All I can find is the posted clip. Apparently, the whole video had to be gotten thru an open records request. Wish there was more to view, also. God, these people in the meeting are an embarrassment to our state.
And don't ya just love Diebold's solution to "one voter, one vote" issue/glitch in their software <listed here in the article's last line>...a friggin' "I've voted" sticker. Given that the people in this meeting were handpicked by the TX SOS and AG <see press release at bottom>, is it any surprise that they all just went along with it...
http://safevoting.org/Video clips of secret meetings <March 2004 post on above link>
Texas Safe Voting reviewed the videotapes of the January 2004 closed meetings used to review voting systems for certification (the videos were acquired by open records requests).
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A group of examiners reviews voting systems, and makes certification recommendations to the Secretary of State. You might think that these examiners would conduct a comprehensive testing process, assessing the voting machines against a set of detailed critieria and discussing the underlying code.
But there was nothing on the videotapes that resembled a testing process. The examiners didn't start with a set of criteria to test against. They didn't even start with a comparison the new machines to the older versions. Instead, the Diebold representatives gave a demo. Reviewers voted on the machines and looked at the final output. A few of the committee members watched closely, while others chatted together.
The examiners found out, apparently by accident, that using Diebold’s provisional voting system, it was possible for two voters to vote using the same ID number -- or for one voter to vote multiple times. In practice, the Diebold representative explained, they give out paper stickers to make sure that each person votes only once.
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The press release link info that is on the above webpage <there is no url to the release to paste here--but here is the content of it--if you go to the above link you can click on it from there>
Austin, TX -- Voting equipment used in Texas is certified in closed-door meetings with voting system vendors, with little scrutiny. Texas Safe Voting has recently obtained previously undisclosed videotapes that reveal the superficial and slipshod review process that leads to certification. Excerpts from these videos are available at
http://safevoting.org.According to Adina Levin of Texas Safe Voting: "It's a sales job by the vendors, not an examination process. The vendor makes a presentation, there's some sample voting, they tally a few votes, and ask a few questions. Given the history of problems -- including failure to count votes correctly -- and numerous studies showing inadequate security, the process here in Texas is woefully inadequate."
Meetings of the Secretary of State's examiners' board for voting systems are closed to the press and public. The group includes of four Advisory Committee members appointed by the Secretary of State, and two who are appointed by the Attorney General.
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The meetings, held from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2004, reviewed voting systems from Diebold, used in El Paso, and ES&S, used in Dallas County. Journalists who wish to view the tapes should contact Adina Levin by email at adina@effaustin.org or by phone at (512) 632-6829 to arrange for a screening.
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