In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. Whether those machines work and how accurately the votes are counted are two very big concerns not only for election integrity activists, but for all voters.
This spring in a number of states, electronic voter lists were missing names - in some states affecting thousands of voters. As summer began, voters were improperly purged based on those lists. Recently, questions have emerged about partisan contractors programming the machines which will count the vote. And come election day, it may not be possible to conduct a recount in a close race in a number of swing states because there will be no paper ballots to verify the vote.
Here to discuss what we need to know and what we can do to ensure that our vote is not stolen are AlterNet's STEVE ROSENFELD, TechGrrl DEANNA ZANDT, and BO LIPARI Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting.
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By LisaG on October 1st, 2008 at 11:59 am
I was a software engineer for ten years. I can say unequivocally: if there is no clear paper trail of ballots that can be counted by other means both mechanical and human, the possibility of fraud is enormous and can be made virtually undetectable.
By whitebeard on October 1st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Stay with us. Coming up. Military families and Iraq Vets Against the War discuss whether there is a conflict of interest if a commander in chief has children fighting in foreign wars. McCain, Palin, and Biden all have children who are in Iraq or may be deployed to Iraq.
By GRITtv on October 1st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Watch this video, then go back and watch all ten parts. Steven Spoonamore is an IT security consultant for the financial industry. Using the same statistical analysis that they use to spot credit card fraud on election results around the country, he has identified clear evidence of election fraud. It’s a jaw-dropping interview. He explains exactly how it is done, exactly how easy it is, and who is likely to be doing it. The usual suspects, the GOP, are not on top of the list, believe it or not. Election fraud is a fact, and it is happening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lrFkRHrRDI
By getplaning on October 1st, 2008 at 3:25 pm