EAC scandal grows--Sarasota's "undervote" voting machine models certified by banned lab, Ciber,

[kster]

before untested upgrades.



by Michael Richardson

Ciber, Inc. is the nation's largest independent testing authority of electronic voting machines certifying machines used by 68.5% of registered voters in 2006. However, last year the Election Assistance Commission secretly pulled Ciber's interim accreditation for failure to perform quality assurance testing and documentation of security testing.

Included in the long list of improperly tested or untested electronic voting machine models were the ES&S machines used in Sarasota, Florida, where a staggering 18,000 votes in a Congressional race were reported as "undervotes". Florida, which does not require federal certification, boasts, "Florida's voting systems standards and certification program are recognized as the most stringent in the nation."

Because Florida has its own certification program and because the Sarasota voting machines had upgrades that apparently lack federal approval, Ciber did not have the last word on the accuracy of the "undervote" machines.

However, in a March 3, 2006 "technical advisory" to county election officials Dawn Roberts, Director of Elections, relied on "Ciber Laboratory's Source Code Review and Functional Testing reports" to warn against "potential system vulnerabilities".

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__070115_eac_scandal_grows__s.htm

[BeFree]

1. One would think, wouldn't one

... that a bunch of dishonest people are in control of the voting machines: from the watchers of the undertakers to the undertakers themselves. All the way down the line one could surmise that the whole shebang is crooked, couldn't one?

And I've heard that the law, as simple as it was, was simply violated up one side and down the other, and we still have some people trying to tell us that it wasn't. Geez.

[galloglas]

2. K'n'R

Good catch, Kster!

[Peace Patriot]

3. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I KNEW IT!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: ::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: ::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I called this one! I did! I KNEW IT! THAT's where they "tested" FL-13!!!!

We ought to have a smilie for CROWING!

[Kurovski]

4. K&R.(nt)

[nicknameless]

5. K&R

[AtLiberty]

6. What other voting machines were okayed by Ciber?

Does anyone have the list?

[Contrite]

7. Reports say Ciber "only" tests software

ONLY?

Also, this article points out that Ciber is a major contributor to Republican candidates. It also points out that the CEO, Bobby Stevenson, sold 25,000 share of Ciber stock December 26..."insider trading" anyone?

http://www.correntewire.com/times_fails_to_mention_banned_voting_machine_tester_ciber_inc_is_republican_contributor