In the first few days after the 11/2 theft, I quickly assembled an Election Fraud Resource Center on my website. I didn't have time to read most of the articles, but of course I read the titles and summaries (where available). One article has continued to "haunt" (bother) me. <From the following page.>
http://www.independentmediasource.com/evotingfraud_articles_older.htmJul 26 '04 Effort Afoot to Address E-voting At Convention by Dan Verton, A Democratic congresswoman from President George W. Bush's home state plans to put the issue of electronic voting security and integrity in the spotlight at this week's Democratic National Convention.… <As it appears on the above page.>
What continued to bother me was the "whys". Why would the Dem party allow the "obvious" to happen? Why would they allow all of us to pour so much effort (and money) into what they HAD to know was very likely to be a futile effort no matter how many people actually voted for Kerry (since they certainly should've assumed the "fix" would be in)? Knowing what they HAD to know, why didn't they use the DNC convention - the one opportunity they had, when they fully had the country's attention - to "sound the alarm" to the general public? <If you doubt that they HAD to fully understand the gravity of the situation, read the headlines listed at the end of this post (from the same page); and that the GOP clearly stole Georgia in 2002, primarily using evoting - the state just went to 100% evoting prior to the election.>
<Some excerpts from the above article:>
"Although she isn't scheduled to speak at the convention, Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson will call on prominent Democrats to help raise voter awareness about the challenges facing the security, reliability and integrity of electronic voting systems, a spokesman for her office said.
"I can't imagine it not being an issue at the convention. But if it's not, Rep. Johnson certainly plans to make it one," said John B. Townsend, a spokesman for the congresswoman."
<Here's where the Kerry camp most likely blew it:>
"However, speaking on condition of anonymity, an IT industry source who met last week with members of Sen. John Kerry's staff said the Kerry campaign is considering a move to pull back from the position taken by the Democratic National Committee and Howard Dean's Democracy for America organization. Dean and the DNC have endorsed the voter-verifiable paper ballot requirement for e-voting systems -- something that only the state of Nevada has planned for November. According to the official, the Kerry campaign is considering support for verification of the final vote tally through some form of encryption."
So what did the Kerry camp ultimately do? I don't know. But I do know I watched that DNC convention from gavel to gavel and no big deal was made of the potential for election fraud! And I also know that the Kerry camp was responsible for (in control of) the content (messages) at that convention.
Finally, if you're curious what motivated them to make such an inanely stupid decision, here's the reason given further down in the article: "We're worried about voters being scared off," said Tanya Clay, director of public policy at Washington-based People for the American Way. "It's one thing to push for security in all voting machines, but it's another thing to scare people into thinking it's useless for them to go and vote. We can't allow this issue to hijack the election."
Yep.. that statement is really there (go see for yourself, if you find it hard to believe - I don't blame you). Do I REALLY need to comment on the inane stupidity of that statement?
So all this leads me to speculate: Could all this be the REAL reason the Dem party is nearly lock-step in claiming "Bush really won"? Are they afraid that if we who supported them found out how badly they BLEW IT, we might be really really pissed at them? Pissed off enough to DEMAND new (competent) leadership, or we walk?
Like I said, you be the judge.
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As promised, here's the headlines from that same page that demonstrate how clearly the Dems should've known the peril this election was in:
JULY 21, 2004 Computer scientist defends security community stance on e-voting The computer science professor at the center of the controversy over electronic voting system security told members of Congress yesterday that policymakers made "a mistake" by not conferring with security experts about voting system technologies. And he said that using the systems in November without first fixing the security flaws would be "irresponsible."
Jul 19 '04 Opposition Grows to Paperless Voting Voters took to the streets in 19 states last week to protest paperless electronic voting machines. In the coast-to-coast “Computer Ate My Vote” rallies, citizens showed what activists say could become widespread dissent against nonverifiable ballots if this year’s presidential election becomes another close call.…
Jun 14 '04 BusinessWeek: ELECTION MACHINERY: WHY FLORIDA CAN HAPPEN AGAIN
May 11, 2004 HOW TO BEAT A FIXED ELECTION It's an old story: Satan picks up the phone and calls St. Peter to challenge Heaven to a baseball game. "Of course, we'll play," says Peter. "But have you forgotten? We have all the great baseball players." "That may be so," replied Satan, "but we have all the umpires!" John Kerry and his Democratic party face a similar problem: They may have the votes, but the other side has the machines that record and count the votes. How can the Democrats win? A win over the Bushevik regime is not impossible, but it will be difficult and it will require considerable persistence and initiative. Our Readers Respond Many good ideas here.
May 10 '04 50M Electronic Votes Could Be Insecure, Say Researchers by Dan Verton, WASHINGTON IT security researchers said they have uncovered significant vulnerabilities in the electronic voting systems that nearly 30% of all registered voters will use in this November's presidential election.…
March 29, 2004 HOW E-VOTING THREATENS DEMOCRACY A cutting edge article analyzing the dangers of e-voting.
March 5, 2004 Diebold's Political Machine
Dec 15 '03 Criticism of Electronic Voting Machines' Security Is Mounting by Elizabeth Heichler, IDGNews Service. As the presidential primary season approaches, a debate is raging about electronic voting -- and IT professionals and computer scientists are among the loudest critics....
August 28, 2003 The head of a company vying to sell voting machines in Ohio told Republicans in a recent fund-raising letter that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
July 30, 2003 The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away
Again, if you want to read more, go here:
http://www.independentmediasource.com/evotingfraud_articles_older.htm 
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