To be even more realistic, the citizen and his computer expert will also be allowed to select, purchase, "certify" and "audit" their own computerized voting machines, prior to the hacking test, and further we must all with a straight face refer to this citizen and his computer hacking expert with their purchasing/choosing powers as the election "authorities." Finally, if there is even a hint that anyone is on to this huge conflict of interest, the hacker or rigger should immediately be able to condemn such citizens for damaging the confidence of the public in our elections, persuading members of the public to look the other way rather than follow their instincts to defend democracy.
POST-CHALLENGE IMPLICATIONS
Just think: the government gets all of its money and power from the voters and yet Supervisor Stone and other government officials have the audacity to turn the bright lights of suspicion upon THE VOTERS, or We the People, the "masters" of this representative democracy. Shame on them. It is truly unbelievable what the servants are telling us these days, especially the idea that the government need not openly count votes to prove that they truly have earned the "consent of the governed" without which they have no legitimacy whatsoever under our American system.
Ultimately, it is astounding indeed that any politician, VOTING ON THEIR OWN RE-ELECTION CONDITIONS, would approve of secret counts of the votes on electronic equipment. The claimed justification of "trade secrecy" is invalid, but in any case arises from a contract to purchase and there was NEVER an open on the record vote to approve secret vote counting. This due process violation is serious, because if secret vote counting ever came to an open vote, the public would rebel at any politician who approved of hiding the ball from the public. To amplify this point, I commissioned a Zogby poll in August 2006 that found that fully 92% of the American public preferred a voting system that allows the public "to observe vote counting and obtain information" on vote counting. http://www.zogby.com/News/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1163
Those who approve of this no-public-oversight electronic elections system where the government purports to "audit" itself and watchdog itself are pulling the wool over the public's eyes. If they are serious, then they must also think that not only did Arthur Anderson do a great job auditing Enron, but that Enron could do a great job auditing Enron, because that's what you have when the government vouches for its own election results. "We the People" are an indispensable part of observing vote counting. Anyone who acts otherwise, as Riverside County does, acts against the wishes (as shown in the Zogby poll above) of every single demographic in the country.
THE CALL TO ACCEPT THE COUNTER-CHALLENGE
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