MD State Sen. calls for public hearings into Gov. admin re: SAIC report

[dmr]

This looks like someone we should embrace! I just sent him an email of support (email addy at end of post).

Please read the full article! You will be pleased.

State keeping quiet on flaws in machines
by Steven T. Dennis and Thomas Dennison
Staff Writers

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Oct. 1, 2003

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Critics questioned the decision to retain the Diebold system, as well as the withholding of more than 100 pages of the report from the public over concerns that the redacted material could provide a road map for election fraud.

Senate Judicial Proceedings Chairman Brian E. Frosh (D-Dist. 16) of Chevy Chase called for public hearings into the report and ripped the Ehrlich administration for keeping so much of it secret.

"There seems to me to be a fundamental contradiction between their statement that they are fixing the security issues and they can't release the report because of security concerns," he said. "Either it is secure or not."

Frosh said the public needs to have confidence in the voting system.

"You don't inspire confidence by saying, 'We know we have a lousy system but we're going to fix and it, and by the way, we're not going to tell you all the problems we've found and how we are fixing them,'" he said. "It looks terrible. It looks like you are trying to hide something."

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Rubin likened the decision to implement the system despite the risks to parents continuing to use a defective car seat that could kill their children. He said it would be far better to use a well-designed system than to retrofit a litany of security procedures onto what he termed the poorly designed Diebold product.

More ....

http://www.gazette.net/200340/montgomerycty/state/180200-1.html

Info on Senator Frosh:

http://www.democratstatesenates.com/profile.asp?ID=7183

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12167.html

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[Frances]

1. Until last year when I moved to California

Brian Frosh represented me. He is a great guy!

[Generic Other]

2. Good news for Maryland!

Like Rubin's comparison of BBV machines to a defective infant car seat.

Recall the damn machines!! Then reconsider the whole damn idea!

[dmr]

5. I liked that analogy also

Maybe putting it that way will help some put this all into the proper perspective.

[shirlden]

3. I e-mailed the Senator

Thanking him for requesting the public hearings. You need not be a resident of Maryland to cheer him on.


:kick:

[RedEagle]

4. Sounds like great news!

Good catch dmr.

Keep this kicked so everyone sees it!

[Bushfire]

6. Kick

off the 4th page. Brian E. Frosh (D-Dist. 16) of Chevy Chase is standing up for Democracy.