Posted on 08/04/2007 6:11:10 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Expressing concern that several brands of electronic voting machines used in California were vulnerable to tampering, Secretary of State Debra Bowen late Friday ordered new security protections be added and limited the use of two types of machines that were to be used in next year's elections in several Southern California counties.
Bowen also withdrew state approval of the InkaVote Plus machines used in Los Angeles County, saying that the machines' maker, Election Systems and Software, had failed to submit its equipment to her office in time to analyze its vulnerability to hacking.
She said her office would examine the InkaVote machines and expressed optimism that they would win approval in time to be used in next year's elections, but did not say what would happen if the machines failed her tests.
"When NASA discovers a flow or a potential safety concern in the space shuttle, it doesn't continue launching the missions...," Bowen said. "It scrubs the missions until the problem is fixed."
Her announcement, made just nine minutes before a midnight deadline, was condemned by the head of the state's county registrar's association, Contra Costa Registrar Stephen Weir.
Weir said Bowen's actions -- along with an unusual audit in which she dispatched several computer experts to try to hack into the machines, which they did -- had undermined public confidence in the security of the new electronic machines. But her solutions, he said, would not do anything to restore the public peace of mind, especially for elections that will occur this year, such as a special Congressional election in Los Angeles in two weeks.
"I think the secretary has redefined the definition of midnight madness," Weir said.
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That’s put a dent in the Liberal cheating plans.
That puts a dent in the Liberal cheating plans.
They used these last year! I almost spoiled my ballot as I kept trying to punch out the chad! It is kind of like those ScanTron tests you take in HS.
Tampered machines, digging up the dead to vote, helping dementia patients to fill out their ballots, busing in illegals, and not counting the military votes should about do it for the Liberals. Did I leave any of their campaign tactics out? There must be dozens of others to list.
Thursday, Aug 2nd 2007, this subject was discussed by Bev Harris on “Coast to Coast AM” Radio.
Seems like all these type of machines are subject to tampering. We need to go back to hand ballots.
Quote from website:
“In the second hour, researcher Bev Harris talked about unresolved issues with electronic voting machines. The essential problem, she detailed, is that the machines were designed to offer back-door access to insiders, and that counting is done in secret. So far, individuals have had some success mounting lawsuits against their usage in communities in Georgia and Florida, she noted.”
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/08/02.html
2nd hour link is in upper right area of the screen.
There is no rush to count ballots. Elections are held well in advance of the duty cycle they effect.
Even at the municipal level, elected leaders will not be missed for months.
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