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That's the only way to get to the bottom of a raging scandal that started with an obscure 2004 Republican primary election in the Ahwatukee Foothills and is now entangling 6 prominent Republican officials.
Proposed Arizona Revised Statute - 16-410 A. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY ISSUE A DECLARATION POSTPONING THE DATE OF AN ELECTION,... ON ISSUANCE OF THE DECLARATION, THE AFFECTED ELECTION IS POSTPONED. (See bottom of Article for additional concerns)
Four times over the past year Sancho told computer specialists to break in to his voting system. And on all four occasions they did, changing results with what the specialists described as relatively unsophisticated hacking techniques.
Today’s hearing, rescheduled by Senator Jack Harper (R), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Accountability and Reform, sought to clarify election integrity issues (see, Election Integrity in Arizona is a Bi-Partisan Reform) involving myst
GOP honchos keep hiding the truth about election foul-ups, as it's learned that local ballots may be stored illegally
Senator Jack Harper (R) grills Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in an open hearing with over 75 vote fraud activists cheering. John tells us why?
New Times columnist John Dougherty explains to the Air America Phoenix audience why we should be afraid of corrupt elections in Arizona. CLick the MP3 link below to hear John interviewed by Charles Goyette.
"The stonewalling, first by Secretary of State Jan Brewer and now by County Attorney Andrew Thomas to withhold the ballots, denying the people their right to the truth about our elections process, raises serious ethical questions. Why won’t Sec
The state of Arizona awarded IBM a $9.4 million contract to assist the state in developing and implementing a statewide system to make voter registration more efficient, secure and accurate.
Voting Machine Company Betrays Agreement with Election Director Ion Sancho Just Days Prior to Jan 1 HAVA Deadline! Is ES&S Paying Back for Their Evil Twin Company, Diebold? Are They Afraid of the Same Scrutiny Those Machine Received in Leon County? A
We at New Times would've gotten a big laugh out of all the pompous posturing by the likes of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett and the fawning Arizona Republic, except for one thing: These yokels, over t
"Without empirical examination of a random sample of voted ballots, there is no way to decide between the hypothesis that ballots have been altered and the hypothesis that ballots were miscounted by poorly calibrated machines," University o
The witness, Tina Polich, was instructed to "lay low" during the hearing by county officials and her employer, Election Systems and Software Incorporated, who did not want her to testify about the possibility that the voting machines malfun
Diebold paid as much as $275,000 to Abramoff's firm, Greenberg Traurig for lobbying work, The BRAD BLOG has now found additional details that begin to shed new light on Representative Ney's personal connections to Diebold lobbyists.
There's been a great deal of speculation over the last several days, particularly in the light of Jack Abramoff's recent guilty pleas, concerning the connection of Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) to Election Fraud in Ohio, and indeed, vis a vis hi
Election Transparency Advocates who turned out today at Arizona's Sec. of State Jan Brewer's speech to announce her re-election bid were labeled "anarchists" and "conspiracy theorists" by the woman who recently approved Di
Sen. Bill Brotherton, D-Phoenix, hopes to force an investigation into an agreement between Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, and a Phoenix weekly newspaper violates the Senate’s ethics rules by trying to investigate vote fraud.
What had been planned as a simple announcement on the Capitol lawn quickly turned chaotic, as a handful of agitators managed to upstage the first-term Republican and her legion of supporters with criticism of the state's use of Diebold Election S
After announcing late last year that Connecticut's 3,300 mechanical, lever-style voting machines could no longer be used, the secretary of the state reversed herself. It's all about a big foul-up by companies bidding for Connecticut's bus
"Does the next generation really have a voice? Will the attempts to socially and economically engineer our society allow our peaceful opposition? If you think you are going to vote yourself free, then you have not been paying attention."
All Electronic Voting Software created by Diebold and Others Should Have Federal Certification Immediately Withdrawn Based on Forbidden, yet Newly Discovered 'Interpreted' Code!
Thomas and other black lawmakers know they are in for a battle as Republicans stand determined to defend the law, which requires voters who do not have a driver's license to buy a state-issued ID card for as much as $35 — a fee critics say hurts
Everything's fine. Nothing to worry about. These aren't the droids you're looking for. That was the message in regards to the newly exposed concerns about ES&S voting machines in California revealed by a secret letter from California'
Until voting computers are randomly validated with paper ballots at a high enough percentage (say, 100%) to ensure their accuracy, I choose not to believe that the people support what has happened to their government.
Jim March just came from a court decision that had Diebold very unhappy. Listen to the MP3 audio file online.
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Late this afternoon, Sec. of State Bruce McPherson's office sent a letter to Diebold Election Systems, Inc. Vice President David Bryd, informing him that the state is declining -- for the time being -- to re-certify Diebold AccuVote touch-screen
Election officials spooked by tampering in a test last week of Diebold optical-scan voting machines should be equally wary of optical-scan equipment produced by other manufacturers, according to a computer scientist who conducted the test. [They are
Vote or not,... You'll notice :)
When district-by-district vote counts are totaled, President Bush received 292,267 votes, according to an analysis by the Democrats. But his official total was 190,889, a difference of more than 100,000 votes, according to the state Web site.
A political operative with hacking skills could alter the results of any election on Diebold-made voting machines -- and possibly other new voting systems in Florida -- according to the state capital's election supervisor, who said Diebold softwa
