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Pokey Anderson has broadcast or published numerous reports on voting machine issues over the past four years. She co-produces a weekly news and analysis radio program, The Monitor on KPFT-Pacifica in Houston. A previous article was "Even a Remote Chance." She has done research with a number of authors, contributing to a Nation cover story on elections by Ronnie Dugger, and providing extensive research for a book on Enron's collapse by Mimi Swartz with Sherron Watkins. Her email address is Pokey at kpft.org.

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Friday, April 25, 2008
Obama Website Hacked
My favorite quote from this, below: Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies at Symantec Corp. and a noted researcher on electoral cybercrime, said the U.S. presidential candidates' campaigns were clueless about the threat to their Web sites. "There's just a general lack of awareness," said Friedrichs ...

Sunday, April 6, 2008
A Sampling of Misconceptions & Outright Lies About Elections
(1 comments) All of the statements found herein are false, at least part of the time. What we currently have is Voter Con instead of Voter Confidence. The country's "elected" officials have become unhinged and disconnected from what The People want.

Sunday, February 10, 2008
Diving Deep into the Mystery of Florida's Lost 100,000 Votes 2/10/08
Today's Guests & Commentary: -- MARJORIE COHN on Current Constitutional Issues -- Diving Deep into the Mystery of Florida's Lost 100,000 Votes, with SUSAN PYNCHON and KITTY GARBER

Monday, January 21, 2008
Who Counts in New Hampshire? And, are Diebold memory cards forgetful?
In this interview, Dori Smith of WHUS looks at aspects of voting system security. Both her state of Connecticut and the state of New Hampshire contract with the same vendor, LHS Associates. LHS sells, maintains, and provides memory cards (the electronic equivalent of the ballot box) for the Diebold optical scanners used in these states, as well as in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine.

Sunday, January 13, 2008
6:40 pm CDT: Monitor radio Tonight -Dori Smith looks at LHS and New Hampshire
A statewide recount of the NH primary is been scheduled to begin on Wednesday,called for by Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich and little-known Republican candidate Albert Howard.One reason for the recount was the stunning reversal of expectations in NH. Yet in the corporate media, important questions are going unasked:

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Surprising Democratic Primary Results in New Hampshire
(3 comments) The pundits speak for themselves and the NH results. [Live broadcast, evening of January 8, 2008, New Hampshire Public Radio. NHPR comments are notes by Pokey Anderson, typed as heard, but may not be word for word.]

Sunday, November 25, 2007
Tonight on KPFT: David Earnhardt and Mark Weisbrot
Monitor co-hostPokey Anderson welcomes our guest,DAVID EARNHARDT.David's work has been recognized with Emmy and other awards.His new film,UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections,is his first full-length documentary.It was just released a few weeks ago,and its premiere was to a sold-out audience in David's hometown, Nashville.It is available to individuals for purchase.Weisbrot will talk about social security.

Monday, September 17, 2007
Are Elections Very Important?
In '04,corporations,labor unions and interest groups spent more than $3 billion trying to influence the federal government,according to Center for Public Integrity.Example: Since'98,Lockheed Martin Corp.spent roughly $89 million on lobbying and received $94 billion in government contracts.Example:Big Pharma spent nearly $109 million & hired more than 800 lobbyists to ensure the passage of $535 billion Prescription Drug Bill.

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Listen Up! Today on KPFT: Judy Bertelsen on California election integrity developments
KPFT - Pacifica Radio listen online at www.kpft.org . . . in Houston, 90.1 FM 6 pm Central . . . 7 pm Eastern . . . . . 4 pm Pacific ARCHIVES If you miss a show, you can listen later. 1. Go to KPFT's archives at: http://archive.kpft.org 2. Or, go to the show's own website: www.TheMonitor.wordpress.com CO-HOSTS: Mark Bebawi, and Pokey Anderson

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Peering Through Chinks in the Armor of High-Tech Elections
(1 comments) one of the most comprehensive updates on election integrity we've seen in a while, and that's saying alot, because we've been publishing amazing articles lately

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