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| 04.29.04 (3:28 pm) [edit] |
Due to severe political depression, I don't have anything new to say, but some of you might enjoy this:
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| you know, that crap I usually write about |
| 04.20.04 (9:51 pm) [edit] |
It's been a while since I've posted anything about voting technology. So here goes.
[i]Diebold was aware of shortcomings early
By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER
Attorneys for Diebold Election Systems Inc. warned in late November that its use of uncertified vote-counting software in Alameda County violated California election law and broke its $12.7 million contract with Alameda County.
Soon after, a review of internal legal memos obtained by ANG Newspapers shows, Diebold's attorneys at the Los Angeles office of Jones Day realized the McKinney, Texas-based firm also faced a threat of criminal charges and exile from California elections.
Yet despite warnings from the state's chief elections officer, Diebold continued fielding poorly tested, faulty software and hardware in at least two of California's largest urban counties during the Super Tuesday primary, when e-voting temporarily broke down and voters were turned away at the polls[/i]
Full story: http://www.trivalleyherald.co...,1413,86~10669~2095693,00 .html
So, anyone wanna give me odds that all the glitches from all of these voting machine companies are going to be worked out by election day this November? Yeah, I thought not.
We are all so screwed. Sigh...
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| No 2004 election? |
| 04.06.04 (12:35 pm) [edit] |
Let me make a confession to all of you. I'm depressed. Not depressed in the usual "let me see a doctor at my HMO for 5 minutes so I can get some good drugs" kind of way, but in the "what in the hell is going on in the world" way.
So just as I had settled in with the strong feeling that Bush is going to pull off the next election, a friend of mine forwarded me a possibility that is [i]even worse[/i].
(but before we begin, a small aside: that Bush will probably "win" the election is simply my opinion, and not one I really care to admit to myself. I know many of us here are hoping and praying that it will go another way, but unless a few [i]really big [/i] things change, I can't imagine it happening. A topic for another day)
[i][b]Will the 2004 Election Be Called Off? Why Three Out of Four Experts Predict a Terrorist Attack by November[/b]
by Maureen Farrell
On Dec. 31, 2003, New York Times columnist and former Nixon speech writer William Safire offered his standard New Year’s predictions. This time, however, one item stood out. In addition to speculating on everything from which country would next "feel the force of U.S. liberation" to who would win the best picture Oscar, Safire predicted that "the 'October surprise' affecting the U.S. election" would be "a major terror attack in the United States." [Salt Lake Tribune]
While such speculation is hardly worth a trip to the duct tape store, when combined with repeated assaults to our democratic process and troublesome assertions from noteworthy sources, it warrants further investigation.
In Nov. 2003, you might recall, Gen. Tommy Franks told Cigar Aficionado magazine that a major terrorist attack (even one that occurred elsewhere in the Western world), would likely result in a suspension of the U.S. Constitution and the installation of a military form of government. "[A] terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world -- it may be in the United States of America -- [would cause] our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event," he said. [NewsMax.com][/i]
Just what I need to hear. Read the rest of it at http://www.buzzflash.com/farr...
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