy from the lack of public oversight. This lack of transparency may be unavoidable in Intelligence matters, but it is totally avoidable in public Elections.

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4. CA: Is Bilbray trying to help Busby, pundit asks after Bilbray supports o

North County Times:
Is Bilbray trying to help Busby?

By: JIM TRAGESER - Staff Writer

Brian Bilbray's curious decision to turn his back on both his constituents and 30-plus years of personal environmental responsibility and vote for off-coast oil drilling was as dumbfounding a move as this area (well, excluding Oceanside, of course) has seen on its political scene in quite some time.

While Francine Busby's supporters continue to grouse about the runoff Bilbray won, with local Democrats demanding a recount ---- as if a Republican winning in a Republican district ought to set off everyone's alarm bells ---- Bilbray is actually making Busby's job in their November rematch easier.

Look, Brian, I know you were busy representing the South Bay when your predecessor first won the 50th Congressional District seat you now hold, so maybe you weren't paying attention. So let me revisit some history you obviously missed while you were still engaged in North County bashing:

Randy Cunningham also supported oil drilling during his first term in office, when he held the South Bay seat now held by Bob Filner. But when the 1990 Census added seats to California's delegation, and it became clear he couldn't hold his seat in a redrawn and overwhelmingly Democratic district, he decided to face down fellow Republican Rep. Bill Lowery (who was caught up in a congressional check-kiting scandal) here in North County. Once he made that decision, the one thing Cunningham quickly grasped was that off-shore oil drilling was very much a nonpartisan issue up here. Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals ---- the environment is one of those flag and apple-pie issues that everyone gets behind in these parts.

[NJCher]

6. this suit is wonderful news

And your post, autorank, further illustrates the remarkable ability of republicans to nail their toes to the floor.




Cher

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5. "do not need election workers taking voting machines home"

much less partisan election workers

has every appearance of finegaling

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7. MEXICO: …is where it’s at!...

Mexico had lousy elections. There were abnormalities in the balloting process, in the collection of ballots, the tabulation, the handliing of reports by authorities (who initially forgot to count 2.5 million votes before announcing the right wing candidate the winner), and so forth. Oh yes, and then there is American involvement (more on that in the future).

An entire election is up in the air but a process exists to rectify the problems through a ballot by ballot, precinct by precinct recount.

The level of civil action, milions of people at rallies since the "loss" of Obrador, the leftist candidate, indicate that the Mexican people have a passion for democracy.

Can they prevail? That's why Mexico is where it's at...election fraud resisted by a mass movement.

Viva La Raza!!!

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8. Mexico: Mexico City Rally to Count Every Ballot Draws a Million Plus Peop

They’re serious about getting this election counted properly. Imagine that. A couple of weeks ago 1.3 million. Bloomberg and other US news organizations estimated that at 300 hundred thousand but were caught red handed in their fib by Reuters. Now the Dallas Morning News goes with a million, so you figure out how many were there. It’s heartening and inspirint; they really care passionately about clean elections in Mexico.

The Dallas Morning News: 07.30.06
Mexico: Another 1 million crowd Rally

By Laurence Iliff and Alfredo Corchado

MEXICO CITY - A month after losing Mexico's closest presidential race in history, leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rallied with hundreds of thousands of supporters Sunday and said he would live among 47 makeshift campsites to pressure for a vote recount.

It was Lopez Obrador's third mass protest following the July 2 election in which he lost by 244,000 votes with more than 41 million cast.

Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal is considering his charges of vote fraud and must decide on a president-elect by Sept. 6.

Lopez Obrador vowed to keep up the pressure on the seven-judge tribunal, which can accept the official results, order a partial recount, order a total recount or annul the election.

"I propose that we stay here, that we remain here day and night until all the votes are counted and we have a president," he said before a crush of supporters in the capital's sprawling Zocalo square.

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9. Mexico: Attorneys for Obrador Make Case for Recount

These are some of my favorite lawyers … they’re speaking truth to power. The case is strong but the shots are long. I’m not up to speed on the make up of this court. If you are, post right under this message. I suspect it's not too favorable because Obrador is pulling out all the stops with public demonstrations to let them know that all of Mexico and the whole world will watch their decisions.

Associated Press:
Lawyers for Mexican leftist argue for full recount of disputed presidential vote

http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=150589

Sunday, July 30, 2006 - Updated: 09:01 AM EST

MEXICO CITY – Snip

(A) seven-judge panel is weighing 364 challenges to an official count that gave conservative candidate Felipe Calderon a slight advantage over former Mexico City Mayor Manuel Lopez Obrador, who claims the July 2 vote was tainted by fraud and a dirty campaign.

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At the first hearing since the election, Lopez Obrador’s lawyers argued there were mathematical errors, falsifications or other problems at 72,000 of the country’s 130,000 polling places.

His attorneys told the tribunal that Calderon enjoyed his largest advantages at polling places where there were no observers from Lopez Obrador’s Democratic Revolution Party, and that many of the votes annulled by electoral officials favored Lopez Obrador.

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“The court should not uphold the illegal intentions of the president,” Monreal said, adding that the judges’ decision “affects not only the rule of law in the country, but also society and democracy.”

“Calderon is a thief who won’t benefit anyone but the rich. That’s why we the poor are here,” said protester Julieta Martinez, a 43-year-old federal employee who said she has spent all of her free time demonstrating in front of the court.

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10. Mexico: Massive “sit in” proposed by Obrador until recount takes place.

The plan now is to have a camp in, sit in until the Federal Electoral Tribunal rules for what is required under the circumstances, a full recount. Adopt a protester!

CNN:
Challenger calls for Mexico City sit-in
Tent-city protest seeks presidential recount

http://tinyurl.com/gts4w
Sunday, July 30, 2006; Posted: 6:37 p.m. EDT (22:37 GMT)


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has avoided
saying what he will do if a tribunal refuses
to order a recount.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a march Sunday of at least a half million followers to transform itself into a sit-down protest in Mexico's capital to press an electoral court for a recount of the country's disputed presidential race.

He asked demonstrators at the rally -- which organizers said was attended by 2 million people -- to erect tents and remain in rotating shifts in Mexico City's historic main square and along an 8-kilometer (5-mile) stretch of a main boulevard until the country's highest electoral court, the Federal Electoral Tribunal, rules on his demand for a recount. The court has until the end of August to issue a ruling.

The protest could wreak havoc on the city, whose metropolitan area is home to 20 million and already plagued by traffic woes.

"I propose we stay here until the court resolves this. ... That we stay here day and night," Lopez Obrador said in a speech to the third mass rally he has held since the July 2 election. "I offer sincere apologies for any inconvenience our movement may cause."

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11. Mexico: Obrador, likely victim of fraud, makes his case.

He says it was stolen. You figure this out. The “non partisan” election authority which tabulated reports of hand counted ballots from all over Mexico announced their results. The Obrador camp pointed out that they were 2.5 million votes short of the total case. The election authority adjourned and came back saying, “Oh yeah, those votes, we found them. Same result, so sorry.” What a joke.

Canadian Broadcast Corp:
Obrador urges supporters to occupy Mexico City

Last Updated Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:02:39 EDT
CBC News http://tinyurl.com/zb8rd

The leftist candidate who has blamed fraud for his narrow defeat in Mexico's presidential election asked his supporters on Sunday to occupy Mexico City to demand a recount.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally in the capital. Obrador, 52, called on supporters of his Democratic Revolution Party to occupy Zocalo square and the main roads in the city core.

He said the occupation would continue until the top electoral court orders a vote-by-vote recount of the July 2 election.

Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, blamed his loss on fraudulent vote counting. Calderon has insisted the election proceedings were clean.

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12. Mexico: Blocade of Mexico City and Airports until Complete Recount

The Leading Edge:
Mexican leftist urges blockades in capital

30 July, 2006

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY - Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called Sunday for hundreds of thousands of his supporters to erect permanent protest camps to cripple Mexico‘s capital until a disputed presidential election is decided.

If Lopez Obrador supporters heed his call, blockades could have a catastrophic effect on already chaotic city traffic, hurting downtown commerce.

"We will take drastic measures. We will blockade airports, we will take over embassies," marcher Sara Zepeda, 32, said as she pushed her 2-month-old son in a baby carriage.

An official count gave Calderon less than 0.6 percent over Lopez Obrador, about 240,000 votes out of some 41 million cast. The Federal Electoral Tribunal has until Sept. 6 to either declare a winner or annul the election.

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13. Mexico: PAN Says it will Accept Total Recount-Win for Obrador

Pensa Latina
Mex Coalition Insists on Election Fraud

http://tinyurl.com/mdbfg

Mexico, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) Mexico´s Por el Bien de Todos coalition, headed by PRD (Revolucion Democratica) presented 40,880 instances of fraud committed in the July 2 elections to the Federal Electoral Institute´s General Council on Friday.
# Mexico in Electoral Court´s Hands

At the IFE session, the opposition alliance reiterated the demand for a vote-by-vote recount and accused the entity of rigging, misinforming and not denouncing the electoral crime.

Thus pressured, the IFE made a complaint to the special prosecutor for Electoral Crimes against whoever was responsible for the existence of additional ballots in the presidential election.



However, the coalition holds that IFE committed irregularities to benefit National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon, who has proclaimed himself president publicly.

PAN delegates now say they will accept the decision of the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power (TEPJF), including the opening of the electoral packages and a vote recount, if it is carried out in accordance with the law.

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23. OUTSTANDING Pics from Protests at this link from Cal04

Thanks Cal04!!!!!!!!!

http://tinyurl.com/m8294

Don't miss these. This is how it's done!!!

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26. thank you autorank. Here's pics of Mexico today

Mexico is seen empty as tents are being built as part of the 'resistance camps' being set up by supporters of Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday July 31, 2006. Lopez Obrador spent the night in a tent in the city's main Zocalo plaza and has set up camps throughout Reforma Avenue paralyzing the city's financial district and refusing to leave until the top electoral court rules on demands for a recount in the disputed July 2 presidential race.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)






Pedestrians make their way to work on foot during rush hour along Mexico City's Reforma boulevard July 31, 2006. Supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution, blocked the principal stretch of the avenue to protest against the results of the July 2 general election.

Buses and cars move slowly along the streets in Mexico City, Mexico on Monday July 31, 2006. Hanging protest banners from sculptures and pitching tents in the middle of Mexico City's historic Reforma boulevard, supporters of the country's leftist presidential candidate paralyzed the city's financial district Monday and refused to leave until the top electoral court rules on demands for a recount in the disputed race.

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14. OH: Gov. Candidate Blackwell Retains Powers of Secretary of State

Can you believe it, Blackwell will NOT step down as Secretary of State. There is such a massive conflict of interest with the candidate also supervising the elections in a state where the candidate as election official has shown great efficiency at disenfranchiseing pepole. What a total mess. The Ohio Supreme Court should hold it's head in shame for allowing this. There mustu be a dhallenge for whole scale misery brought on by the Taft-Petro-Blackwell crew.

Associated Press: 07.30.06
Blackwell delegates state work as election approaches

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, Ohio's top elections officer, has delegated some of his duties to an aide as he campaigns to become the state's next governor, a newspaper reported.

Blackwell has allowed assistant secretary of state Monty Lobb to sign all of the directives and advisories to county elections boards since March. Lobb also has broken six tie votes among county elections boards, The Columbus Dispatch reported for a story published Sunday.

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Blackwell, as the head of the GOP's statewide ticket, also wanted "a level of insulation" for the decisions of the office, LoParo said. Blackwell continues to be responsible for the office and is in close contact with the staff, he said.

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Ohio State University law professor Ned Foley, an elections expert, said Blackwell should make his policy on which duties he is delegating clear before the November election, in the event of a recount or other problem.

"You don't want a situation where, after a particular controversy has developed, his refusal to step aside can be attacked as being influenced by political calculations," Foley said.

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15. CA: REMEMBER these words by Bruce MacPherson

The Daily Democrat: Woodland Hills CA
Fraud ends Davis man's governor bid
He forged petition signatures

July 30, 2006

A Davis man will spend 90 days in jail and pay a $250 fine as well as serve three years probation for falsifying signatures on nomination petitions following his guilty plea in Sacramento Superior Court on Thursday.

Secretary of State Bruce McPherson made the announcement following the conviction of David Charles Scully of Davis, who was attempting to be a write-in candidate for governor.

Of all the petition pages submitted by Scully, the Sacramento County Registrar's office had the most, 27 pages with a total of 247 signatures and only 19 of those were valid.

Scully submitted a total of 188 signatures in Yolo and Solano counties with only 17 valid signatures, according to state officials.

"My policy is zero tolerance for election fraud - period," said McPherson. "Any person who thinks they can defraud the system, even a candidate for governor, faces the prospect of jail."

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16. Recommended and Kicked

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17. Nation: The Brennan Center’s Amazing Resources on E-Voting Security (lack

What a great collection of resources. This page linked here has links to everything on this page, including the executive summary and complete report on current voting system security risks.

VOTING TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY:
GREAT LINK: http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/dem_vr_hava_machineryofdemocracy.html
Protecting Elections in An Electronic World
On June 28, 2006, the Brennan Center released a report by its Voting System Security Task Force on the security of electronic voting systems. The Task Force was composed of internationally renowned government, academic, and private-sector scientists, voting machine experts and security professionals; together, they conducted the nation's first systematic analysis of security vulnerabilities in the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems. The Task Force spent more than a year conducting its analysis and drafting its report, The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World, which can be found here (for an executive summary of the report, click here).
Executive Summary .pdf: http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/SecurityExecSum7-3.pdf
Full Report .pdf http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/SecurityFull7-3Reduced.pdf

In advance of its release, the report and its methodology were endorsed by many of the nation's leading security experts, computer scientists and election officials. Some of those endorsements can be found here.
Most broadly, the report found:
* All three voting systems have significant security and reliability vulnerabilities, which pose a real danger to the integrity of national, state, and local elections.
* The most troubling vulnerabilities of each system can be substantially remedied if proper countermeasures are implemented at the state and local level.
* Few jurisdictions have implemented any of the key countermeasures that could make the least difficult attacks against voting systems much more difficult to execute successfully.
Fortunately, the steps necessary to make electronic voting systems substantially more secure are not particularly complicated or cumbersome. For the most part, they do not involve significant changes in system architecture.
The Brennan Center has also assembled many of the nation's leading experts to produce comprehensive reviews of the accessibility, cost and usability of electronic voting systems. These reports will be publicly released in the next few weeks.

To subscribe to our newsletter, click here.
Related Documents: (ALL OF THESE ARE LINKS)
* About the Task Force
* The Machinery of Democracy- Executive Summary (June 27, 2006)
* The Machinery of Democracy- Full Report (June 27, 2006)
* Statement for House Committees on Admininstration and Science (July 19, 2006)
Press Releases: (ALL ENTRIES ARE LINKS)
* Brennan Center Joins Governor Bill Richardson to Discuss Improvements in Electronic Voting in New Mexico (July 11, 2006)
* Brennan Center Task Force Says Software Attacks Pose Real Danger to All Electronic Voting Machines (June 27, 2006)
Audio/Video Clips: ((ALL ENTRIES ARE LINKS)
* WAMU (USA) AUDIO- The Diane Rehm Show (July 5, 2006)
* NPR News & Notes with Ed Gordon (USA) AUDIO- Study Raises Concerns About Electronic Voting (July 5, 2006)
* Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman (USA) AUDIO- Study: All Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable to Software Attacks (June 29, 2006)
* Pacifica Radio (USA) AUDIO- Electronic Voting Machines Susceptible to Fraud (June 27, 2006)
* CNN (USA) VIDEO- E-Voting Security Risks (June 27, 2006)
Press Clips: (ALL ENTRIES ARE LINKS)
* The Venice Gondolier (FL)- Voting Measure May Appear on Ballot (July 23, 2006)
* The Chicago Tribune (IL)- Hacking the vote (July 11, 2006)
* Daytona Beach News Journal (FL)- Risky business (July 4, 2006)
* Computer World (USA)- Concerns About Fraud Potential Continue to Plague Users of Electronic Voting Machines (July 3, 2006)
* Sun-Sentinel (FL)- E-voting Without Any Paper Trail Doesn't Get My Vote (July 2, 2006)
* The UN Observer (USA)- Kathy Dopp Analyses The Brennan Center Report on Electronic Voting in the U.S. (June 30, 2006)
* Arts Technica (USA)- New e-voting study shows it's really easy to steal an election (June 29, 2006)
* The Albuquerque Tribune (NM)- E-voting systems need to be audited, researchers say (June 29, 2006)
* The Indianapolis Star (IN)- Checks urged for electronic-vote flaws (June 28, 2006)
* CBS News (NY)- Report: E-Voting Flaws Still Not Fixed (June 28, 2006)
* Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH)- E-voting systems' safeguards go unused (June 28, 2006)
* Arizona Daily Star (AZ)- Study: E-voting vulnerable; states are doing little about it (June 28, 2006)
* Gainesville Sun (FL)- Report finds flaws in e-voting states (June 28, 2006)
* Washington Post (USA)- A Single Person Could Swing an Election (June 28, 2006)
* The Beacon Journal (OH)- Report Cites Flaws in Electronic Voting (June 28, 2006)
* WWMT (MI)- E-voting Gets Thumbs Down from Report (June 28, 2006)
* Free Internet Press (USA)- Cybersecurity Experts Say Voting Machines Have Security Flaws (June 28, 2006)
* Reuters (USA)- Study Shows US Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable (June 27, 2006)
* USA Today (USA)- Analysis Finds e-Voting Machines Vulnerable (June 27, 2006)
* Fox News (USA)- Report: Many E-Voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Boston Herald (MA)- Report: Many e-voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Guardian Unlimited (UK)- Report: Many E-Voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Business Week (USA)- Report: Many E-Voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Fox News (USA- Study: E-Voting Systems All Flawed, but Also Easy to Fix (June 27, 2006)
* ABC News (NY)- Report: Many E-Voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Computer World (USA)- Studies question e-voting security (June 27, 2006)
* Canton Rep (OH)- Report Rips Security of Electronic Voting System (June 27, 2006)
* Newsfactor Magazine (USA)- Report: E-Voting Machines Are Vulnerable (June 27, 2006)
* Playsful Magazine (Romania)- Study Says E-voting Machines Pose Problems (June 27, 2006)
* Pierceland Herald (Canada)- Report: Many e-Voting Systems Flawed (June 27, 2006)
* Short News (Germany)- Electronic Voting Flawed, Report Finds (June 27, 2006)
* ZD Net (USA)- E-voting Gear at Risk of Hacking, Study Says (June 27, 2006)
* Monsters & Critics (USA)- Study Says e-Voting Machines Pose Problems (June 27, 2006)
* The Post Chronicle (USA)- Study Says E-Voting Machines Pose Prob

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18. Kick to the top.(nt)

[stellanoir]

19. 15th rec for a "moonday" morn but. . .but . . .but. . .but. . .

perhaps each and every post buy the original poster could be slightly more embellished with even more insightful commentary. :)

[freedomfries]

20. thanks for your very comprehensive thread auto!

Love those Mexican pics!

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22. freedomfries, Thanks for coming on board for the ERD News!!!

Great Sunday threat...and, yeah, Mesico is where it's at. They have had enough of the bull shit and they're not taking it anymore (sound famliar;)

[JimDandy]

21. Kicking for the cranked commentary -- thanks! n/t

[autorank]

24. Well, thank you so much.

Call me auto, call me a crank, but just call me something. Thank you!
(and a special thanks to LS for starting this little "joke" on me, autorank_

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25. BradBlot & Press Conf Busby Suit-Lehto (Land Shark) on Ed Schults 5:30 EDT

Link: http://tinyurl.com/rn54z