Anyone know anything about Unisys "real time" election reporting?

[Carolab]

I just stumbled on some information on the web recently that said we are using it here in Minnesota--apparently it's a "live link" via Internet of election results?

[riqster]

1. Please post more info...

on where you found this, and any details you might have. Thanks!

[Carolab]

2. Here's information from the SOS website

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/office/caucrev.html

Also from Lynn Landes site:

http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingMachineCompanies.htm

To better appreciate the scope of the corporate takeover of the democratic process, here is Unisys's description of itself in the IFES Buyers Guide, "Unisys has successfully implemented national voter registration, identification, and integrated electronic election systems for Brazil (100 million registered voters), South Africa (20 million), Malaysia (10 million), Dominican Republic (4 million), Costa Rica (2 million), and Panama (2 million). Unisys has also successfully implemented Internet-based election results real-time reporting systems for Rome, Italy and for the State of Minnesota. In partnership with Election Systems and Software (ES&S), Unisys has successfully implemented in the United Kingdom multi-channel voting pilot test systems -including touch-screen voting, kiosk voting, postal voting, Internet voting, telephone voting, and digital television voting. Unisys has offices in more than 100 countries." http://www.ifesbuyersguide.org/detailtest.php?title=Regions&subtitle=Middle_East

[riqster]

3. Hmmm...

Sounds like the software is the least of our concerns. The entire process seems to be opaque.

[Carolab]

4. I know and it's scary...where else is this now?

This infomation seems to be a few years old.

This article from Forbes claims it is "phony". How can that be, if the state of Minnesota used it?

http://www.forbes.com/management_trends/2001/01/12/0112unisys.html

[riqster]

5. Different system.

Unisys wanted to get into more of the business, but couldn't find a partner.

[Carolab]

6. Oh, I see what you mean. They wanted to do a complete system.

Whereas, they ARE doing the real time reporting already.

Also, look at this--A real time reporting system used in Canada that was developed by GlobalX and runs on Microsoft and Access

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3563/is_n39_v14/ai_21265545

"GlobalX implemented Microsoft Access 97 as the database component and developed the custom analysis tools and Web applications using Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0. The results were posted to the Elections Canada Web site using Microsoft Internet Information Server."

[riqster]

7. Access? Puhleeze

Using Access for Canada's system was a bonehead move. Access has the crappiest security around....

[Carolab]

8. Right. And Diebold uses Access. n/t

[riqster]

9. True.

Kinda sad, isn't it?