Electronic Voting Machine manufacturer pays state $245,000 after causing election havoc

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Thursday August 24, 2006 · 7:40 AM PDT

2006/08/24 · 07:40

Election Systems & Software agreed to pay $245,000 to the State of Indiana after its electronic voting machines caused some of the worst election irregularities in the state's history. Johnson County Clerk Jill Jackson said "The primary election was a disaster for this company". She goes on to say, "Their performance (in the primary) was absolutely abysmal."

One of the primary concerns surrounding Electronic Voting Machines is the many of them lack Voter Verifiable Paper Records (VVPRs). Since there is no physical proof of the voter's intention, it is impossible verify that votes were added to the correct candidate, not to mention performing a recount in a tight or contested race. This realization is even more sinister when you consider the testimonies of countless computer science professors who are adamant that these Electronic Voting Machines are extremely easy to hack into and manipulate. Corruption is rampant in the newly emerging election "industry", with the victim being none other than our valued democracy.

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Help Pete Ashdown restore our Digital Fair-Use Rights! Update: Ashdown's banners snatched

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Tuesday August 22, 2006 · 1:13 PM PDT

2006/08/22 · 13:13

Pete Ashdown, the Progressive Democratic candidate for the UT-Sen, is catching up to Orrin Hatch, the GOP senator notorious for his anti-consumer actions. These include pushing the INDUCE act, which would effectively outlaw the internet and personal computers, giving unprecedented legal power to the entertainment monopolies (the RIAA and the MPAA).

Hatch is also the freak who advocated destroying the PCs of filesharers. Six more years of Hatch means your computer is going to start phoning home to RIAA/MPAA corporate headquarters telling them what songs you're listening to and what movies you're watching. Hatch has got to go, and Pete Ashdown is our best and only hope. Please help Pete restore our Digital Rights! Read More

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