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Demonstration of 5 voting system hacks using real software

 

 

Demonstration of 5 voting system hacks using real software

Submitted by Bev Harris on Sat, 08/28/2004 - 18:52. News Articles

 

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Press conferences In Washington DC on Wed. Sept 22, five experts will

demonstrate various manipulations of the actual Sequoia and Diebold software to

be used in the Nov. 2 election. Experts range in skill level from Dr. Herbert

Thompson, a security expert and the author/editor of 12 books, to Baxter, a

chimpanzee. September 22, 2004

Contacts: Abbe Waldman Delozier: 512/736-5802

Vickie Karp: 512/775-3737

Bev Harris: 206-335-7747 or Andy Stephenson 206-778-0524

 

Washington D.C. Wednesday, September 22, 2004. 9:30 am (Washington Press Club,

for congressional staff and Television, National press;) and 12:30 pm EST (The

Ballroom at Heldref Publications, open to all journalists, policymakers, and to

the public)

 

Startling demonstrations using real election software proving that any teenager

or terrorist with a laptop can create havoc with the election results in

November. Or, more onerous: Anyone with an agenda or a profit motive can help

themselves to an election with subtlety such that no one will ever know.

 

9:30 am, The National Press Club, Zenger Room (A small gathering by invitation;

if you are a member of congress or represent one of the networks, call

206-335-7747, 206-778-0524, 512-736-5802 or 512-775-3737 to get on the invite

list. Some contact lines congested, keep trying.)

12:30pm, " The Ballroom " at Heldref Publications 1319 Eighteenth St. NW,

Washington, D.C. -- (All press and policymakers; open to the public)

 

Bev Harris, Executive Director, Black Box Voting (www.BlackBoxVoting.ORG) will

demonstrate a hidden program for vote manipulation, which resides on Diebold's

election software. This is a secret feature enabled by a two-digit trigger (not

a " bug " or an accidental oversight; it's there on purpose). The Diebold central

tabulator system election software will count 50 million votes, approximately 50

percent of the votes in November's election.

 

Dr. Herbert H. Thompson, computer security expert and editor/author of 12 books

including " The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency " Thompson will demonstrate

how easily an election can be rigged by implanting a virus.

 

Jeremiah Akin, independent computer programmer from Riverside, California, will

demonstrate how to manipulate Sequoia Voting Systems software while an election

is in progress.

 

Andy Stephenson, Associate Director, Black Box Voting - will demonstrate how an

unscrupulous person with no computer skills whatsoever can sabotage an election

with two mouse clicks.

 

Baxter - Can he hack the system? You'll see. Members of the audience will be

invited to duplicate his feat.

 

Two options will be presented as emergency solutions - by Bev Harris of Black

Box Voting, and Sharona Merel and Joan Krawitz, co-founders of the National

Ballot Integrity Project. Inexpensive and achievable emergency measures to

ensure the integrity of the 2004 vote count, for immediate action.

 

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