Ion

[Wilms]

Google News has 78 stories from around the country about Ion Sancho
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Election Whistle-Blower Stymied by Vendors

After Official's Criticism About Security, Three Firms Reject Bid for Voting Machines

By Peter Whoriskey

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006; Page A07

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A major concern in Florida is around computerized ballots - their frequent inability to produce a written receipt of a vote. Beginning with Nevada, some 25 states now have requirements for e-voting machines with attached printers producing voter-verified paper audit trails while others, like Florida, rely on the audit capabilities of the equipment.

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"I'm very troubled by this, to be honest -- I can't believe the way he's being treated," said David Wagner, a computer scientist at the University of California at Berkeley who sits on a California board that reviews voting machine security. "What kind of message is this sending to elections supervisors?"

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"While we welcome authorized testing and examination of our products by qualified professionals," Diebold attorney Michael E. Lindroos wrote Sancho last year, "actions such as yours only serve to undermine the public's confidence in the security and accuracy that good systems can provide when used with the proper procedures and by authorized personnel."

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"The federal certification process for voting machines is broken, sadly, when it comes to security," Wagner said. "It was designed for the era of mechanical machines, and it hasn't kept up."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500805.html

County supervisor draws fire in quest to ensure valid elections

Mar. 25, 2006

BRENT KALLESTAD
Associated Press

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"Ion is one of the few to ask the questions," said Herbert Thompson, chief security strategist for Boston-based firm Security Innovation. "Like, what is this thing actually doing to my vote? How is it processing my vote?"

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"Florida is one example of how partisan politics interfere with having folks' votes being counted accurately," Sancho said in his office overlooking a series of mildew-stained white government buildings near the state Capitol. "Americans have taken elections for granted for far too long."

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"If you make a system that can be manipulated, unfortunately in our current political environment, it probably will be," Sancho said. "Why take that chance?"

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"He kind of has his own drummer," said Susan Gill, the Citrus County elections supervisor who also serves as president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections. "He doesn't object to being viewed as someone standing out there by himself."

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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/business/14186057.htm

[Amaryllis]

1. MSM is really picking up on this. Very encouraging. Maybe he will

escape being Shelleyed.

[Wilms]

2. Which might help spare Bruce Funk from being Sancho'd

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=418590&mesg_id=418658

[Amaryllis]

3. Telling comment here:

"He kind of has his own drummer," said Susan Gill, the Citrus County elections supervisor who also serves as president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections. "He doesn't object to being viewed as someone standing out there by himself."

Does this mean the others aren't concerned about elections being secure and non-partisan? That he stands out there by himself on this?

And in the second article: "Sancho's insistence on quality also has angered several Florida officials, including Gov. Jeb Bush, and has already cost his county more than a half million dollars." I just bet Jeb is pissed! And I doubt it's because of the half million dollars.

I love that he is being portrayed in a positive light by MSM!

[SophieZ]

4. I've heard Ion described as someone ...

who likes to tinker with stuff, as in, figure out how it works. I think that was another election official in FL who said that.

He sounds very sensible on the radio.

Archive is available for the radio show he was on tonight (taped the previous week).

He seems like a good guy!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x418871