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On the youtube video circulating around these threads regarding the testimony of the programmer about the ability to commit vote fraud via these machines. I also am a computer programmer/systems analyst and his testimony was spot on. I think one thing that came at the end of the video that was particularly interesting was the possibility of manipulating the machines that tabulate and gather all the votes from the individual machines. If I were doing this, that is where I would target as it would take a lot less people and effort and scrutiny to do this at a higher level. We have been focusing on fraud and manipulation at the individual voting machine level whereas perhaps the better place to look is at the tabulating machines. If I am writing the "virus" to do this, it would be MUCH easier to control at the tabulation level than the individual machine level. It would take way too much coordination and effort to keep track of your desired result at the individual machine level.

One other thing I think he kind of left out was that a lot of software out there has a different source code file and "object" or "run-time" code file. So if you just look at the source code, you may not necessarily see what is actually running and doing the work on the machine.

Now, with all that said, I would HOPE that there are some very smart Republican operatives that would know how to look into this kind of thing. I cannot believe the Republican party would not have someone checking and double-checking these possibilities.

Very scary indeed.

"Now, with all that said, I would HOPE that there are some very smart Republican operatives that would know how to look into this kind of thing. I cannot believe the Republican party would not have someone checking and double-checking these possibilities."

Both parties are comfortable with the condition of our elections or it would have been dealt with long ago.

They are like Coke and Pepsi - while they advertise that they offer something different, they are hard to distinguish and they are also happy with their own market share. They will work together when necessary to keep Dr. Pepper out of their game.

The author of the blog is doing a lot of good work and some serious research, but it all means nothing. The politicians don't care and the most anyone reading it all will do is tire about half way down and send it in email to a bunch of friends. Those friends will forward it to friends and it will roar around cyberspace for a while then burn out on re-entry.

What would anyone do with this - take it to the Justice Department, or maybe Homeland Security?

I sent the link and brief description to Col. West yesterday morning. I don’t know if he saw it/read it, but it wasn’t too long before I heard he had asked for a recount. He also asked a judge to put the ballots & machines under security (not the exact phrase, but that’s what he meant), but the judge turned him down. I don’t know how widely known this procedure is, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt for other areas (especially those that had over 100% of the population voting or other glaring errors) to check the tabulation of their machines.

his testimony was spot on

When I watched the video of Mr Curtis several things bothered me. So I did a little checking.

I had seen it linked to as fairly recent testimony. I knew it couldn't be because Stephanie Tubbs Jones is no longer living. I discovered that this is from 2004.

I couldn't figure out why there was applause for a witness testifying under oath. Especially testifying that he was willing to engage in fraud. If my sources are accurate, this hearing was conducted because the Dems were accusing Bush of stealing Ohio votes from Kerry. And it was attended by Dem members of the US House Judiciary Committee at the urging of John Conyers about vote suppression. That explains why Maxine Waters was in a hearing conducted in Ohio.

I was puzzled why there seemed to be smiles and celebration at times. Turns out Mr Curtis (Dem) was preparing to run against the politician (Pub) he accuses in his testimony.

I have no idea about the accuracy of Mr Curtis' testimony. I am certainly not accusing him of lying. I am concerned though that a video of Dems interviewing a fellow Dem (who may have an agenda) may not be the smoking gun it seems to be. If my sources are accurate, Pubs didn't attend the hearing. I think we should be careful not to get punked by something that may have been a dog and pony show.