The summary of the conference is:
1) 10 states have been using uncertified software
2) A convicted embezzeler has been writing voting machine software, and that software has gone straight from his computer to voting machines with no review or certification.
3) A convicted cocaine dealer has been directly involved in printing ballots used in elections.
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/Tuesday Dec 16, 2003
PRESS CONFERENCE - Update
What we have, in Washington State, is this:
We’ve got the state election director misstating when versions were certified, somebody at the secretary of state’s office signing off on software with no NASED number, and when we try to find out what software is actually authorized, we get the buffalo shuffle. We’ve got a convicted drug dealer printing our ballots, a 23-count embezzler programming our voting system, and our absentee ballots are being funneled through a private company that hires mainly immigrants but also people straight out of prison.
We’ve now documented 10 states that are using unauthorized software, and internal memos that indicate that five Diebold programmers uploaded these unauthorized programs, knowing that this was not allowed.
Full summary of press conference
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/bbv/1216presskit.pdfSupporting documents
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/bbv/1216documents.pdfStatement by Andy Stephenson, candidate for Washington secretary of state. 12:04 PM 12/17/2003
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/bbv/AS_statement.pdfTuesday Dec 16, 2003
PRESS CONFERENCE
NEWS CONFERENCE - BREAKING - Voting Systems Security Concerns Rise to New Level
Press Conference in Seattle at 2 p.m. Tuesday December 16 - at Seattle Labor Temple - 2800 First Ave. - Seattle
16 DEC 2003, Seattle WA — This is of national interest. Bev Harris, author of “Black Box Voting” and Andy Stephenson, democratic candidate for Washington secretary of state, have uncovered new holes in the electoral system in King County and in as many as 14 additional states.
These security breaches affect both the optical scan systems (fill-in-the-dot or draw-the-line) and touch screen voting systems, and may also indicate significant security problems with absentee voting procedures.
At the Tuesday press conference, Harris and Stephenson will distribute a packet of documents to support their findings. Whereas electronic voting concerns have focused on complex issues like cryptographic security and computer source code, the new security flaws uncovered by Harris and Stephenson are more serious and also easier to explain. Because the subject matter is sensitive, reporters will want copies of the original documents to substantiate the findings, and these will be released at the news conference. For those who cannot attend, the information will be made available online after the press conference.
The news conference will be held in Seattle at 2 p.m. in a location to be disclosed Monday morning on the front page of this BlackBoxVoting.org.
“This information is significant enough to merit a trip to Seattle for members of the press who don’t live here,” says Harris. It affects four counties in Washington State and locations in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Maryland and Virginia.
“What we have are two intertwined security breaches which deserve immediate attention from the U.S. Congress,” says Stephenson. “We need to address procedural safeguards as soon as possible to put a halt to these problems and prevent them from ever happening again.”
A 20-page dossier will provide the specific U.S. locations affected, as well as the details on multiple security breaches which may have compromised the integrity of at least two dozen elections.
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Seattle Times article
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001776406_voting28m.html 
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