Insider Blows Whistle on Irregularities at Voting Machine Company

[Kelvin Mace]

(Mods: I am not positive about whether I get to qualify as a news source, though I have been a source of news for a while. This is a breaking story that just went up, and will probably be picked up later by the usual sources. If you feel you must move this to GD until then, my feelings won't be hurt.)

http://blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=240

I have come into possession of a pair of letters written by a former Hart-Intercivic technician to the Secretaries of State for Ohio and Texas. These letters detail a "long history of concealing problems" and a willingness to ignore potentially serious problems "largely for the sake of corporate profit".

The tech worked for H-I for over two years and left voluntarily because of what he believed to be "criminal fraud, extreme negligence, and a distinct and troubling pattern of failure to uphold the public trust both in violations of the spirit of its contracts also in concealing problems in an industry which so crucially represents the public interest."

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org
http://www.blackboxvoting.com

[mhr]

1. Whatever Happened At The BBV News Conference Last Week

Regrettably, it made nary a ripple in the news.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. You mean...

Bev and the chimp demo, or something else?

[mhr]

5. Yes, Bev's Press Conference Last Week

I expected banner headlines on all the major papers and there seemed to be no word or interest.

[gmoney]

2. Ohio will be this year's Florida

the heart of it all

[AndyTiedye]

13. Ohio, Florida and Maryland Will Be This Year's Floridas

and maybe even California if the Gropenator gets to replace the
Secretary of State with a Repub to fix the vote here.

[Snazzy]

4. Don't know about Hart-Intercivic--how widely used? n/t

(Thanks for your efforts!)

[Kelvin Mace]

6. They are a smaller player

probably #4 in the business. They are found in Texas, Colorado, Ohio and a few other states. Their product is the e-Slate.

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org
http://www.blackboxvoting.com

Edit: typo

[Snazzy]

7. Thanks--2 swings

Sorta (CO is probably a somewhat comfortable shade of light blue, I think, I hope).

Any idea of the # of votes there and in Ohio we have to worry about from this newfound malfeasance?

Think it will help your release story to prominently give an idea of how many voters affected. Sorry if I missed that in the link, I'm frazzled and have had it for the day.

Cheers. (Ha. Your sig brings a laugh--I've also frequently manned the CEO/Janitor position).

:toast:

[Kelvin Mace]

8. They have some links on their web site that include

Orange Co. CA
Tarrant Co. TX
Harris Co. TX
Travis Co. TX
Charlottesville, VA
Brazos Co. TX
Boulder, CO
Honolulu, HI
Yakima Co. WA
Catawba Co. NC (idiots in my backyard who ignored the state's moratorium on new bbv systems).

[loudsue]

12. Fancy that! Sen. Elizabeth Dole is from Catawba County, NC..only county

in NC that has this type of machine. Salisbury, NC, the county seat, is where Elizabeth Hanford Dole is from.....

....and my ex-husband is from there, too. Their families were friends.

I'm just sayin'...... fancy that about the voting machines.

:kick::kick::kick:

[GregD]

9. Good job David

Congrats on the discovery.

GregD

[Eloriel]

10. Love dem whistleblowers!

:hi: David!

Off to read the article ...

[yowzayowzayowza]

11. Excellent, David.

Keep up the good work.

:kick:

[shance]

14. Terrific news.

thanks David.

[Joanne98]

15. I saw this posted on Daily Kos by Roxanne... Is this really new?

If it is what does it mean? Is the major press going to cover this now? I'm sending it to Lou Dobbs....

[Kelvin Mace]

17. I don't know if

the "major" press is will cover it. We'll have to wait and see.

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org
http://www.blackboxvoting.com

[Joanne98]

16. I sent the ltte to Blackwell.........

[althecat]

18. Well Scoop at least has it covered...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0409/S00309.htm

Cheers David and well done...

al