Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole

BlackBoxVoting ^ | 8/26/04 | Bev Harris

[Joe Brower]

A fellow I know sent this article to me, and it doesn’t look good –- this appears to be a voting system engineered to enable election fraud on a massive scale.

I note the name of Jim March in the article below, and he is a long-standing firearms-rights advocate who has been fighting the good fight out in California for many years now on CCW issues, filing legal suits against the illegal actions of the "Million Mom March", etc., and during all of this he has grown and deepened his involvement in examining the whole political system in that state. It appears this is something that he, along with his associates, have uncovered.

The article I’ve enclosed below is part one of three. If you go to the original site, there are many links embedded in the text, as well as links at the bottom so the other sections can be accessed.

I’d really like to find out more about all of this. Does anyone here on FR have any information about this? With the general election only two months away, I have a feeling this could mean real trouble for the GOP.

Let Freedom Ring,

[Joe Brower]

Sorry to bother y'all with this, but I'm unsure if the scope of this potential problem is limited to California or not. Also, Jim March, long-standing RKBA stalwart in that beleaguered state, appears to be very much involved in this.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

[Joe Brower]

What do y'all make of this?

Florida Freeper

[Squantos]

I dunno either Joe....but if we have a vote by show of hands the Rat's will still lose as all they have are paws'n claws !

Stay safe !

[Leroy S. Mort]

Quite a few of my Dem associates claim this is the way Bush/Rove will "steal" the election. Count on Kerry/Edwards to contest the election and whine about this all the way into '05 and beyond.

[Landru]

"By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks."

Is that so.

Well, guess it's time then to pull the plug, huh.

...might explain the "close" election of 2000, too.

[rawhide]

These machines scare me. I see them as another way for the Dims to use to steal the elections. There has to be a system of checks and balances with these system. A paper trail must exist.

[Living Stone]

If this is the same Jim March from thehighroad.org and thefiringline.com, I do not there to be a dishonest bone in his body. It will be truthful to the best of his knowledge. It certainly bears looking into.

[xrp]

I think we're pushing full speed ahead to Civil War II.

[ridesthemiles]

What do y'all make of this?

I find it interesting it was shown to Howard Dean in early Aug 2004, when he was long out of the race. Why should anything be shown to him at all?

I have been bothered all along by the electronic voting. But showing how to screw with the vote count to someone we all think is an unhinged as Howard Dean sure seems wrong.

[Monitor]

As much as a techno-freak as I am, I am seriously beginning to think we should go back to casting paper ballots on one day, and waiting until the next day(s) to count them.

[Phantom Lord]

Here is what I know. Bev Harris is a big DUer and her life revolves around her conspiracy that George Bush and Diebold are conspiring to rig this election (as they did 200), and all elections in the future so democrats can never again win. Not just presidential elections, but at all levels.

[Phantom Lord]

Electronic voting bothers me as well. But my biggest electoral fear is internet voting. I hope that never happens.

[txhurl]

October surprise bump.

[Constitution Day]

I know nothing about this, but BTTT anyway.

[Phantom Lord]

I know jack squat myself outside of what I know about Bev Harris.

[boris]

Un-freeping-believable.

On the other hand, the Dems have always been the party of voter fraud. Just see what happens when attempts are made to cleanse the voter rolls of dead people or those who have moved out of state.

There have been many posts here on 'votescam'--focusing on how votes are tabulated by a private outfit which is basically a creature of the media...

And here in California--just prior to the 1996 elections--the papers reported that "three groups associated with the Democratic Party" had collected 16,000 fraudulent voter-registration forms (40% of the total) in Los Angeles County alone--and "other counties reported similar discoveries."

Not a word of coverage followed. A giant Cone of Silence descended and the entire thing was spiked. No hearings. No indictments. No trials. No convictions. Every once in a while I would write the local papers asking for some follow-up and reminding them of the term "investigative reporting"--all of which were received with stony silence. Reminded me of 1984. It didn't happen, see, because only Boris seems to recall it.

--Boris

[Constitution Day]

Side note:
My daughter is dancing in front of the TV now, and doing better than most of the rhythm-impaired on C-Span.

[Phantom Lord]

C-SPAN? FOX BABY, FOX!

[Chieftain]

This is the part of Dems plot to de-legitimaize a Bush victory!