When you introduce computers into the voting process this forces the citizens -
who own the government - to trust government insiders to tell the truth about
election results. That's intolerable. But family-run government manages to turn
even our rudimentary dog-and-pony-show checks and balances into a farce.
Citizens can see paper ballots counted in public at the polling place, but we
can't see what goes on inside a computer. Government insiders control those
computers, and in too many counties, these insiders are related to each other.
Intolerable. Farce.
That is not democracy.
WHAT ABOUT AUDITS?
The so-called "audits" in state and federal legislation are actually spot-checks, not audits. Unfortunately, it is difficult to do an actual audit of any kind in the short time between Election Night and the mandatory election certification deadlines. Real audits take months, and they don't just check whether numbers add up -- they examine whether procedures were followed and look at chain of custody, called "segregation of duties."
Random spot checks like those done in Minnesota, Arizona, and North Carolina are better than nothing but they won't really stop insider fraud. Government
insiders control chain of custody for the very election items that are spot-checked. There are no outside sources for documents, like banks or merchants, just the one source: the government insiders who hold all the keys. Spot checks use records handed over by county insiders, the same people who control access to ballot warehouses and custody of all the logs.
CITIZEN CONTROL OVER ELECTIONS
Citizen control is the inalienable birthright that the "Trust Me" model tramples. The Declaration of Independence states that The People have the right to "alter or abolish" our government. A milder form of this is to alter our governors. There are really only two ways to do this: through elections or using the method of 1776.
Try this: Ask the king of elections in the land where you live if he can secure
his laptop from himself. The answer is always the same: "You have to trust us."
Next time you hear the words "You Have To Trust," please bust out laughing.
IS THERE ANY PLACE FOR "TRUST ME" ELECTIONS IN AMERICA?
It's unfair to ask citizens to become clairvoyants, trying to guess whether they
should or should not "trust" a bunch of insiders, especially when they happen to be related to each other. It is the duty of the government to "protect and secure" the rights of The People. Forcing us to trust insiders does not secure and protect our rights.
We need to look at these things as structural issues, and put structures in place to protect the rights of The People.
THREE ACTIONS TO CLEAN UP NEPOTISM
At least, get the farce out of the way. It may take longer to correct the intolerable.
Cleaning up nepotism is one area where reforms may be achieved quickly. By
itself, this won't give you elections you can trust, but it will reclaim meaningful territory.
who own the government - to trust government insiders to tell the truth about
election results. That's intolerable. But family-run government manages to turn
even our rudimentary dog-and-pony-show checks and balances into a farce.
Citizens can see paper ballots counted in public at the polling place, but we
can't see what goes on inside a computer. Government insiders control those
computers, and in too many counties, these insiders are related to each other.
Intolerable. Farce.
That is not democracy.
WHAT ABOUT AUDITS?
Random spot checks like those done in Minnesota, Arizona, and North Carolina are better than nothing but they won't really stop insider fraud. Government
insiders control chain of custody for the very election items that are spot-checked. There are no outside sources for documents, like banks or merchants, just the one source: the government insiders who hold all the keys. Spot checks use records handed over by county insiders, the same people who control access to ballot warehouses and custody of all the logs.
CITIZEN CONTROL OVER ELECTIONS
Citizen control is the inalienable birthright that the "Trust Me" model tramples. The Declaration of Independence states that The People have the right to "alter or abolish" our government. A milder form of this is to alter our governors. There are really only two ways to do this: through elections or using the method of 1776.
Try this: Ask the king of elections in the land where you live if he can secure
his laptop from himself. The answer is always the same: "You have to trust us."
Next time you hear the words "You Have To Trust," please bust out laughing.
IS THERE ANY PLACE FOR "TRUST ME" ELECTIONS IN AMERICA?
It's unfair to ask citizens to become clairvoyants, trying to guess whether they
should or should not "trust" a bunch of insiders, especially when they happen to be related to each other. It is the duty of the government to "protect and secure" the rights of The People. Forcing us to trust insiders does not secure and protect our rights.
We need to look at these things as structural issues, and put structures in place to protect the rights of The People.
THREE ACTIONS TO CLEAN UP NEPOTISM
At least, get the farce out of the way. It may take longer to correct the intolerable.
Cleaning up nepotism is one area where reforms may be achieved quickly. By
itself, this won't give you elections you can trust, but it will reclaim meaningful territory.
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