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Whitley County, Kentucky: Taking a stand for fair elections

By Kathleen Wynne, Black Box Voting Activist  Posted by Joan Brunwasser (about the submitter)       (Page 2 of 2 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   1 comment
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"For all the talking points of elections officials about pre-election testing, post-LAT testing, parallel testing, ITA certification, etc., the ONLY relevant question is WHAT WAS THE MACHINE TOLD TO DO ON ELECTION DAY ITSELF?

"We don't doubt that the machines CAN count correctly...We wonder what they were told to do on election day that causes either a malfunction (because computers are so complicated and literal) or causes a fraud (because computers will do ANYTHING)."

The machines in use were Hart Intercivic DREs. The evidenciary phase of this case has not been opened yet, but when candidates from two parties join together to file a joint lawsuit, red flags go up like the Fourth of July.

Seven candidates. Two lawyers. One ordinary citizen with firm resolve.

This is an example of what you can accomplish. Now, to expand on this: We cannot overstate the importance of getting involved and gathering real evidence. Evidence = photographs, audio recordings, video, and public records.

There are no small elections. Every election represents the integrity of the machinery and the procedures for the jurisdiction itself. If there is a problem with a local race, you can't have confidence in any race above it.

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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