AZ state election director goes on radio ONLY if Brad can't question

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This entire article is well worth reading.

AZ Sec. of State Office...Misinforms...Radio Listeners About Diebold Hack, Help America Vote Act
State Election Director Appears on Radio Show ONLY if Brad is Not Allowed to Ask Questions...
PLUS: Brad Invites AZ SoS Jan Brewer to a Public Debate in Support of our Troops and Democracy on the Homefront!


Of course, Brewer, (AZ SoS) despite many previous appearances on Lawrence's show, turned down the invitation to show up and discuss the matters along with me. She did, however, send a spokesperson instead who agreed to appear only if he would be allowed to do so without being questioned by me.

So at the bottom of the hour, after I'd been on for the first part by myself with Lawrence, SoS spokesman/attorney -- and, I've since learned, State Elections Director -- Joe Kanefield came on for a few minutes while I was made to sit on hold. Kanefield to tell several untruths to Lawrence and his listeners, to suggest that I have been "spinning" these issues, and then he scrammed before I was allowed to come back on the air to question or challenge his assertions "face to face."

During his drive-by appearance, Kanefield said that he's "absolutely confident" that Arizona's untested voting systems are "rock solid". But for an idea of just some of the misinformation and untruths that he gave to Lawrence and his listeners (while I was unable to respond) consider this exchange concerning the Leon County hack, and the statement The BRAD BLOG was able to receive from the Leon County Election Director, Ion Sancho himself, in response to it...

KANEFIELD: ...We are absolutely confident our voting equipment is safe, secure and accurate. And is certainly not subject to these security vulnerabilities that people like your guest, Brad, just throw out there all the time. It's terribly unforunate. But our systems are rock solid.

LAWRENCE: Is Diebold any problem? They're supposedly a problem in other states. Why are you so certain that they are not a problem here?

KANEFIELD: Well, ya know, I've heard these allegations from time to time and, you know, we get the same media reports that everyone else does and we always follow up. And ya know, half the time...or most of the time, these reports turn out not to be how they're spun. For example, Brad talked about this, uh, this, this...report out of Florida, where Leon County...the election system was supposedly hacked and, uh, Diebold equipment was found to have, ya know, security vulnerabilities. Well we looked into that, ya know. We talked to both the company, we looked into the reports, and other election officials and we found out that, ya know, if look at what happened in Leon County...What happened was the election director there, gave these people unfettered access to this equipment. Gave these people his password. Opened the door, the back door to the voting equipment. Let them plug their computers in. Ya know, gave these computer scientists the ability to hack into the system. Now ya know, that's akin to giving someone the keys to your car, and opening it up and acting surprised when they take it away. It's not how an election is conducted.

Well, where to start? Most regular BRAD BLOG readers can probably already spot the misinformation in that exchange, but for a start, Sancho never gave anyone his passwords, nor did he "let them plug their computers in." Kanefield's account is just preposterous and complete misinformation.

For the rest:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002767.htm