Election Reform Issues by Pokey Anderson
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Latest: A new hack test of voting equipment ... this time in front of the election supervisor of Leon County, Florida. by Pokey Anderson Sunday Monitor, KPFT - Houston, June 5, 2005See also:
- http://www.leonfl.org/elect/SpecialReport.htm
- http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/5921.html
"Myth Breakers: Facts about Electronic Elections"
by Ellen Theisen, Essential Information for Those Entrusted with Making Decisions about Election Systems in the United States" Second Edition, January 2005
www.VotersUnite.org(Requires Acrobat or Acrobat Reader)"How To Fix a Broken Electoral System In Six Easy Steps"
by Bruce F. Cole, CommonDreams.org ~ November 19, 2004
www.commondreams.org"How They Could Steal the Election This Time"
by Ronnie Dugger The Nation, Cover Story ~ August 16, 2004 issue
www.thenation.com"Statement Against the Use of Money Allocated under the Help America Vote Act
for the Purchase of Electronic Voting Systems for New York,"
by Teresa Hommel, October 18, 2004
www.wheresthepaper.org"Md. Computer Testers Cast a Vote: Election Boxes Easy to Mess With"
by Stephanie Desmon January 30, 2004 ~ Sun (Maryland) ~ Former National Security Agency experts showed that Diebold DREs could be attacked by someone with a modem and a laptop.
www.sunspot.net"Even a Remote Chance?"
by Pokey Anderson, Voters Unite ~ January 10, 2005
www.votersunite.org"How to Hack the Vote: the Short Version" by Chuck Herrin
www.chuckherrin.com"Empathy Training for Compassionate Conservatives: Why the Democrats Are Still Whining About the Election (and Why Maybe We Should Be, Too)" by Chuck Herrin
www.chuckherrin.comEndorsement of Over 2000 Technologists for a Voter-Verified Audit Trail Verified Voting.org
www.verifiedvoting.org"Will Your Vote Count?"
by Rick Dawson and Loni Smith McKown, WISH-TV Indianapolis - An I-Team 8 Investigation
www.wishtv.com
One notable portion of the series is: "Excerpts from Interviews with MicroVote Executives"
www.wishtv.com"Voting Systems Organizations and Companies" by Lynn Landes (Extensive Notes)
www.ecotalk.org"Malfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by Vendor" by Voters Unite.org
www.votersunite.org"Should The Left Ignore The 'Stolen Election'"
by Bertell Ollman, January 26, 2005 ~ ZNet
www.zmag.org
OHIO, NEW MEXICO, N.C., WASHINGTON STATE, THE NATION - 2004
"Election Incident Reports"
EIRS, Now over 40,000 reports for November 2004, including map of frequency
voteprotect.org"Ten preliminary reasons why the Bush vote does not compute, and why Congress must investigate rather than certify the Electoral College"
by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press (Columbus, Oh) ~ Jan 3, 2005
www.freepress.org"The Strange Death of American Democracy: Endgame in Ohio"
by Michael Keefer, Global Research ~ January 24, 2005
globalresearch.ca"Eye on Ohio: The Informed Citizen's Guide to the 2004 Election"
by Daily Kos online community, December 2004
hamburgsteak.sandwich.netCongressman John Conyers' letter to Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell
detailing 34 questions about the Ohio election (which Blackwell has declined to answer), December 2, 2004
www.bpac.info (Acrobat)The Conyers Report: "Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio"
Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, January 5, 2005
www.house.gov (Acrobat)"Executive Summary of Conyers Report, Preserving Democracy"
www.truthout.org"What Are They Hiding in New Mexico?"
by Warren Stewart, National Ballot Integrity Project ~ January 19, 2005
www.scoop.co.nz"North Carolina's Ballot Blues"
by Joyce McCloy, Raleigh News and Observer ~ Nov 26, 2004
www.newsobserver.com"Evidence of Election Irregularities in Snohomish County, Washington General Election, 2004"
by Paul R. Lehto, J.D., and Jeffrey Hoffman, Ph.D.
www.votersunite.org (Acrobat)
EXIT POLLS
"Response to Edison/Mitofsky Election System 2004 Report"
by Josh Mitteldorf, PhD, Kathy Dopp, MS in mathematics, Steven F. Freeman, PhD, Brian Joiner, PhD, Frank Stenger, PhD, Richard G. Sheehan, PhD, Elizabeth Liddle, MA (UK), PhD candidate, Paul F. Velleman, PhD, Victoria Lovegren, PhD, Campbell B. Read, PhD, US Count Votes
www.uscountvotes.org (Acrobat)VOTER SUPPRESSION; VOTING WHILE BLACK
"1.9 million black votes didn't count in the 2000 presidential election. It's not too hard to get your vote lost -- if some politicians want it to be lost"
by Greg Palast
San Francisco Chronicle ~ June 20, 2004
www.sfgate.com
THE 2002 MID-TERM ELECTION
"All the President's Votes?" by Andrew Gumbel, October 13, 2003 ~ Independent/UK
www.commondreams.orgONE OF THE FIRST WARNING BELLS - 1988
"Annals of Democracy -Counting Votes"
by Ronnie Dugger, November 7, 1988 issue ~ The New Yorker Magazine
www.votefraud.org
VISUAL
"Votergate" ~ 30-Minute video, free online, of voting anomalies, etc.
www.votergate.tvUS map of some of the 2004 election anomalies
www.votersunite.org (Acrobat)Ohio map of some of the 2004 election anomalies
www.votersunite.org (Acrobat)"Election Fraud 2004 SLIDE SHOW" by Peter Drekmeier and Amy Adams, December 29, 2004
www.electionfraud2004.org"Block the Vote Heroes" Online Playing Cards by Billionaires for Bush
billionairesforbush.com