BRAD BLOG: Diebold and Florida Scramble to Cover Their Collective Asses...

[BradBlog]

Diebold and Florida Scramble to Cover Their Collective Asses...
As AP Reports on Devasting Leon County, FL Diebold Voting Machine Hack
PLUS: Only One Class Action Fraud Complaint Has Been Filed Against Diebold So Far, Not Two as Mis-Reported Elsewhere...

AP has finally taken note of the Leon County, FL hack test. The extraordinary test election which was entirely flipped last Tuesday.

In the bargain -- in light of that devasting test, after which the Elections Director of Leon County reportedly vowed to never allow Diebold's machine to be used in another election and has requested funds to replace all of Diebold's voting machines -- and along with the Securities Fraud suit that was filed against Diebold on the same day, Diebold's PR machine has kicked into overdrive. Though their normal spokesman, David Bear, normally in charge of lying about things having to do with their Voting Machines has been notably missing in action, Diebold has been issuing press releases and sending letters in an attempt to counter and distract from the devastating news of late. And the State of Florida is similarly scrambling to find someone else to blame as well...

Also, we try to clear up the confusion of whether a second Fraud complaint has been launced (so far) against Diebold as has been widely misreported...

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002163.htm

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[Hotler]

1. I'll drink to that! n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

18. Diebold is so fucked.

Results of the test aside, the litigation will ensure that nobody will want to touch their machines with a 10 foot pole. (Well, nobody but Republican election officials, anyway.)

[dusty64]

19. Hopefully

evidence of massive vote fraud will emerge and their secret software will be exposed. Fingers crossed!

[radio4progressives]

2. Kicked and Recommeneded.. thank you!

:hi: :thumbsup:

[radio4progressives]

3. deleted duplicate

[radio4progressives]

4. self delete triplicate

[Wilms]

5. And this other gem from Brad.

Detailed MAINSTREAM MEDIA Coverage of the Leon County Hack!

by Brad on 12/15/2005 @ 3:46pm PT...

Excellent detailed coverage of the Leon County hack situation, as discussed in the previous item in reference to AP's coverage and the scramble by both Diebold and Florida to cover their asses. Had I seen the Herald report prior to AP, I would have pointed to it instead. Has been a busy day...

Please read Miami Herald's excellent article therefore, before moving to my analysis of Diebold/Florida's attempted ass-covering in the previous BRAD BLOG item. Here's some of the key points from the Herald :

A political operative with hacking skills could alter the results of any election on Diebold-made voting machines -- and possibly other new voting systems in Florida -- according to the state capital's election supervisor, who said Diebold software has failed repeated tests.

Ion Sancho, Leon County's election chief, said tests by two computer experts, completed this week, showed that an insider could surreptitiously change vote results and the number of ballots cast on Diebold's optical-scan machines.

After receiving county commission approval Tuesday, Sancho scrapped Diebold's system for one made by Elections Systems and Software

...

''That's kind of scary. If there's no paper trail, you have to rely solely on electronic results. And now we know that they can be manipulated under the right conditions, without a person even leaving a fingerprint,'' said Sancho, who once headed the state's elections supervisors association.
...
When the debate hit fever pitch before last year's presidential election, many conservatives said questions about the machinery were a liberal ploy to undermine confidence in the voting system.

Sancho agrees that good security is key, but said he's not sure he won't also have problems with the $1.3 million ES&S system, which he'll also test.


snip

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002164.htm

[EC]

9. ES&S isn't any better.. n/t

[Wilms]

12. And this other gem from EC.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5608952&mesg_id=5610040

[leftchick]

17. try a pen and paper

it works just fine for Canada.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Thanks for the update. I hope other states chime in on this

[rosesaylavee]

7. I'll drink to that too.

This is as good if not better than Rovegate...

Question: Does this qualify as a 'GATE' and if so, what will we call it?

:popcorn: :beer:

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. K & R - be sure to read the original at BradBlog - follow the links

in it to read the AP story on this (at USA today site) and more.

Thank you, Brad! You've provided a steady beacon of bright light throughout the whole electronic voting fraud saga.
:patriot: :loveya: :yourock:

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Thanks for all your hard work in this fight

Hearing the hypocriacy from Bush about the Iraqi's voting when many here in our own country are turned away and/or their votes not counted. Thank you all for your hard work who's working on this. :hug:

:kick:

[Dunvegan]

11. I'm a CISSP...

...a Certified Informations Systems Security Professional and a partner in a security consulting firm located in the Beltway.

I've spoken at both InfoWarCon in Washington DC and at DefCon XI.

Any one in my line of business could tell you that any code written by a human can be altered/broken by another person.

That's the game of "leapfrog" we play each and every day.

There should NEVER be computerized voting machines...even with receipts, it's an entirely dicey proposition.

Enough already.

[Kurovski]

13. K&R (nt)

[EFerrari]

14. This is the same AP that called us "dissidents"

last December when we raised the issue?

Sweet.

:evilgrin:

On edit: The same AP that called us dissidents WHILE the CEO gave a keynote in Hollywood urging journalism students to learn from the internets. :crazy:

[BradBlog]

20. "Dissidents" indeed!

Thanks for that reminder sfexpat2000! I'd forgotten about that!

Went back and did a search for the words "Dissidents" and "AP" and took a nice trip through memory lane of last year this time.

Here was AP's report in which we were labelled "dissidents":
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6707124/

And here was my BRAD BLOG article that mentioned it for the first time (was mentioned many times thereafter :-)
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001048.htm

Quoting from that report specifically:

Furthermore, we'll note that, as of this hour, according to AP, those objecting and writing about questionable Election Results in Ohio and elsewhere are now officially described as "dissidents".

"Dissidents" is a step up, we suppose, from "conspiracy theorists" and "leftwing bloggers", and frankly...sounds a bit Ukranian.

So we'll take it.

:-) Seems so long ago...

Brad

[EFerrari]

21. Yes, it does. LOL! And I remember "Ukranian" now!

:)

[ngGale]

15. Excellent....

so we don't wear tinfoil?:popcorn:

[EFerrari]

16. Or, we wear it very well.

:tinfoilhat:

[Al-CIAda]

22. .

[lpbk2713]

23. Leon county is where the state capitol (Tallahassee) is.

Makes me wonder if Jebbie (the Simian Sibling) was involved, and to what extent?

[RepublicanElephant]

24. so what are all the dem secretaries of state going to do about this?

'cause we know the repubs won't do spit about it.