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Article #7127Re: Electronic Voting Machines Compromised
From: Shawn Hearn
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:35
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:35
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In article <413BCC2B.711944AC@backpacker.com>, "Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote: > Shawn Hearn wrote: > > > > In article <2prj7eFnfjigU1@uni-berlin.de>, > > I Won 3 Self Inflicted Purple Hearts and Got out of 'Nam Early > > <jketchup@teresasaysshoveit.com> wrote: > > > > > bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: > > > > > > > Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78 > > > > > > > > Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- > > > > 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million > > > > votes at a time. > > > > > > > > By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes > > > > is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer > > > > matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals > > > > from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and > > > > to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security > > > > measures to fully mitigate the risks. > > > > > > > Sounds like a democrat's wet dream, now no longer do they have to worry > > > about throwing out military votes, having felons vote, and having 46,000 > > > people who are registered in both New York and Florida getting caught > > > for double voting. > > > > Its a Republican's wet dream. Diebold is owned lock, stock, and barrel > > by the Republicans. The president of that company is conservative and > > a heavy contributor to Republican political organizations, including > > George's W. Bush's campaigns. > > > Aren't you concerned when your lithium carbonate intake levels get this > low? I don't take, nor do I need, lithium carbonate. Aren't you concerned that it just happens that none of Diebold's voting machines provides a way to verify votes and that the owner of the company just happens to be a big Bush supporter?
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