Reply #36: Tod A. Rapp sold buttefly ballots

[AnIndependentTexan]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/demopedia/index.php/Triad_Governmental_Systems,_Inc.

Overview
Founded by Tod A. Rapp. Based in Xenia, Ohio. A family-owned company managed by his sons. Rapp is a financial contributor to the Republican Party and the campaign of George W. Bush. He is is also associated with (http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=rapp&txtState=OH&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N) the companies Rapp Systems and Rapp Systems Corporation.

Voting Systems
Triad sells punch card voting systems and wrote the computer program that tallies the punch-card ballots in the centralized counting systems used in 41 counties in Ohio. Ohio granted them certification in 1990. (http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:_k3L_IiymRAJ:www.votingindustry.com/Ohio_Corner/ohio%2520certified%2520voting%2520machines.pdf+Triad+Governmental&hl=en) Their Y2K readiness disclosure for the VIS Voter Information System Release 6R is here. (http://www.rappsystems.com/year2000/VISY2KReadinessDisclosure.html) and for the Electab here. (http://www.rappsystems.com/year2000/ELECtabYear2000.html)

Triad appears (http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~WhoUsesFoxPro) to use Fox Pro as a development tool.

In 1993 Triad was awarded (http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:hqtRZ3Uc3OYJ:www.co.gilchrist.fl.us/minutes/html/1993-05-03_bocc.html+%22Triad+Governmental+Systems,+Inc%22+bush&hl=en) a contract to upgrade the software systems in the elections office in Gilchrist County, Florida.

Rapp Family
The family (http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:t_d8cDtMjFIJ:www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com/FuneralNoticeDisplay.asp%3FName%3DMary%2520Dalena%2520Guthrie+Brett+Rapp+Xenia&hl=en) includes daughter (or niece?) Cheryl Belluci, Dwayne Rapp, (married to Michelle) and Brett Rapp (married to Chris).

Cheryl Bellucci (http://www.foxite.com/archives/0000010046.htm) is or was the Vice President of Rapp Systems Corporation. She is or was a Visual Fox Pro programmer. She made an interesting comment (http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/IndustryArticles/9912B81EEB.html) on an internet forum about counting ballots in an election in Alaska in 1999.

Connections
The web page http://www.rapps.org/ is registered to Tod Rapp: Domain ID:D1370314-LROR Domain Name:RAPPS.ORG Created On:04-Jun-1998 04:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:15-Jan-2004 21:14:04 UTC Expiration Date:03-Jun-2005 04:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR) Status:OK Registrant ID:GODA-05003276 Registrant Name:Tod Rapp Registrant Organization:Rapp Systems Corporation

Tod Rapp is the president of the Psephos corporation, whose "Elections General Store" (http://www.psephoscorp.com/) sells the "Palm Beach County Florida "Butterfly" Ballot Pages, Ballot Cards & Page Holder Kit" to the public, apparently as souvenirs. Said Rapp: (http://www.sptimes.com/News/011101/news_pf/Floridian/A_fad_called_chad.shtml) "We have a bunch of used vote recorders in stock, and this looked like a way to get some of them sold." The domain psephoscorp.com is registered to Tod Rapp.

Tod Rapp appears in the acknowlegement section (http://www.votefraud.org/saltman_roy_1988_report.htm) of the Roy Saltman report on "Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in Computerized Vote-Tallying," NBS Special Publication 500-158.