An election whistleblower who is a Republican, a nationally known data security and computer architecture expert, and an Ohio resident has filed a sworn affidavit in federal court that describes how Republican Party consultants in 2004 built an electronic vote counting network in Ohio that could have stolen votes to re-elect the president. Full Story »
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Numbers are one of the most difficult facts to report in such a way as to be understandable by ordinary readers. This accomplishes that goal and is, therefore, scary.
A truly frightening account, I wish it was getting more media attention. Even though it relies mostly on the opinion of one expert, his expertise is substantial enough to warrant attention. A taskforce of similar experts convened by a new Secretary of State in California, Debra Bowen, raised similar concerns and also cited substantial insecurity in computerized voting systems. All citizens should be concerned about this issue.
The nation has always suspected the key state of Ohio was stolen for Bush--tipping him into vistory. Although the article is based on testimony from one individual, it should be enough to probe deeper, which may be difficult: "The efforts by the company in charge of these computers to pull out hard drives and destroy them in advance of the Green Party Recount from the 2004 election is a clear signal something was deliberately amiss with the county." And given this expert's opinion ... More »
It is good journalism. It reports a "sworn affidavit in federal court" with substantial background information. It is not as balanced as it could be by the inclusion of statements by the possible offenders. Of course if this is a matter of pending litigation, the "no comment" reply would most likely prevail. It relies on the "competence and "authority" of Mr. Spoonamore. I have extensive personal experience in the application, use and maintenance of computers. In my opinion his ... More »
The story seems to be accurate, factual, etc. etc. I'm beginning to wonder whether given the attention being paid to possible ballot - er - inaccuracies, whether the 2008 election will turn out to be counted decently, assuming that voter rolls aren't erroneously purged. Am I the only person on this site who remembers waiting up in 1960 until Illinois finally came in for JFK?? And that was with old fashioned ballots and machines;I believe it also survived a court challenge..
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