And here we go: More than 100 voting machines in Kenton County have been shut down on a judge’s order. Secretary of State spokesman Les Fugate said at least two machines in Kenton County weren’t properly registering straight-ticket votes. The malfunctions could affect the tightly contested state Senate race between incumbent Republican Jack Westwood of […]
This was an interesting exchange on Bill Maher last night: So because companies like Diebold create very unsecure machines that means the voter must be put through the ringer and provide ID – that according to Tony Snow. Here’s something that isn’t talked about enough on Voter ID – a poll tax. Most states require […]
I have raised this question before; why does Diebold choose Microsoft for their voting machines over Linux? Linux is much more secure, much more customizable, and, possibly the biggest reason, much cheaper (Linux is free). We find this week that this question still needs to be raised: Problems found in an audit of Diebold tabulation […]
We get more proof that our own democracy is under attack: Some U.S. states have placed laws to make it difficult to vote instead of reforming ballot problems. The study looked into 10 states with reported ballot difficulties. The study cited proposed laws in Arizona and Georgia, that call for a government-issued photo identification card […]
Yesterday it was uncovered that Ohio’s top election official owned stock in Diebold during the 2004 election. Today we find out some Ohio election officials have been indicted for for skirting the rules to avoid a recount: After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes […]
Oh this is the accident of all accidents: The state’s top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics […]
The Brad Blog had all the details about this latest discovery. These aren’t stock systems – they are custom built. That means the IrDA ports had to be included in the specifications for the machines. These just allow another form of illegal entry into our voting machines and jeopardizes our democracy even more.
I reported on Diebold looking to pull out of North Carolina because of a court order to turn over their source code and list of programmers who helped develop the software that runs their voting machines. Their argument lied within the Operating System which is Windows. They argued they could not give the Window’s source […]