Houston forum on BBV Wednesday with David Dill & Dan Wallach

[Zan_of_Texas]

Wednesday there will be an outstanding forum on our voting processes. Experts working independently around the country have found the new electronic voting machines to be fatally flawed with security holes. Rigging votes could be accomplished by a teenager in a garage, or by a select few who work inside the companies who manufacture the machines, and the fraud would likely would escape detection, because the machines currently lack a meaningful ability to recount votes.

A Snickers bar at a convenience store has more effective deterrent against theft than our votes do right now.

Find out the facts!

If your elected representatives aren't representing you, maybe it's because you didn't elect them!

Please help spread the word! I've heard Wallach before, and he's funny and easy to understand.

Zan


On Wednesday, February 25 at 4 pm on the Rice Campus, Dr. David Dill, professor of computer science at Stanford University and activist in the drive for better security in electronic voting, will be speaking on the battle for accountable voting systems.

Following Dr. Dill's talk, a panel will discuss the topic further. On the panel will be Bob Stein, dean of social sciences and Dan Wallach, assistant professor of computer science, both from Rice, Adina Levin of Electronic Frontier Foundation Austin, and Scott Hochberg, state representative for district 137. Also, Bill Stotesbery will represent the vendor for Harris (and Travis) County, Hart InterCivic.

Prof. Dan Wallach was on the first team of scientists in the country to independently analyze software for an electronic voting machine (Diebold). In their report, they identify "stunning flaws" that began to be found within the first hour of examining the program. Prof. David Dill's website on voting can be found at www.verifiedvoting.org

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
4:00 PM
Duncan Hall -- McMurtry Auditorium
Rice University

DIRECTIONS: http://www.rice.edu/maps/bwmap.pdf
QUESTIONS: 713-348-4636

Refreshments and democracy will be served.

[Richardo]

1. Thanks, Zan...

...will there be a transcript, etc? During a fully-booked work day, desafortunadamente...

[Zan_of_Texas]

2. hey

Well, it will probably run at least an hour and a half. A transcript would probably be a hundred pages, and I don't know of any plans for that.

However, if there are radio excerpts to be broadcast later, I'll post that at DU.

For anyone who can get away from work, these are two of the pioneers of the secure vote movement, and it's a pretty rare event to get to see two on one stage. They are in high demand.