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Recently I sent this letter to the House and Senate Members in Washington State. Today I recieved a reply from another Republican. Outstanding! First the statement...then the respondant. Dear Representatives and Senators, We the Citizens of Washington have drawn a line in the sand. Today we are calling on our Senators and Representatives, as well as local elected officials to sign this Statement of Principal for clean voting. We are non-negotiable on this issue and request your signature. Be warned however that we will be targeting those Republicans or Democrats that do not sign for replacing. This effort is supported...

"SAN FRANCISCO - A manufacturer of electronic voting machines has employed at least five convicted felons as managers, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software." snip "Andy Stephenson, a Democratic candidate for secretary of state in Washington, conducted a 10-day investigation in Seattle and Vancouver, where the men were convicted." snip "Computer programmers say software bugs, hackers or electrical outages could cause more than 50,000 touch-screen machines used in precincts nationwide to delete or alter votes."

<p>SACRAMENTO -- California legislators said on Thursday they want to stop the use of all paperless electronic voting machines in the state, fearing the same type of fiasco that plagued Florida in the 2000 election.</p> <p>State Sens. Don Perata (D-Oakland) and Ross Johnson (R-Irvine), the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate election committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley urging him to decertify all paperless touch-screen voting machines before the general election.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO -- California legislators said on Thursday they want to stop the use of all paperless electronic voting machines in the state, fearing the same type of fiasco that plagued Florida in the 2000 election.</p> <p>State Sens. Don Perata (D-Oakland) and Ross Johnson (R-Irvine), the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate election committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley urging him to decertify all paperless touch-screen voting machines before the general election.</p>

This is worth the $4.50 cover price, folks. Go buy it -- lots of interview quotes never before seen, including one with a Finnish hacker and a whole new rendition of the Phil Foster (Sequoia) indictment, with details from his own brother-in-law. * * * * * * "Strangely, another function allowed anyone with access to the GEMS central server to create minus votes. Why...would there ever be cause to record negative votes in an electronic voting machine? Later, Diebold spokesman David Bear would offer this response: "'Yes, negative votes can be entered into GEMS. If for some reason an...

Today I am drawing a line in the sand. As we move forward into the brave new world of paperless voting, many of us are concerned that our votes will not be counted as cast. I for one am in that group of citizens. We have pushed this into the forefront of the national debate and it is now time to take this to the next level. So henceforth I am calling for the replacement of any politician that will not yield to the will of the people on this issue and will be posting the names of state and...

"Computer programmers with Diebold, the manufacturer, are working with county officials to examine the faulty equipment. Diebold officials couldn't be reached for comment yesterday, but company spokesman Frank Kaplan said late Tuesday their review may take a couple of weeks. " http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040304-9999-7m4vote.html So only the people who messed up get to examine the machines and report on them... let me guess - the report will say that there were no problems with the machines, only the pollworkers, and that Diebolds machines are the greatest thing ever for elections. Registrars of Voters like to point out that no one has ever...

California's headlong rush into electronic voting met a judge last week who apparently doesn't give much weight to a mountain of expert evidence against the use of machines still vulnerable to malfunction. From lack of convincing protections against software and hardware tampering, to impacts of standard computer tasks like upgrades, preventive virus scanning and an almost constant need for the installation of patches and service packs, it would appear that touch-screen voting machines are less than ready for prime time. Judge Raymond M. Cadei of the Sacramento Superior Court was appointed by former Gov. Gray Davis in May 2002. On...