The crew at the DU Election Reform forum presents the Top Ten Election Reform, Fraud stories of 2005. Thanks to katinmn , KerryReallyWon , insane_cratic_gal, Time for change, demodonkey, autorank , Liberty Belle , John Q. Citizen , & Melissa G, for their input
Number 1:
Diebold Hacked !! Nominated by Liberty Belle .
Brought to you by TALLAHASSEE channel 10.
Elections Supervisor: Some Diebold Voting Machines Can Be Hacked
POSTED: 11:31 am EST December 15, 2005
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Leon County's elections supervisor says some Diebold voting machines used in Florida can be hacked.
Ion Sancho said tests show an insider could secretly change election results and the number of ballots cast on Diebold's optical-scan machines.
The Miami Herald reports that Sancho is scrapping Leon's Diebold machines for a system made by Election Systems and Software.
Diebold, which has been criticized for its connections to President George W. Bush, has disputed the test results.
Diebold spokesman David Bear hasn't returned a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
More-
http://www.local10.com/news/5542614/detail.htmlNumber 2:
The Boxer Rebellion, Nominated by Autorank & Time for Change.
Barbara Boxer formally objecting to the Ohio vote-
http://www.alternet.org/story/20920--outside the Senate—the Rally--
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=2553932) Conyers report
Number 3:
High Quality Exit Poll Analysis by TIA, Nominated by Autorank
http://www.truthisall.net/Number 4:
Washington state lawyers sue Sequoia Voting systems- Nominated by FogerRox.
Brought to you by Land Shark, reported by Brad Blog-
An electronic voting machine maker is battling a voter rights advocate in Washington state who wants to force the company to reveal the machines' software blueprint.
Paul Lehto, an Everett, Washington, lawyer has filed suit against Sequoia Voting Systems Inc., a privately held company based in Oakland, California, and Snohomish County, where his practice is located, arguing Sequoia's contract should be voided.
The lawsuit, filed last week in King County Superior Court, pits the right of a company to guard proprietary information against the public's need to know how elections are tabulated, Lehto said.
''These are entities that are providing the most central governmental function that we have, the counting of the vote,'' Lehto said Tuesday. ''If they are not only controlling that process but purporting to own it, then that is a serious problem.'
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001319.htm 5)Diebold driven out of North Carolina by NC voter
Number 6:
Andy Stephenson- Nominated by demodonkey.
Andy sent me a PM, asking me to call him, back on may 23rd. He wanted to talk to me about the voting machines proposed for my county in NJ. To make sure I was headed in the right direction. IIRC, the next night he went in for surgery. I still have his number asved on my cell. About a month later Andy passed. Complications from his surgery.
Andy had run for Secretary of State in Washington, and lost. He also worked with Bev Harris. Here is what may be his last post at DU:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=263266Number 7, Nominated by Autorank.
Portland Oregon : National Summit to Save US Elections
This grew from just a little get together, to a 3 day affair. I know somebody here in NJ that flew to Oregon just to attend.
Portland Oregon : National Summit to Save US Elections
Day one-
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00003.htmDays 2 & 3-
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00082.htm8) California Activists Call the Cops on Diebold:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00246.htm