Nope. Bill Jones, the Republican candidate for US Senate endorsed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, got the money ($200 million), certified the systems, and then became a consultant for the industry.
Nope. Bill Jones, the Republican candidate endorsed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, got the money ($200 million), certified the systems, and then became a consultant for the industry. Diebold, one of the manufacturers, has been a big supporter the Bush Administration.
The systems are subject to tampering, produce no paper records, and you're getting them anyway.
I think these were part of the voting reform bill the republicans pushed thru congress. The funding pretty much forced the states into one of three electronic systems, all of which have little or no security.
I smell a rat, but unfortunately, they may be among us. Our own Republican candidate for US Senate, Bill Jones, was certainly not looking us.
San Diego Union-Tribune February 9, 2004
In September 2001, former Secretary of State Bill Jones ordered San Diego and eight other California counties to end their use of their punch-card voting system.
The order came in the wake of the controversy over disputed ballots cast in Florida in the 2000 presidential election. Also, at the time, a coalition of organizations had sued the state to end the use of punch-card ballots.
LA Times February 26, 2004
Jones went to work for a short time last year as a $10,000-a-month consultant to Sequoia Voting Systems, a touch-screen voting machine company. His primary responsibility: giving the company entree to officials in other states. Jones and the company parted ways shortly before he announced his run for U.S. Senate, and after news reports critical of his consulting work so soon after leaving office.