New Jersey Says YES to CRAPPY FIXED ELECTIONS

General — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:19:59 +0000

THANKS NEW JERSEY, IT”S NOT JUST YOUR NORTHERN AREAS THAT SMELL LIKE CRAP ANYMORE….NOW IT’S THE WHOLE STATE.

N.J. Bows to Sequoia Pressure
By Roy Mark
2008-03-19

County election officials drop plans for an independent third-party review of e-voting machines.

Bowing to legal pressure from Sequoia Voting Systems, New Jersey election officials decided March 18 to pull their request for Princeton University researchers to conduct an independent analysis of Sequoia’s e-voting machines.

The request originally came after Union County, N.J., officials reported some of Sequoia’s AVC Advantage machines reported incorrect party vote totals in New Jersey’s Feb. 5 presidential primary election. According to New Jersey voting officials, the ancillary party totals had no effect on the cast vote records on the voting machines.

Sequoia blamed the party total vote variances on poll worker error. "This scenario takes place through an unusual sequence of poll worker actions on the control panel of the Advantage that does not follow the prescribed election and machine procedures," Sequoia said in a Feb. 28 statement.

Nevertheless, Union County officials asked noted Princeton e-voting researchers Ed Felten and Andrew Appel to analyze the Sequoia machines for possible vulnerabilities, a request that prompted Sequoia to send a letter to Union County threatening legal action if the machines were turned over Princeton.

Unlike more modern touch-screen machines, Sequoia’s Advantage uses push buttons and lamps. The machines are scheduled to be widely used in the key April 11 Pennsylvania primary. The machines have been in use since the early 1980s and, according to Sequoia, they have been vigorously tested by both federal and state authorities.

Sequoia claims that turning over the machines for a third-party analysis would be a violation of the county’s licensing agreement with Sequoia. The company also sent an e-mail to Felten threatening litigation.

"Certain New Jersey election officials have stated that they plan to send to you one or more Sequoia Advantage voting machines for analysis," Edwin Smith, Sequoia’s vice president of compliance, wrote in the e-mail. "I want to make you aware that if the County does so, it violates their established Sequoia licensing Agreement for use of the voting system."

The e-mail adds, "Sequoia has also retained counsel to stop any infringement of our intellectual properties, including any non-compliant analysis."

Sequoia also issued a statement on its Web site noting licensing agreements are standard practice in the technology industry. "Sequoia does not support any and all unauthorized activities that violate or circumvent our product licensing agreements," the company states. "Sequoia will vigorously protect and defend its intellectual property and enforcement of established licensing agreements."

Last year, Appel and his Princeton students obtained a Sequoia Advantage machine for analysis and found the machine’s digital lock could be easily picked and that non-soldered ROM chips could be removed. Sequoia countered that such tampering would trigger an alarm at the company’s headquarters.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Shut Up About Election Fraud.

General — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:07:32 +0000

Bev Harris of Black Box Voting has been tracking election issues for the 2008 caucuses and primaries. She is following New Hampshire’s chain of custody and has has found that the ballot boxes seals which are supposed to ensure non tampering peel right off and can be put back on without a trace. Brad Friedman of Bradblog has pointed out the local media whitewash in New Hampshire regarding the hand count. The Secretary of State of NH, Bill Gardner doesn’t seem to care or worry that memory cards for his diebold machines are missing. Gardner seems to have no respect for anyone in his state and seems to think the hand recount is going just fine, when a quick look at the state’s own statistics shows this to be a lie. Ron Paul’s campaign has called for a Nevada postponement due to ongoing electoral process problems. This is really just the beginning of the long 2008 election fraud train.

If you want to know just how little our rulers think of us, just look at Time magazine’s cover this week "It’s the Voters, Stupid’. A play on the phrase coined by the Bill Clinton campaign of 1992, "It’s the economy, stupid!". If you feel a bit insulted by the phrase but don’t know why, that is intentional mind play on the part of some very shrewd word smiths…..stupid! Time Magazine solves the mystery of exit and other polls that don’t quite work out by explaining to us: "Forget the experts. Forget the polls. How the American people defied the odds, upended expectations and gave us a real race." So to recap – up is down and down is up and you, the American voter showed them, didn’t you! People love the underdog and they love being a part of the process of having the underdog win. This is the incredible double think that is given to us by Time. As if any of the "major campaigners" have any difference at all. As if there’s an underdog.

Americans want out of the Iraq war and this is what they’re given to choose from by the Media/Military/Pharma/Big Business machine – candidates who are all for the war. Meanwhile, don’t look at Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich, the only 2 candidates who voted against the war and the Patriot Act and continue to be for and of the people, because you won’t really see them on major media. Watch the left hand, don’t look at the right…..

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Every vote counts, especially when you’re stealing them….

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New Jersey Says YES to CRAPPY FIXED ELECTIONS

Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Shut Up About Election Fraud.