Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:43 PM
Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Just Installed on Vote Tabulation Systems in OH?
Source: BRAD BLOG
Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Counties Just Days Before Presidential Election? Last week, Bob Fitrakis and Gerry Bello at FreePress.org reported an important story concerning what they described as "uncertified 'experimental' software patches" being installed at the last minute on electronic vote tabulation systems in 39 Ohio counties. The story included a copy of the contract between Republican Ohio Sec. of State Jon Husted's office and ES&S, the nation's largest e-voting system manufacturer, for a new, last minute piece of software created to the custom specifications of the Sec. of State. The contract itself describes the software as "High-level enhancements to ES&S' election reporting software that extend beyond the current features and functionality of the software to facilitate a custom-developed State Election Results Reporting File." Fitrakis and his attorney Cliff Arnebeck are filing a lawsuit for an immediate injunction against Husted and ES&S to "halt the use of secretly installed, unauthorized 'experimental' software in 39 counties' tabulators". … Since the story initially broke, I've been trying to learn as much as I could about what is actually going on here. During that time, a few in the mainstream media have gotten wind of the story as well, including NBC News and CNN, and have been able to press Husted and other officials in his office into finally responding to the concerns publicly. The Ohio officials have attempted to downplay the concerns, though in doing so, they appear to have given misleading information which, at times, seems to conflict even with the contract itself… FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9698 Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9698
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:44 PM
liberal N proud (43,674 posts)
1. This fucker and his crime boss belong behind bars!
Response to liberal N proud (Reply #1)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:44 PM
closeupready (19,446 posts)
49. +1. You know, you really just can not EVER trust them
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to do what's right. Dammit.
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:46 PM
judesedit (1,190 posts)
2. Anonymous hackers, r u there?Please expose these crooks.They should be locked up for 5 yrs at least
Response to judesedit (Reply #2)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:08 PM
RoccoR5955 (6,490 posts)
9. Anonymous already knows about this
Response to MynameisBlarney (Reply #27)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:10 PM
33. Freepress.org got the information about
Response to flamingdem (Reply #16)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:57 PM
28. The universe should kindly arrange for Rove to disappear
Response to MynameisBlarney (Reply #43)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:37 PM
46. I bet Anonymous has the hacker talent to figure out those
Response to flamingdem (Reply #46)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 08:15 PM
RoccoR5955 (6,490 posts)
83. It doesn't take much talent to figure out
Response to flamingdem (Reply #85)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:35 PM
RoccoR5955 (6,490 posts)
86. Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer, and packet capturing software.
Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #86)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:09 PM
89. None of this seems to add up to vote flipping capability
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My theory is that they need to know very quickly, at a granular level, how the vote is stacking up so they can use more direct methods of cheating with the people at the polls. This way they can cover their tracks, but do you think any of this could impact totals? I guess the other issue is if each polling station gets the totals before the SOS or rather separately from the SOS
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:49 PM
leveymg (26,315 posts)
3. Hey, Jon, if you can't win, go back to what you do best. Cheat.
Response to leveymg (Reply #3)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:01 PM
57. Would they really ignore the will of the people and steal the election?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:56 PM
4. I'M TELLING YOU...THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ASLEEP WHILE THE GOP IS STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX.....
Response to swayne (Reply #4)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:00 PM
6. In the back of my mind...I worry about this...
Response to SoapBox (Reply #6)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:10 PM
10. You can't "watch" what goes on inside a black box...
Response to BradBlog (Reply #10)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:23 PM
15. No...I don't expect any OFA folks or lawyers to be "watching" inside the black boxes tomorrow...
Response to swayne (Reply #4)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:05 PM
8. but but but little debbie wasserman-schultz says election stealing is better left to the conspiracy
Response to leftyohiolib (Reply #8)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:51 PM
25. So do a lot of short-sighted folks here at DU
Response to FiveGoodMen (Reply #25)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:47 PM
Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)
88. Hacking Democracy. Have you seen it?
Response to 12AngryBorneoWildmen (Reply #35)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:08 PM
60. i think dws under-appreciates the depth to which the republicans will go to steal the election. if
Response to leftyohiolib (Reply #8)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:46 PM
closeupready (19,446 posts)
50. Did she really say that????
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OMG.
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Response to closeupready (Reply #50)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:04 PM
58. she was on stephanie miller's show and steph asked her about election rigging and dws chuckled when
Response to leftyohiolib (Reply #58)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:30 PM
65. Remember this everyone: Bad people NEVER get together and make plans
Response to swayne (Reply #4)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:31 PM
92. According to Greg Palast, the Democratic Party knew of fraud in the last election
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but was not in a big hurry to do anything about it. Knowing all this, why are they sitting on this information again, makes me wonder.
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:57 PM
Doctor_J (26,329 posts)
5. I'll tell you why
Response to Doctor_J (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:15 PM
msongs (30,479 posts)
11. and will not do anything about in the NEXT 8 years for that matter nt
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:04 PM
Zorra (18,795 posts)
7. What an absolutely heinous crime it is, to deliberately subvert democracy.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:17 PM
marions ghost (13,865 posts)
12. glad to hear they are filing a suit
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brad
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Response to marions ghost (Reply #12)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:12 PM
36. Hi mg turns out that the freepress.org
Response to flamingdem (Reply #36)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:42 PM
marions ghost (13,865 posts)
48. thanks fld
Response to BetsysGhost (Reply #64)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:33 PM
marions ghost (13,865 posts)
67. welcome to DU BetsysGhost
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I see were on the same wave here... |
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:17 PM
13. I can't get inside these machines, but I can KnR!
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:22 PM
Canuckistanian (42,192 posts)
14. Could it be any more blatant?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:26 PM
17. Are there any updates about the Injunction sought for those machines?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:27 PM
TheZug (955 posts)
18. Red the whole thing. Deeply troubling.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:34 PM
patrice (47,329 posts)
20. K&R for highly detailed work, hyperlinked for your drill-down.
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:35 PM
21. I think that I'm beginning to despise Husted.
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And I mean, really, REALLY, loathe him with every fiber of my being. I can forgive pretty much anyone for almost anything nowadays - but deliberately trying to rig an election?
No. Assuming everything in the article is true, lock this traitor up forever. NO PAROLE.     |
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:35 PM
22. Countering Husted's Claim of REPORTING software separate from COUNTING software
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:42 PM
ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)
23. K&R
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:50 PM
24. Why aren't there armed federal agents
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:53 PM
26. I looked for this story and didn't see it so I posted it a while ago...
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:05 PM
valerief (35,675 posts)
29. Because NO ONE would stop it from being installed!
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:06 PM
Charlotte Little (133 posts)
30. I hope...
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They catch this son of bitches red handed. I do believe tampering with votes is a felony crime. I'd love it if Husted was put behind bars. It doesn't take the intelligence of a snail to know they are trying to rig the election. The difference this time is that there are too many folks on it. However, I fear we are not going to know the results of the election until way beyond Wednesday, 11/7.
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:08 PM
mrsadm (385 posts)
31. I can't find anything about this on NBC's or CNN's web site
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:09 PM
Generic Other (20,298 posts)
32. I see Jim March is involved in the court challenge
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:10 PM
34. Husted is thoroughly corrupted by power and thinks he can get away with it. Don't let him. nt
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:12 PM
37. So I'm scratching my head...because, I'm confused.
Response to SoapBox (Reply #37)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:29 PM
42. my brother registered at the FL DMV in '99, and when he went to vote in 2000 they said there was
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:24 PM
CRH (1,211 posts)
38. The biggest question and the answer we will be waiting for, ...
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:26 PM
40. Husted thinks he's Kenneth Blackwell
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:36 PM
44. Try to get this out to the media, folks.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:36 PM
CRH (1,211 posts)
45. Anybody think Obama has the spine, ...
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:54 PM
55. right before our eyes, again?
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If this goes down yet again, and exit polls don't match and discrepancies occur, we all must join together and demand justice, because I won't live in a country where elections are in the balance if the guy in the SOS job in each state has (R) after his/her name. Katherine Harris (R) gave us George The "W"armonger B*sh because of FL 2000, and J. Kenneth Blackwell (R) gave it to him again with the Ohio 2004 tabulating of votes in another state, through a company's servers that also housed the RNC website.
Get it here ---> http://www.zazzle.com/what_is_mitt_hiding_romney_bumper_sticker-128087600293857910?rf=238107662556833486 |
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:04 PM
pa28 (3,665 posts)
59. We've got to watch and hold them accountable this time.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:12 PM
dchill (7,870 posts)
61. Experimental patches - now there's a phrase...
Response to dchill (Reply #61)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:31 PM
66. Perhaps the experiment is to see whether anyone will do anything about those patches
Response to FiveGoodMen (Reply #66)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:13 PM
dchill (7,870 posts)
74. Well, looking the other way...
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has always worked well before, hasn't it?
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Response to dchill (Reply #74)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:43 PM
75. Not once.
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But we still keep trying it...
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:39 PM
CoffeeCat (19,419 posts)
68. Can an IT person explain how this vote stealing would happen?
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Response to CoffeeCat (Reply #68)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 06:13 PM
77. The method thst they have been using is vote flipping.
Response to CoffeeCat (Reply #68)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 06:22 PM
CRH (1,211 posts)
79. It can happen in either, the machines can flip ...
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:42 PM
CrispyQ (16,031 posts)
69. This morning I sent my last campaign contributions to you Brad!
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:49 PM
Nika (315 posts)
70. This is an alarming story
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:54 PM
71. Appallingly corrupt!!
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 05:28 PM
76. Republicans can win only if they cheat. n/t
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 06:13 PM
littlemissmartypants (2,999 posts)
78. Indeed. Why?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:04 PM
AndyTiedye (22,974 posts)
80. 2004 All Over Again
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Response to AndyTiedye (Reply #80)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 08:03 PM
New Earth (9,493 posts)
82. exactly my thoughts
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Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:36 PM
New Earth (9,493 posts)
81. why do I feel like
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I've read this article before?
8 years ago? |
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 08:24 PM
lonestarnot (71,133 posts)
84. For shit sakes. Cheating right out in the open.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:46 PM
Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)
87. So what? Why worry about a patch we know about when nothing about the votes supposedly tabulated by
Response to FiveGoodMen (Reply #90)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:49 AM
Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)
95. Excellent point. Better yet, election theft or attempted election theft.
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:21 PM
texpatriot2004 (15,321 posts)
91. Thank you Bradblog,
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:08 AM
yurbud (31,398 posts)
94. when are there going to be CRIMINAL charges for this kind of shit?
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:52 AM
97. Reading the full article is ALARMING!
Response to BradBlog (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:32 AM
99. I highly recommend that you read the whole article AND...
