DeBold

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Please Watch this Movie

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Them donkphants Mean business!

www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=3340

Did you wonder why Bush fired all them prosecutors?

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California Restricts Voting Machines

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 4, 2007

Filed at 10:55 a.m. ET
Scientists’ Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere (July 28, 2007)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's top elections official placed rigorous security conditions on voting equipment used in dozens of counties and limited the use of two of the most widely used machines statewide.

Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced the measures minutes before midnight Friday, making good on a promise to tell counties at least six months before California's Feb. 5 presidential primary if their voting equipment would be decertified.

The announcement leaves the most affected counties with little time to find alternate equipment in time for the primary. The decision follows an eight-week security review of voting systems used in all but a few of California's 58 counties.

University of California computer experts found that voting machines sold by three companies -- Diebold Election Systems, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems -- were vulnerable to hackers and that voting results could be altered.

Bowen said she had decertified the machines, then recertified them on the condition they meet her new security standards. She also limited the Diebold and Sequoia machines to one per polling place. That will force some counties to find replacement equipment on a tight schedule.

Bowen ordered the review, which was released last week, to ensure California would not face the same doubts about the accuracy of its voting systems that hit Florida after the 2000 election and Ohio in 2004.

The additional requirements she imposed included banning all modem or wireless connections to the machines to prevent them from being linked to an outside computer or the Internet. She also required a full manual count of all votes cast on Diebold or Sequoia machines to ensure accuracy.

Bowen said the study revealed some vulnerabilities that would allow hackers to manipulate the systems ''with little chance of detection and with dire consequences.'' Her review also found that the machines posed problems for disabled voters.

Company officials have downplayed the results of Bowen's review, saying they reflected unrealistic, worst-case scenarios that would be counteracted by security measures taken by the companies and local election officials.

Officials with Sequoia said they were disappointed with Bowen's withdrawal of the company's certification but would make necessary improvements. They said their equipment is accurate and secure.

Hart InterCivic issued a news release defending its equipment and promising to comply with Bowen's requirements.

A message left with Diebold early Saturday was not immediately returned.

Machines made by a fourth company, Election Systems & Software, were not included in the review because it was late providing information the secretary of state's office needed, said Nicole Winger, a spokeswoman for Bowen.

The secretary of state launched a separate review of that company's Inkavote Plus system, which is used only in Los Angeles County. On Friday, Bowen said she had decertified that equipment but would review and reconsider it.

A message left for an ES&S spokesman early Saturday morning was not immediately returned.

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Will Union County Use Paper ballots?

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Of course not sometimeman, you know the local propaganda machine will say that the diebold machines are perfectly legit and accurate.

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Oscar
Whats really scary is the people believe what they are "officially" told. Only Lie-mar and the NGN are official inUnion County

39 counties' vote systems in question
L.A.'s InkaVote method may be recertified, but others face starting from scratch with a primary election looming.
By Hector Becerra and Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writers
August 5, 2007

Bowen emerges from shadows with dramatic decision
County election officials scrambled on Saturday to develop contingency plans for the February presidential primary election after California's secretary of state imposed broad restrictions on electronic voting machines that she said are susceptible to hacking.

Secretary of State Debra Bowen decertified the voting machines used in 39 counties, including Los Angeles County's InkaVote system.

She said some of the systems could be recertified in time for the primary if new security upgrades are made.

L.A. County's system, with which voters use ink devices to mark ballots that are tabulated with a scanner, could be recertified by February. The county did not submit the system for an audit by Bowen's office, and that appears to be why it was decertified.

But Bowen's rules so strictly curtail the use of some machines that some counties on Saturday mulled a return to paper ballots for the February vote.

The decision places California at the center of the national debate on electronic voting machines. And with Bowen's action, the state now has some of the nation's strictest regulations governing their use.

Bowen's decision won praise from some activists who for years have argued that computer voting is vulnerable to hackers who could change the results of elections.

Last week, Bowen's office released its audit of the electronic voting machines used in California that found some could be manipulated either by breaking into the hardware or by hacking into the software.

"When NASA discovers a [flaw] or a potential safety concern in the space shuttle, it doesn't continue launching the missions," Bowen said at a news conference Saturday. "It scrubs the missions until the problem is fixed."

But county registrars around the state blasted Bowen, accusing her of political grandstanding that has thrown the election process into turmoil when there is no evidence electronic voting is any more problematic than paper balloting.

In Riverside County, officials said Bowen's decision is setting them back years. The county was on the cutting edge seven years ago when it became the first in the country to use touch-screen voting in a major election. Since then, electronic machines have been used in 39 elections with hardly any problems, said Barbara Dunmore, the county's registrar.

But Bowen ruled that the county's machines can be used only for early voting and on election day by disabled people, because the machines are easy to reach. All other voters will need to use a different system.

The county could have to buy as many as 650 booths and the kind of optical scanners and other equipment used for paper balloting, at a cost of at least $5 million, Dunmore said.

"We were the pioneers," lamented county Supervisor Bob Buster. "After all our investment, we're jammed now, whatever we do. Making changes at this point is problematic."

Dunmore said the county's 32-foot "vote-mobile," which took voting machines to rural and poor residents, will probably be rendered useless except for voter registration drives.

Contra Costa County Registrar Stephen Weir predicted a chaotic few months, perhaps with some counties going to court in an attempt to keep electronic voting.

"Tens of millions of additional ballots: You don't just go to Kinkos," Weir said. "The timing is way too tight."

He also said he thought the changes could delay the counting of votes on primary night; California has a key early primary next spring.

"If people don't see results, they start going, 'Something's wrong,' " Weir said.

On Feb. 5, California voters will decide party candidates in the presidential primary election and will consider at least two state ballot measures.

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www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vsr.htm

California de-certifies Debold--Withdrawal of Approval/Conditional Reapproval

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NO ONE CAN WIN A UNION COUNTY ELECTION WITH OUT BACKING FROM THE DONKPHANTS


Diebold Magic?


****Poll by Atlanta Journal Constitution/WSB-TV of 800 likely voters on Nov. 1 For Georgia Governor

Roy Barnes (D) 51% up 11
Sonny Perdue (R) 40%

** "Official Results" from the 'Diebold Electronic Voting Machines' on Nov. 5

Roy Barnes (D) 46%
Sonny Perdue (R) 51% up 5 - that's a 16-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?

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****Poll by Atlanta Journal Constitution Nov. 1 for Georgia Senate

Max Cleland (D) 49% up 5
Saxby Chambliss (R) 44%

**"Official Results" from the 'Diebold Electronic Voting Machines'

Max Cleland (D) 46%
Saxby Chambliss 53% up 7 - that's a 13-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?

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****Poll by MSNBC/Zogby on Nov. 3 for Colorado Senate

Tom Strickland (D) 53% up 9
Wayne Allard (R) 44%

** "Official Results"

Tom Strickland (D) 46%
Wayne Allard (R) 51% up 5 - that's a 14-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?

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****Minneapolis Star-Tribune Poll on Nov. 3 for Minnesota Senate

Walter Mondale (D) 46% up 5
Norm Coleman (R) 41%

** "Official Results"

Norm Coleman (R) 50%
Walter Mondale (D) 47% up 3 that's an 8-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?
Did they let this one stay close because they knew MN loved Mondale?

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****Poll by St. Louis Dispatch/Zogby on Nov. 3 for Illinois Governor

Rod Blagojevich (D) 52% up 7
Jim Ryan (R) 45%

**"Official Results"

Rod Blagojevich (D) 43%
Jim Ryan (R) 44% up 1 that's an 8-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?

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****Poll by Concord, NH Monitor on Nov. 3 for New Hampshire Senate

Jeanne Shaheen (D) 47% up 1
John E. Sununu (R) 46%

**"Official Results"

Jeanne Shaheen (D) 47%
John E. Sununu (R) 51% up 4 that's a 5-point pro-Bush swing - was it magic?


Isn't it amazing that all six surprises went to the Republicans?
Did they let Hutchison lose Arkansas because he was dead meat, anyway?

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In what amounts to extortion, the Iowa GOP is telling the Ron Paul campaign they must pay an excessive amount of money to manually verify the results in this weeks’ poll. Both Florida and California have recently decertified the same electronic Diebold voting machines that will be used in Iowa. The validity of the upcoming Iowa straw poll should not rest on one campaign but is the responsibility of the Iowa GOP.

LIEMAR LOVES DIEBOLD

www.nationalexpositor.com/index.php?news=231

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Supporters of Ron Paul issued the following letter before the Straw
Poll, August 11.

Everything we are all doing is going to be brought to NAUGHT if the
Diebold computers - being used to 'count' the votes at the Iowa Straw
Poll - are used to STEAL the Straw Poll Election … Diebold computers
[are] easily hacked, easily rigged, -- and totally unreliable for
conducting elections. And this is old news, several authoritative
studies have already shown this from MIT, Cal Tech, Princeton
University, and numerous other sources. Search "Diebold Princeton
University" on YOUTUBE - and you can see a 9 minute demonstration. Add
"FOX News" to the search - and there is another 3 minute demonstration
by these scientists on FOX News. Citizens for a Fair Vote Count and
allies are conducting a verification EXIT POLL at the Ames Straw Poll.
We're asking all Ron Paul people who vote in the Ames Straw Poll in the
official election on the easily rigged Diebold Machines - to cast a
second "ballot" in our exit poll. IF WE COME UP with 5000 Ron Paul exit
poll ballots - the Iowa GOP better not say he only got 2000 votes! Get
the point?

www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=46721

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Malfunctioning Diebold Voting Machines Run By Romney Team Member At Iowa Poll
Ron Paul snatches fifth place in Straw Poll as voting machines again fail, questions raised over conflicts of interest in oversight personnel

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, August 13, 2007
Ron Paul supporters were angered at this weekend's straw poll in Iowa by the fact that Diebold voting machines once again malfunctioned and caused significant delays in the count, coupled with the fact that a Mitt Romney team member was placed in charge of overseeing the voting procedure.

Earlier in the week a group of Paul supporters attempted to block the vote based on concerns over insecurities in the Diebold machines. The Paul supporters took their case to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, after being blocked by a lower court, but the appeals panel also refused to join an injunction against the vote, an attorney for the Iowa GOP, Matt McDermott, told the AP.

More concerning was the fact that earlier in the week a huge conflict of interest was exposed by a Ron Paul supporter as it was revealed that oversight of the voting procedure was conducted by a "Mitt Romney Leadership Team" Member.

The Story County Auditor's Office, which was in charge of running the votes is headed by Mary Mosiman who also happens to be on Mitt Romney's "Romney for President Leadership Team".



Though Ron Paul's campaign people chose to remain uninvolved in these matters, it turned out that the fears were justified as around 4500 ballots were re-run and the announcement of the poll results was delayed by around an hour as a recount was initiated.

The machines used were Diebold's optical scanners, which do provide paper ballots, unlike the Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines which provide no paper trail to go back to should the machines fail.

Though it was reported that about 30,000 to 33,000 Republicans came to meet candidates and cast their votes, only 14,302 were actually cast. Over a quarter of the votes had to be recounted after the malfunction.

Though it was also reported that "there were nothing but Ron Paul signs in the crowd" and that his campaign signs lined the highways and streets leading into Ames, Iowa, Paul came in fifth place behind Romney, Huckabee, Brownback and Tancredo. This is encouraging however because many of Paul's supporters came from out of state, meaning they were ineligible to vote.

Mitt Romney 4516 31.5%
Mike Huckabee 2587 18.1%
Sam Brownback 2192 15.3%
Tom Tancredo 1961 13.7%
Ron Paul 1305 9.1%
Tommy Thompson 1039 7.3%
Fred Thompson 203 1.4%
Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3%
Duncan Hunter 174 1.2%
John McCain 101 1.0%
John Cox 41 0.1%

14,302 Total Votes
26,000 Total Tickets Sold

Given that Romney reportedly spent millions on advertising the straw poll and personally paid for his supporters travel expenses, laying on hundreds of buses, as well as paying for their tickets, it was not surprising that he won by such a margin.

In addition, given that only about 14,000 votes were reportedly cast, Ron Paul’s showing of 1305 votes is almost 10 percent, quadruple the 2% of the vote he supposedly has in national polls and what sources said was the base level of support that the campaign hoped to achieve in the Iowa Straw Poll.

Ron Paul's campaign is encouraged by the result which has proven that he is able to turn online support into actual votes and has disproved ridiculous claims that his supporters are merely trolls and spammers who are adept at fixing online polls.

"We are pleased and encouraged by the results. ... Our campaign has begun," Paul's campaign chairman Kent Snyder said in a statement posted on the RonPaul2008.com. Snyder listed three ingredients for success: the message of "freedom, peace and prosperity"; "the man: Ron Paul"; and Paul's committed supporters.

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Tell Lie mar to take his election stealing machines to the dump!

Source: BRAD BLOG



BREAKING: 'DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS, INC.' IS NO MORE!
Election Unit Spins off from Corporate Parent, Becomes 'Premier Election Solutions' After Failure to Find Buyer for Failing Unit!
Is Full Bankruptcy Fall Behind?

-- By Brad Friedman from St. Louis, MO

Diebold Elections Systems, Inc. is no more. At least in name.

After a year and a half of conversely trying to dump their failed voting unit and/or lying to customers about the reliability and security of their voting systems, corporate parent Diebold is giving up the ghost of their election business which, according to an analyst in a Reuters report, was "responsible for less than 10 percent of Diebold's revenue, and 100 percent of its bad publicity.

According to a company statement just released, Diebold Elections Systems, Inc. will become Premier Election Solutions as of today. The company president, David Byrd, who has overseen the disastrous election unit for some time, will stay on as President to go down with the ship, apparently.

After a string of disastrous reports on the quality and security of their voting systems, along with plummeting stock prices since last week, it seems clear that Diebold, the once-great, more-than-100-year old company, is doing whatever they can at this point to save the corporate parent. While their stock price (DBD) plummeted at today's opening bell, and is currently down some 5.6% from yesterday, the price has begun to rise again in the last hour or so on news of the sale.

DEVELOPING HARD...MORE:
www.bradblog.com/?p=4962

Read more: www.bradblog.com/?p=4962

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Interesting, I wonder if this will do away with the election fraud or make it worse? Time will tell I guess. You have a PM sometimeman.

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Two Ohio activists have discovered that e-voting machines made by Election Systems and Software and used across the country produce time-stamped paper trails that permit the reconstruction of an election's results--including allowing voter names to be matched to their actual votes.

news.com.com/E-voting+predicament+Not-so-secret+ballots/2100-1014_3-6203323.html

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Meanwhile, if they can build a tamper-proof lottery system, why can't they build a tamper-proof voting system?