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Hackable Voting Machines Hacked in Ohio

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Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner revealed to the Columbus Dispatch that an investigation into electronic voting machines (ES&S iVotronic), used in Franklin County last fall, found that the machines were tampered with to remove a candidate name from the ballot.  Forensic investigators also found that the County failed to test the machines before use, as required by law, and that:

"a function that tracked changes to the machines was purposely turned off." 

That function is significant in a post-election audit or recount, as we found during our investigation in 2006.  At page 3 of this Recount Report, the "Real Time Audit Log" (RTAL) reported a "password override," indicating that the machine had been entered during the election.

These same machines failed minimum security standards when tested in the landmark study, Project EVEREST, the latest in a long line of studies  condemning computerized voting systems.

These same machines were used in Ohio's hotly disputed 2004 election, where questionable results from several precincts failed to result in criminal prosecutions. 

One precinct reported negative 25 million votes for John Kerry.  I personally believe that a patriotic hacker sent up a red flag by programming such a ridiculous outcome, in the hope that someone would investigate.  Apparently not. 

Other questionable results, like the Gahanna precinct that awarded Bush 3800 votes where only 600-some voters are registered, appear to have been hacked with the intent of throwing the election. No official investigating the 04 election found any wrongdoing.   

We have scientific evidence that the machines CAN be hacked; we have dubious outcomes; and we have motive.  This isn't rocket science; it's basic forensic investigation. 

Undeterred by science, politicians of all stripes move forward with plans to use wholly non-securable voting equipment which counts the vote in secret.  System guards, de facto leaders of the Left, urge us to continue in this charade called democratic elections. 

So ya thought ya  might like to go to the vote
to feel the warm thrill of confusion
that space cadet glow
I've got some bad news for you, Sunshine
The machines are all rigged, back in their crib
They sent in a throng to make sure you play along
We're gonna find out where the patriots stand...

            ~ Adapted from In the Flesh by Pink Floyd

It matters not to Government (a modern day euphemism for organized crime) that since 2000, the will of the People has been thwarted. 

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In 2004, Rady Ananda joined the growing community of citizen journalists. Initially focused on elections, she investigated the 2004 Ohio election, organizing, training and leading several forays into counties to photograph the 2004 ballots. She officially served at three recounts, including the 2004 recount. She also organized and led the team that audited Franklin County Ohio's 2006 election, proving the number of voter signatures did not match official results. Her work appears in three books.

Her blogs also address religious, gender, sexual and racial equality, as well as environmental issues; and are sprinkled with book and film reviews on various topics. She spent most of her working life as a researcher or investigator for private lawyers, and five years as an editor.

She graduated from The Ohio State University's School of Agriculture in December 2003 with a B.S. in Natural Resources.

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