Ulster County Legislator Gary Bischoff, who chairs the Efficiency, Reform and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, asserts:
Our democracy depends on citizens to express their will and choices in a repeatable, fair and reliable election.
Pokey Anderson of Houston’s radio news show, The Monitor, writes to the Court:
While there has always been manipulation in elections, the difference between stealing in a hand-counted paper ballot election and an electronic election is the difference between successfully robbing a convenience store and successfully robbing Fort Knox.
She goes on to quote others, starting with former National Security Agency code-breaker, Michael Wertheimer:
If you believe, as I do, that voting is one of our critical infrastructures, then you have to defend it like you do your power grid, your water supply.
And computer security professional Dr. David Dill:
Think about it rationally. What are the assets being protected? If we're talking presidential elections or control of Congress, there aren't a lot of assets in this world in monetary terms that are worth more than that. You're talking about the whole US economy.
And another computer security professional, Bruce O’Dell:
The technology to invisibly compromise voting systems is mature and the rewards are essentially limitless. It’s professionally irresponsible to not presume vulnerable extreme-high-value systems are already actively being exploited.
Peacemakers of NY Schoharie County supports the proposition that
Federal election ballots could be hand counted in 2008 (and Peacemakers) commits to participating in the hand counting of ballots.
Wayne Stinson promises, “We will actively promote other citizens’ engagement in the process.”
Parallel Elections use a hand-counted paper ballot system, and are run outside of an official polling site.PE organizer and national speaker, Judy Alter, then analyzes the difference between official results and voter reports of how they voted.She writes:
We will continue to hold parallel elections and train others to do the same so that we can demonstrate the [computerized] assault on our democracy.
Karen Charman of the Ulster County Shandaken Democrat Club recognizes the precarious position in which computerized voting systems puts us:
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nice job, rady! you stitched together the various amici in a very clear manner. it's a very compelling case. everyone's eyes should be on this case. so much will come out of it, affecting 2008, NY, and beyond.
thank you!
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Joan Brunwasser (138 articles, 3422 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 597 comments)
on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11:50:12 PM
that someone this talented and competent is working on what might be the single most important issue in restoring our democratic/republic to the hands of the people. Another gem of an article Rady Ananda.
We get back the vote, we cure a majority of our problems.
Now if we can only do something about the M$M...
If voting could cahnge things they'd make it illegal.
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Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 1425 comments)
on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 11:27:04 AM
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