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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Why Local Elections Matter and Why Curious Have to Watch Their Backs Citizen oversight and access to information is our best hope for long term integrity in elections. We proved our case about voting machines -- and Russell Simons/Simon Ardizzone memorialized that in "Hacking Democracy." Now let's walk the walk with citizen oversight. Every lead story at Black Box Voting for the rest of the year will feature CITIZENS on the front lines doing election oversight.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007Why Local Elections Matter and Why Curious Have to Watch Their Backs Citizen oversight and access to information is our best hope for long term integrity in elections. We proved our case about voting machines -- and Russell Simons/Simon Ardizzone memorialized that in "Hacking Democracy." Now let's walk the walk with citizen oversight. Every lead story at Black Box Voting for the rest of the year will feature CITIZENS on the front lines doing election oversight.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Riverside Rides Again... Tom Courbat is an ordinary guy who consistently commits extraodinary acts of citizenship along with several other salt-of-the-earth types who assemble in Riverside County, CA under the name "SAV R VOTE." They are part of a growing number of American citizens who have discovered that a handful of common-sense individuals can literally move mounains to improve election integrity.
Thursday, March 15, 2007Riverside Rides Again... Tom Courbat is an ordinary guy who consistently commits extraodinary acts of citizenship along with several other salt-of-the-earth types who assemble in Riverside County, CA under the name "SAV R VOTE." They are part of a growing number of American citizens who have discovered that a handful of common-sense individuals can literally move mounains to improve election integrity.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Response to Avi Rubin's Support for Holt HR 811 I was very surprised to see that you were involved in writing this bill, since the absolute prohibition against any undisclosed firmware, and the resulting unlegislatable complications due to such firmware being owned by foreign companies, certainly IS in your area of expertise.
Sunday, February 18, 2007Response to Avi Rubin's Support for Holt HR 811 I was very surprised to see that you were involved in writing this bill, since the absolute prohibition against any undisclosed firmware, and the resulting unlegislatable complications due to such firmware being owned by foreign companies, certainly IS in your area of expertise.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
At Least Do No Harm The objective is to get real election integrity, which means focusing on getting the person installed in office that the voters actually voted for (as well as making sure eligible people can vote).
Wednesday, February 14, 2007At Least Do No Harm The objective is to get real election integrity, which means focusing on getting the person installed in office that the voters actually voted for (as well as making sure eligible people can vote).
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
A Point by Point Look at the Increase in Election Executive Branch Influence under Holt Elections are the mechanism through which the citizenry conveys its instructions to the government, and therefore, elections must provide full freedom of access to information to all citizens, which includes access to the information needed to validate and audit the election. Without this, it is only a matter of time before our system of government crumbles.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007A Point by Point Look at the Increase in Election Executive Branch Influence under Holt Elections are the mechanism through which the citizenry conveys its instructions to the government, and therefore, elections must provide full freedom of access to information to all citizens, which includes access to the information needed to validate and audit the election. Without this, it is only a matter of time before our system of government crumbles.
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
What's Wrong with Holt II (HR 811) You may have received one of the mass e-mails today from Common Cause or PFAW urging you to support hurried passage of the new Holt Bill. Below is a concise list of problems with the bill. And you should know that:
Thursday, February 8, 2007What's Wrong with Holt II (HR 811) You may have received one of the mass e-mails today from Common Cause or PFAW urging you to support hurried passage of the new Holt Bill. Below is a concise list of problems with the bill. And you should know that:
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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
More from Ohio: The Vu Memos - Cuyahoga Elections Director conversations with the prosecutor The allegations that the recount of Cuyahoga County's presidential vote was conducted in violation of the spirit and letter of Ohio law are serious. When precincts are pre-counted, and discarded by election officials in violation of State law, the Secretary of State's directive, and theBoard's own Standard Procedures, the integrity of the entire process is called into question.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007More from Ohio: The Vu Memos - Cuyahoga Elections Director conversations with the prosecutor The allegations that the recount of Cuyahoga County's presidential vote was conducted in violation of the spirit and letter of Ohio law are serious. When precincts are pre-counted, and discarded by election officials in violation of State law, the Secretary of State's directive, and theBoard's own Standard Procedures, the integrity of the entire process is called into question.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
HAVA- The road to the boondoggle was paved with good intentions Question: What happens if you lobby a lawmaker for $4 billion in expenditures for touch-screen (DRE) voting machines and go back to that same lawmaker two years later asking to dump DREs? Answer: You lose credibility. It might be hard to lobby for other things. It's politically embarrassing. And your members, or funders, might have a few questions to ask about the prudence of your lobbying expenditures.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007HAVA- The road to the boondoggle was paved with good intentions Question: What happens if you lobby a lawmaker for $4 billion in expenditures for touch-screen (DRE) voting machines and go back to that same lawmaker two years later asking to dump DREs? Answer: You lose credibility. It might be hard to lobby for other things. It's politically embarrassing. And your members, or funders, might have a few questions to ask about the prudence of your lobbying expenditures.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
VT Board spurns voting scanner, wants to stick with hand counts BBV perspective on this article: Note the difference in tone in this hand count paper ballot town. One might almost call it "The Joy of Voting". It's refreshing, and calls to mind the great American spirit. Note also that the price quote for the Diebold AccuVote Scanner here is $4500, which is $2000 less than the quote for the same machine in Londonderry (NH) and Marlborough (MA).
Monday, January 22, 2007VT Board spurns voting scanner, wants to stick with hand counts BBV perspective on this article: Note the difference in tone in this hand count paper ballot town. One might almost call it "The Joy of Voting". It's refreshing, and calls to mind the great American spirit. Note also that the price quote for the Diebold AccuVote Scanner here is $4500, which is $2000 less than the quote for the same machine in Londonderry (NH) and Marlborough (MA).
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Let's Hear it for Freedom of Information Requests! Black Box Voting is involved in a sweeping nationwide set of Freedom of Information requests designed to shed more light on the business relationships between voting machine vendors and the elections officials using the equipment. The records are beginning to pour in. Here are two sets of records we thought you might be interested in, in Ohio and New Hampshire:
Wednesday, January 10, 2007Let's Hear it for Freedom of Information Requests! Black Box Voting is involved in a sweeping nationwide set of Freedom of Information requests designed to shed more light on the business relationships between voting machine vendors and the elections officials using the equipment. The records are beginning to pour in. Here are two sets of records we thought you might be interested in, in Ohio and New Hampshire:
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Thursday, January 4, 2007
"Request by Voters" Campaign for Election Reform Catches Fire Since launching our "Request by Voters" campaign three days ago, we have already received affirmations of support from more than 1,000 individual and group signers. Here is the online petition. Jump aboard!
Thursday, January 4, 2007"Request by Voters" Campaign for Election Reform Catches Fire Since launching our "Request by Voters" campaign three days ago, we have already received affirmations of support from more than 1,000 individual and group signers. Here is the online petition. Jump aboard!
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Election Forum: the Vote Counters vs. "We the People" First,they threw away the citizens' fundamental civil right to oversee elections properly.Then,they strong-armed reluctant local elections officials into buying insecure and unauditable voting machines,at staggering cost to the taxpayers.Now that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has blasted the DRE technology, they say it will be too costly to rectify the situation. Who is 'they"?
Tuesday, December 5, 2006Election Forum: the Vote Counters vs. "We the People" First,they threw away the citizens' fundamental civil right to oversee elections properly.Then,they strong-armed reluctant local elections officials into buying insecure and unauditable voting machines,at staggering cost to the taxpayers.Now that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has blasted the DRE technology, they say it will be too costly to rectify the situation. Who is 'they"?
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Election Bulletin: Mail-in vote problems, what to do to safeguard your mail-in vote! Mail-in ballots are counted by voting machines. In some locations, they are actually entered into touch-screens! In most locations, they are counted by optical scan machines, and some of these (Diebold) have crucial checks and balances disabled. This article exposes several problems with mail-in voting, and tells you what you can do to protect your mail-in vote.
Saturday, October 28, 2006Election Bulletin: Mail-in vote problems, what to do to safeguard your mail-in vote! Mail-in ballots are counted by voting machines. In some locations, they are actually entered into touch-screens! In most locations, they are counted by optical scan machines, and some of these (Diebold) have crucial checks and balances disabled. This article exposes several problems with mail-in voting, and tells you what you can do to protect your mail-in vote.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Dear Black Box Voting: Why are you against advanced technology? Inside access to handcounted paper ballot systems,if the systems lack certain simple checks&balances, allows tampering through approximately half a dozen attack points on a small-scale basis.Inside access to electronic voting systems,if ALL procedures aren't followed to the letter,& I guarantee you they are NOT followed at all consistently, allows wholesale access to as many as 1,000,000 votes at a time by a single person.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006Dear Black Box Voting: Why are you against advanced technology? Inside access to handcounted paper ballot systems,if the systems lack certain simple checks&balances, allows tampering through approximately half a dozen attack points on a small-scale basis.Inside access to electronic voting systems,if ALL procedures aren't followed to the letter,& I guarantee you they are NOT followed at all consistently, allows wholesale access to as many as 1,000,000 votes at a time by a single person.
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Dear Black Box Voting: How about these ideas for citizen actions? Re: parallel elections Being 100-200 feet from an elections office and taking the time to fill out the parallel election ballot and notarize it with the notes of why you weren't allowed to vote should represent great evidence for charges of voter disenfranchisement. It is no longer hearsay or a generality without specifices anymore.
Thursday, October 12, 2006Dear Black Box Voting: How about these ideas for citizen actions? Re: parallel elections Being 100-200 feet from an elections office and taking the time to fill out the parallel election ballot and notarize it with the notes of why you weren't allowed to vote should represent great evidence for charges of voter disenfranchisement. It is no longer hearsay or a generality without specifices anymore.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Dear Black Box Voting: Letter from a concerned voter in Florida "My primary question is what are we going to do with all of this information that we are gathering?Do we have a legal strategy or plan?"
Wednesday, October 11, 2006Dear Black Box Voting: Letter from a concerned voter in Florida "My primary question is what are we going to do with all of this information that we are gathering?Do we have a legal strategy or plan?"
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Monday, August 14, 2006
What YOU can do for election reform NOW Citizens are concerned. They want to know what they can do. Here's your chance to get started on meaningful elections reform action that will make a real difference in November.
Monday, August 14, 2006What YOU can do for election reform NOW Citizens are concerned. They want to know what they can do. Here's your chance to get started on meaningful elections reform action that will make a real difference in November.
