An Open Letter to Senator John Kerry

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An Open Letter to Senator John Kerry

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by Mark E. Smith

http://www.opednews.com

Dear Senator John Kerry:

In 2004 you asked us for money to ensure that our votes were counted, and we came through for you. Now we want to know if you will come through for us.

Here in California a special election was held recently to fill the seat of convicted felon Duke Cunningham. But there were many problems with this election:

1. The election was held on voting machines that were improperly certified because some of the software had never been inspected due to the fact that the vendor had misrepresented customized software as being "off-the-shelf" software. While "off-the-shelf" software need not be inspected for certification, customized software must.

2. Because the Brennan Center and other expert studies had proven that these machines are easily hacked, the California Secretary of State issued directives to protect the chain-of-custody of the voting machines. The San Diego Registrar of Voters did not comply with these directives.

3. The vendor, the Secretary of State, and the Registrar of Voters have all claimed that the voting machines are protected by tamper-evident seals. It has been proven that these machines can be opened so that their internal mechanisms are fully exposed, by simply removing five screws, and that unscrewing one bolt allows a person to remove, reprogram, and reinsert the memory card. Then machine can then be closed back up leaving the tamper-evident seal untouched and intact. They are totally worthless.

4. On the night of the election, the TV coverage showed one candidate ahead, but suddenly reversed to show the other candidate ahead. To those of us active in election integrity and familiar with the history of election fraud in the U.S., this is a very suspicious occurrence.

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http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mark_e___060909_an_open_letter_to_se.htm

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1. Please be sure to post Kerry's response

[John Q. Citizen]

2. That's an amazing story. Our elections are a joke. n/t

[helderheid]

3. we HAVE to repair them. We have no voice except on the internet.