Vote machines don't measure up

[kster]

Secretary of State Jan Brewer has attacked me as an "anarchist" and "conspiracy theorist" ("Activists upstage Jan Brewer at re-election announcement, Republic, Jan. 6). Perhaps Brewer takes exception to my statement that election integrity "is not a partisan issue; this is a civic issue."


Rather than engage in baseless ad hominem attacks and erroneous generalization, and rather than just accept the word of a vendor (Diebold) to "just trust us" that its voting machines are reliable, why doesn't Brewer prove that the machines costing about $11 million can be trusted.

These same Diebold DRE machines have been decertified in California, New Mexico, Connecticut, North Carolina and in Leon and Voluisa counties in Florida, where even Gov. Jeb Bush is calling for a statewide investigation into the machines.

Explain the purchase of machines that have been proved, in public demonstrations, to have security holes large enough to drive an election through.

Demonstrate for us proof that our votes will be honestly counted even though the federal Government Accountability Office report of October 2005 says this is not currently possible.

Prove you are not the conspiracy theorist. - Michael Shelby, Phoenix


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0111wedlets114.html

[Blutodog]

1. Diebold

It's turning into a ground war over these machines. The gig is up for the repuke con men and their bogus machines but the battle to decertifiy these monsters will take years.

[kster]

2. Overnight if

honest Democrats and Republicans realize that with the INTERNET the election theft machines are on there way out. The Media & Gov SILENCE isn't going to work anymore, to many people learning about these vote stealing machines.

[kster]

3. DUPE already posted by "Wilms"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x408662