Monday, October 13, 2003
Steal the Georgia 2002 Governor Election?
Quoting Wired News::
". . . a former worker in Diebold's Georgia warehouse says the company installed patches on its machines before the state's 2002 gubernatorial election that were never certified by independent testing authorities or cleared with Georgia election officials. If the charges are true, Diebold could be in violation of federal and state election-certification rules. The charges also raise questions about the integrity of the Georgia election results and any other election that uses patched Diebold systems that have not been re-certified. According to Rob Behler, an engineer hired as a contractor to work in Diebold's Georgia warehouse last year, the Diebold systems had major functioning problems.
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Behler first informed Bev Harris, owner of the BlackBox Voting site, of the situation.
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According to Harris, this scenario is particularly worrisome in light of what happened in the Georgia gubernatorial race, which ended in a major upset that defied all polls and put a Republican in the governor's seat for the first time in more than 130 years. "
Comments:
There possibility of vote tampering existed well before the advent of computerized voting machines- paper ballots are not secure, easily destroyed, easily misplaced, easily lost.A computerized system may not be perfect but it more likely to be perfect than a gaggle of politically motivated, party associated vote handlers.
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Marvin
Georgia Treatment Centers
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Marvin
Georgia Treatment Centers
