Bowen's E-Voting Review Team Coverage: The Overviews, The Hearings, The Lies and the Disabled...

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Team coverage of the stunning, landmark independent reports, and fall-out, from CA SoS Debra Bowen's "Top-to-Bottom Review" of voting systems continues at BRAD BLOG today. -- Brad

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Good Overviews of California's 'Top-to-Bottom Review' of Voting Systems and the Pathetic Election Official/Vendor Talking Points in Response
The Greatest Threat to Election Integrity Comes from Elections Insiders...Just Like the Ones Who Keep Telling Us Their Systems Are Secure...
-- Blogged by Brad Friedman from somewhere in Texas...

If you've yet to find time to read the hundreds of pages from the landmark "Top-to-Bottom Review" of voting systems from California University, as commissioned by CA SoS Debra Bowen, we don't blame ya.

So after plowing through dozens of articles covering the reports, we'll make it easy for you, and recommend two short articles which will get you all quickly caught up with an overview of some of the most notable findings from all of the various reports as written in nearly human-being language.

As well, we're happy to sum up --- and destroy --- the pathetic, predictable and lock-step Election Officials and Vendors response to Bowen's report in a few easy paragraphs.

For example, the next time you hear spokesholes parroting each other with dog-don't-hunt lines like: "Bowen's tests were the equivalent of giving a burglar the keys to your house and seeing if he can break in," we'd respond "No, the voting systems you keep telling us are secure, are actually the equivalent of building a house without locks and waiting to see if a burglar can find the front door."...

COMPLETE REPORT: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4897

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Report from Public Hearing on Debra Bowen's 'Top-To-Bottom Review' of Voting Systems
Detailed Coverage from Historic Hearing in Sacramento, California...
-- Guest Blogged from Sacramento by Emily Levy of VelvetRevolution.us

ED NOTE: Emily's superb, detailed coverage of yesterday's hearing is strongly recommended and well-worth the read! -- BF



COMPLETE HEARING COVERAGE: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4895

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California's DRE Voting Systems Tested for Accessibility, Fail Fair Test
Previous Administration's Accessibility Testing Did Not Exist For Computerized DRE Voting Systems and Was Unfair for Vote-PAD, a Non-Computerized Accessibility Solution...
-- Guest Blogged by John Gideon with Ellen Theisen of VotersUnite.Org

Now that the California Secretary of State's "Top-To-Bottom Review" testing is complete and the reports have been submitted, nearly everyone is falling over themselves to read and talk about the many startling vulnerabilities easily found by the "Red Teams" who performed hack testing on the systems.

However, there is another report that has been overlooked, for the most part, by the media and the public. That is the "Accessibility Review" which examined if the Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems meet federal requirements to allow voters with disabilities to cast their vote privately and independently as required by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

Despite the many years of claims that these systems are needed for disabled voters, as it turns out, they don't even meet the basic requirements for disabilities access. What a shock...

COMPLETE ARTICLE: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4890

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ALSO OF NOTE TODAY AT BRAD BLOG from Alan Breslauer...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VIDEO: Hannity & Colmes Discuss The Basics Of Exorcism
Topics Include Possession By The Devil, Exorcism & How To Use Ritual To Review Movies

REPORT, VIDEO: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4896

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VIDEO: Bill O'Reilly Attacks dKos (Again) And Democratic Presidential Candidates
Calls Presidential Candidates Scheduled To Speak At YearlyKos 'Beyond Shameful'
Questions How Democrats Can Deal With Al-Qaeda When They Are Afraid Of A Website
REPORT, VIDEO: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4894

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[BradBlog]

1. A kick is just a kick...

a sigh is just a sigh.

[ConsAreLiars]

2. An R and a K

Corporations should not be given secret control over vote counting. It's that simple.

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