At least Jimmah Carter won't have to travel as far to support the leadership.
Posted on 11/03/2006 7:03:58 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
Edited on 11/03/2006 7:24:58 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
12 SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES
Fri Nov 03 2006 10:09:31 ET
Political insiders have expressed alarm after 12 voter smartcards have gone missing from one Shelby County, TN early vote location!
The cards are used to activate electronic voting machine.
The location at the center of the controversy is Bishop Byrne High School on E. Shelby Drive in Memphis.
The polling place started out with 25 cards. By Wednesday, 11 were missing, says an eyewitness.
The location was given 5 more smartcards on Thursday.
And another card went missing!
As of Friday morning, a total of 12 smartcards had gone missing, out of the 30 give to the location.
Someone possessing a smartcard could use 'off the shelf equipment' [equipment that reprograms the card] and alter it to be used multiple times, and cast multiple votes.
One concerned insider explains: "Shelby County Board of Elections has been notified. They said is was 'not a big deal' because, they said, the cards are deactivated. But the reality is, you can buy the equipment at computer stores to reactivate them. It's on the Internet how to reactivate the cards!"
Meanwhile, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing reports by the Shelby County Election Commission that two people voted twice during early voting in Memphis.
Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons said he's referred the cases to the TBI for investigation along with other matters he declined to discuss.
Poll watchers are expected to turn out Tuesday to observe voting in Tennessee's heated U.S. Senate race between Chattanooga Republican Bob Corker and Memphis Democrat Harold Ford Jr.
Developing...
Memphis!!!! The Ford political machine at work I expect.
November 8 headlines:
"Ford last minute get out the vote campaign has him as the winner by 3 times the population of the state of Tennessee".
Here we go again.
Dems pulling this crap so if elections don't go their way, they can fire up the army of lawyers and pull recounts throwing out republican votes till their candidates win.
I know this. I live in Washington state.
Are you sure or are you guessing?
There is no low too low for the dems.
There was NOTHING wrong with the 2000 election other than the dems trying to disenfranchise the military vote in FL. Nothing to do with the machines.
And the count went against Gore/LIEberman so they brought up false charges that were disproven.
I don't put much stock in that story at face value. I don't believe the last sentence at all.
In the same sense, you can buy equipment "off the internet" to re-record the magnetic stripe on your credit card to somebody else's number, but how do you pick a valid "somebody else's number"?
I still say they turn up before the election anyway.
"Not good!! Whomever has those cards can electronically stuff the ballot box."
I really don't know if they can stuff the ballot box. I believe the cards must first be coded by the election official after the voter shows ID. Then the voter uses the coded card to open the voting machine to make the voting screen come up. I could be wrong, but those who stole the cards would not really be able to use them since they are not coded. Anyone know for sure??
At least Jimmah Carter won't have to travel as far to support the leadership.
Gregory M. Duckett
Shelby County Election Commission Chairman, Gregory Duckett is Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel with Baptist Memorial Health Care System. He is responsible for the day-to-day coordination of all legal matters affecting the organization. Additionally, he is responsible for Risk Management and Corporate Compliance.
Prior to joining the Baptist Memorial Health Care System in January of 1992, Mr. Duckett served as Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Memphis under former Mayor Dick Hackett.
Mr. Duckett served as Director of Memphis Housing and Community Development from 1988 to 1991. He was state counsel to United States Senator Albert Gore, Jr., from 1985 to 1987.
Mr. Duckett was selected to serve on the Clinton-Gore transition team, evaluating approximately 40 agencies as part of Housing and Urban Development and working on personnel issues.
I'm a poll watcher,I'm a poll watcher.Sung to the tune of I'm A Girl Watcher.
Crap! The only way the left can win an election is to steal it. Republicans don't need the stupid cards. They're winning.
If Harold Ford wins, then the election will have been stolen
Well, now we know what Ford's stragey to close the gap is...
BUMP!!!!!
(1) If Harold Ford wins, then there was no fraud.
(2) If Harold Ford loses, then the election will have been stolen
Yep, that's informed opinion. I've served as an election worker a couple of times with this kind of machine and just got retrained on Friday for this election.
It seems to me, that any election official with the machinery or ability to activate the cards, some low life dem with lots of money, could have it too.
Twelve cards. Wasn't it twelve votes that were used to toss the Ford - Roland election?
Maura Black Sullivan
A lifelong Memphian, Maura Black Sullivan is employed by Shelby County Schools heading the department of Research and Planning. This department generates statistics covering every aspect of student life, develops and administers surveys, oversees research projects, and plans for the future development of the system by projecting student enrollment trends and forecasting the need for additional classroom and facility space.
Prior to joining Shelby County Schools, Maura was privileged to work in the offices of the Memphis City Council, US Congressman Harold Ford, Jr., and Mayor Bill Morris. She has also worked with Harold Ford and Company, the University of Memphis, and the Shelby County Juvenile Court.
Active in the community, Maura has served as President of the Shelby County Democratic Women, Vice Chair and Assistant Treasurer of the local Democratic Party, Secretary of the Board of Shelby County Headstart, Inc., Vice Chair of Strategic Planning for the Junior League of Memphis, and Chairman of Ptolemy, a social organization. She has also served on boards and committees for the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Variety Club of Memphis.
Mrs. Sullivan holds a B.A. and a M.A. from the University of Memphis in International Relations and Public Administration and attended the University of Memphis School of Law.
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