BlackBox Blog-O-Lection -- IMPORTANT! -- Thurs. May 28, 2009

 For must-read, original reporting by Brad Friedman, with crucial details omitted by the Hawaiian press, hit this Bradlink: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7184 .  

AND NOW, the BLACKBOX BACKSTORY on the BRADSTORY:

Bradblog - May 28, 2009, by Brad Friedman -

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7184
"Paul DeGregorio's 'Everyone Counts' was paid to carry out fully unverifiable, unsecure Internet, phone election in Honolulu . . . As if the former U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) chair Paul DeGregorio hadn't done enough damage to our nation's electoral system during his disastrous reign as a commissioner from 2003 to 2007, it looks like he's now more than happy to cash in . . ."

REMOVING THE FRAMEWORK FOR DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS 

Like rats following the piper, most mainstream press articles write glowingly over this new concept, as if it were a foregone conclusion that all of America will vote this way soon. By the way, the "foregone conclusion" method can be found in propaganda manuals. Don't believe it and do not tolerate it. Write letters to the editor and bring your backbone to public meetings if you see this thing coming near you. 

The genius of democracy is dispersal of power. Consolidation of control under the EAC and secret, centralized counting under an Internet voting system combine to remove the framework for democratic elections.

While reading the Bradblog article, take note of how DeGregorio guts, propagandizes, and makes meaningless the term "transparency." This should serve as a reminder to ask for what we really want: Counting votes in public, with public controls in place.  

(And did Hawaii's Internet voting even work?) 

(HI) 5/09 - OVER 86 PERCENT CHOSE NOT TO E-VOTE - 

Beware of vendors bearing spin. Only 6.3 percent of Hawaii's eligible voters cast votes on the new Internet-or-phone voting system (as compared with 28 percent in a similar election previously). This was a record low turnout. And the vendor says:

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Bev Harris is executive director of Black Box Voting, Inc. an advocacy group committed to restoring citizen oversight to elections.

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