Reply #312: Response

[Nederland]

I'm not really sure why this is such a big deal, but since I have nothing to hide I'll answer your questions.

My "connection" to the industry consists of the fact that three of my former co-workers currently work at Hart Intercivic. One individual is a project manager and my former boss, and the other two are developers. We all worked together at a little dot com startup called NetDelivery, now a dot-bomb barely hanging on with a new name and a much smaller set of employees. Because of the twenty or so developers that worked at NetDelivery but now work elsewhere, I suppose it can be said that I also have "connections" to the medical imaging industry, the web site development industry, the aerospace industry, and the telecommunications industry. Gosh, I didn't realize how well connected and influential I was until just now </sarcasm>.

As for why I think Bev&Crew have got to come up with "actual proof" of vote fraud in order to be taken seriously, I guess its because I'm sick and tired of my fellow Democrats looking like complete idiots and conspiracy freaks. The post above where DEMActivist actually claims that I am lying about where I work and the very existence of my former boss without any proof whatsoever other than his wild imagination is a classic example of this. Here's a hint: if you want to be taken seriously, you need proof, not speculation. In any case you are misrepresenting me because unlike Fredda, I actually agree with much of what Bev has to say. I do believe she has proof that the Diebold product sucks, I just don't think she has proof that any elections were rigged (at least, I haven't seen any yet). As a result, I think calling this "bigger than Watergate" is a bit overstated.

Finally, my former co-workers have only worked in this space for less than a year, and their role is simply to develop software. As for me, while I've several years of experience involving cryptography and secure systems, I've never worked in the voting machine industry. All told I've worked in the software industry for 14 years now.

Hope that answers your questions.