CA's Rethug SoS is trying to get Diebold machines certified by Feds!!!

[nicknameless]

He's basically trying to do an end-run around California's Election Reform Groups

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002183.htm

McPherson's office, rather than simply decertifying Diebold once and for all in California, has today decided instead to pass the buck back to the so-called Federal "Independent Testing Authority" (ITA). The ITA is a group of several companies chosen and paid for by the voting machine companies such as Diebold themselves, to test their equipment and software on behalf of the Federal Government. Those ITA labs then either certify the software and/or hardware or send it back to the company with the results of the failed tests kept confidential.

State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach) has been an outspoken critic of McPherson's process for considering recertification of Diebold and has otherwise been a watchdog on issues related to the quickly changing Electoral landscape in the Golden State. She released a statement to The BRAD BLOG late this evening (complete statement posted at end of this article). Bowen is critical of McPherson's plan to "punt" the issue back to the Feds and says in her statement:

“The Secretary of State shouldn’t punt the decision about whether Diebold machines should be used to count ballots in California to the federal government and an 'independent' testing authority that’s financed by the voting machine vendors. That decision needs to be made in the open, right here in California.”

Here's an article about the crooked "testing labs" that McPherson wants to leave CA certification up to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/avi-rubin/the-dirty-little-secrets-_b_12354.html

The ITAs are hired by and paid by -- the vendors. That is, when a vendor has a voting machine that they want certified, they find an ITA who is willing to certify the voting machine. Any memos about flaws that are discovered remain confidential. There is no requirement to disclose any problems that are found with the machines. In fact, the entire ITA report is considered proprietary information of the voting machine vendor. After all, they paid for it. This provides an incentive for ITAs to certify machines, to satisfy their clients.

Avi Rubin, the writer of this article, commends McPherson "for the dialogue that he opened up" about the ITAs.
He must not know our POS SoS very well. Well Mr. Rubin, here is his consistent pattern: say one thing, but do another.
Example: Attend a meeting wherein the unscrupulous practices of these ITAs are exposed, then turn around and hire them.


(This thread is a repost of the original, which just got accidentally deleted.)

[nicknameless]

1. Keep up the fight against McPherson.

Demand that Diebolds pass the CA election reform groups' hack tests.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. Absolutely. I would think it would have to be mandatory.

[nicknameless]

3. If you haven't already, please sign this petition from State Senator Bowen

demanding that McPherson not certify Diebolds without them passing the "hack test"

http://ga3.org/campaign/diebold_test

State Senator Debra Bowen has been fighting McPherson/Diebold on California voters' behalf.
She's running for CA SoS too, and is a great choice!

:)

[nicknameless]

4. Important tip:

Be careful not to post links you receive from her, without checking first to make sure that they don't bring up your personal info.
... That's what lead to the first thread being deleted.

[Beam Me Up]

5. Can you imagine CA becoming a RED state?

Well, before it happened, would you have ever believed that our fairly elected Democratic Governor would be replaced by a grade be muscle head GROPENATOR??

"Shit Happens." ??

NO WAY: They have an agenda and that agenda is to control California politics from within the polls.

WAKE UP CALIFORNIA!

[Cleita]

11. It was a red state some time ago before Pat Brown, Jerry's

date, got elected. I don't want to see this happen again.

[Beam Me Up]

6. Comon folks, kick and nom this thread so other Californians will see it!

[Beam Me Up]

7. I just copied and pasted the OP w/ links in tact and sent it

along with the link to the petition to everyone I know in CA.

[nicknameless]

8. Thanks for all of your help on this thread, Beam :)

I've been in touch with Senator Bowen's office.
They know that McPherson is well aware of how fraught the ITAs are with unscrupulous practices, incompetence and conflict of interest.

McPherson is in violation of at least two sections of the California Election Code: 19202 and 19205 (c).
Here's hoping that he's *made* to cooperate with existing CA law.

:hi:

[Beam Me Up]

9. Sorry I couldn't have done more!

Had to work today (retail) :crazy: Just now getting home.

[nicknameless]

13. Aw, Beam :)

:pals:

Retail during the Holidays? Yikes! I did that for a few years after college. Holiday insanity! It's almost over. :D
Then comes January inventory? That's what we went through. Hang in there!

[Beam Me Up]

14. thanks, nick

:hi:

I'll survive somehow.

I don't understand why this thread hasn't gotten more responses, though. Is this information in the California forum?

[nicknameless]

15. I just posted it in GD.

There's a thread with a link to the original (deleted) thread in Election Reform.
I just discovered it this afternoon and posted the updated url for this thread.

I think people probably read this information in the original (plus other threads) before this one was posted.
... And they've moved on to other scandals. ;)

[Cleita]

10. These quacks are just making themselves look guiltier

and guiltier of election fraud. They do protest too much, I think.

[nicknameless]

12. So true!

The machines are being dumped in other states, by officials wanting clean elections.
The company has been sued. The CEO has resigned.
McPherson is breaking the law in order to prevent Hursti from testing this crap in CA.
Now he says he wants fake tests paid for by the vendors.

Time for some tar and feathers. ;)

[tiptoe]

16. kick!