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Coyotl

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4. Black Box Voting » News Headlines » (CO) 11/2012 - COLORADO SETS THE STAGE FOR A BOGUS ELECTION -
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 12:22 AM
Nov 2012

Black Box Voting » News Headlines » (CO) 11/2012 - COLORADO SETS THE STAGE FOR A BOGUS ELECTION
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Posted on Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 10:21 am:


Colorado election integrity and transparency is now officially out the window, with a series of corruption protection rules and new laws.

1. Let's begin with the unflappable Donetta Davidson, who collaborated with convicted embezzler Jeffrey Dean(1) to remove voter privacy, through a contract specification that required him to redo his absentee mail software in order to embed a method to tie voted ballots to the voters. This shifty business, which now includes all absentee ballots cast on Hart eSlate machines, has led to a blockade on ALL Colorado election accounting records (see #4, below).

2. Next, in a move that has most of us scratching our heads, Colorado Sec. State Gessler proposed new rules in December 2011 to remove requirements for continuous video surveillance.(2) Though billed as "cost saving," note that most video surveillance nowadays is simply piped into digital files stored on a Web site. Since cameras are already installed, there is no significant cost savings in allowing non-continuous surveillance.

3. Sec. State Gessler also decided to reduce the number of seals on voting machines,(2) to the chagrin of election integrity groups like Voter Action, whose investigations and litigation demonstrated vulnerabilities requiring the seals in the first place. The "cost savings" in this measure can be counted in pennies.

4. A number of protective accounting measures crucial for evaluating election tampering have been taken off the table though a new law to block election-related public records examination.

Donetta Davidson led the lobbying for this law. Davidson had become a commissioner of the U.S. Election Assistence Commission, then took a step down to take over the Colorado Clerks Association. In this capacity she led a fight to block the media and citizens from examining the ballots. And no wonder: She knew that due to changes made under her administration, private companies had marks embedded on the ballots enabling them to harvest data tying votes to voters.

Thanks to a lawsuit by Colorado citizen Marilyn Marks, of The Citizen Center, sponsored and assisted by Black Box Voting, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed right to examine ballots. Marks was shocked when she discovered that identifying marks on the ballots allowed her to immediately associate every voted ballot with the voter who cast it. ....,.

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Thanks for your concern. Firebirds01 Oct 2012 #1
The next thing to factor in is other races and control of Congress Coyotl Nov 2012 #2
Romney's Halloween trick on Ohio voters Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower Coyotl Nov 2012 #3
Hightower is a great muckraker. I'm a subscriber to his newsletter. Missed this one, thanks. proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #20
Black Box Voting » News Headlines » (CO) 11/2012 - COLORADO SETS THE STAGE FOR A BOGUS ELECTION - Coyotl Nov 2012 #4
The onslaught has begun Floyd_Gondolli Nov 2012 #5
It's Bush PTSD + Voting machines 100% non-transparent, privately-owned + Hacking the Vote Video Coyotl Nov 2012 #9
I say if it's anywhere, it's Wisconsin. sadbear Nov 2012 #6
Free Press confirms installation, secret justification of uncertified last minute election tabulatio Coyotl Nov 2012 #7
Rachel Maddow had a list of election officials in charge by political party flamingdem Nov 2012 #8
...except that the State official DOESN'T COUNT THE VOTES brooklynite Nov 2012 #11
Yes but if the State official can get the counts, as the experimental patch is meant to do flamingdem Nov 2012 #14
I love trashing nonsense conspiracy theory threads. nt RomneyLies Nov 2012 #10
I bet you did really well in your graduate-level statistics courses Coyotl Nov 2012 #13
We have had 12 years since the selection of bush to fix this theft. dotymed Nov 2012 #12
When the election is close...it is subject to theft...Every vote counts? Not so much Supersedeas Nov 2012 #15
Oregon Department of Justice investigating potential ballot tampering at Clackamas County Elections Coyotl Nov 2012 #16
What about the Congress? Are Republicans rigging a U. S. Congressional Race? Coyotl Nov 2012 #17
Other close contests everywhere may be targets, e.g., Oregon Republican caught rigging voting Coyotl Nov 2012 #18
Is the GOP stealing Ohio? Uncertified, "experimental" software patches have been installed ... Coyotl Nov 2012 #19
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