Everyone does realize that the Primaries can/will be stolen?

[peabody71]

I see no reason why the Primaries wouldn't be the perfect oppotunity for the 'Powers that be', to simply select the Dem candidate to replace Bush.
We're all on the same page on this, are we not?

[Junkdrawer]

1. Bev has set a seven month deadline for just this reason...

The problem is that the Help America Vote Act both mandates the purchase of these machines and provides $4 billion for early adopters. States are rushing the purchase of these machines so the Feds (and not the cash strapped states) will foot the bill. Most states see technological reports such as John Hopkins' latest as a nuisance.

[birdman]

2. No need for the sky-is-falling rhetoric

There is only evidence of poor security practices
on the part one of the companies that make the machines.
There is no evidence whatever that any votes have
been changed.

Any security problems should definitely be fixed but
to jump from that to the contention that the opposition
will be selecting the Democratic candidate because of
voting machines is an enormous leap.

:tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat:

[peabody71]

3. Oh boy.

[tomp]

4. incorrect.

what you really mean is that there is no smoking gun, that would seal the case. there are mountains of circumstantial eveidence pointing to the distinct possibility that 2000 and 2002 were fixed with evm's.

[peabody71]

5. Oposition Party? The Dems aren't a corporate party!?

[Ashes]

6. I've noticed in the past 3 years that ANYTHING is possible

where certain people are involved. Take a look around. Someone gets banned from a bookstore for saying the great one has chickenlegs?

The source code is not open. So long as this is the case - with no paper trail - anything is possible. I don't for a minute believe that the problem is limited to one company, either.

my two cents.