ELECTION RESULTS BELONG TO DIEBOLD BY CONTRACT

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Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:20:14 -0500

ELECTION RESULTS BELONG TO DIEBOLD BY CONTRACT

 

 

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Diebold Blocks Alaska Voters From Viewing Election 2004 Results, Data!

Contract with State said to Bar Release of 'Company Secrets' Such as

the Records of Who Citizens Voted For

Democratic Official: 'It's impossible to say whether the correct

candidates were declared the winner in all Alaska races from 2004'

 

In just one more story which illustrates the many undemocratic dangers

of allowing private companies to " own " our public elections, Diebold,

Inc., one of America's largest Voting Machine Companies is...

 

In just one more story which illustrates the many undemocratic dangers

of allowing private companies to " own " our public elections, Diebold,

Inc., one of America's largest Voting Machine Companies is currently

blocking citizens in Alaska from viewing election data from the 2004

general election!

 

" All Alaska races from 2004 " are now being questioned, said a

Democratic party official in a written letter to the state Elections.

 

Questions have begun to arise about results from that election,

including the reported revelation that " district-by-district vote

totals add up to 292,267 votes for President Bush, but his official

total was only 190,889. "

 

The BRAD BLOG has obtained a copy of the letter sent yesterday by Jake

Metcalfe, chair of the Alaska Democratic Party to Whitney Brewster of

the Alaska Division of Elections. The letter responds to Brewster's

refusal to supply the party with the requested data files and outlines

a number of additional concerns about the reported 2004 election results.

 

The complete letter is available for download here in WORD format.

http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/AlaskaRecordsRequestResponse_012306.doc

 

Anchorage Daily News covers the emerging controversy today. Some

highlights here [emphasis ours]:

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7386582p-7298824c.html

 

 

The state Division of Elections has refused to turn over its

electronic voting files to the Democrats, arguing that the data format

belongs to a private company and can't be made public.

 

The Alaska Democratic Party says the information is a public record

essential for verifying the accuracy of the 2004 general election and

must be provided.

 

The official vote results from the last general election are riddled

with discrepancies and impossible for the public to make sense of, the

Democrats said Monday. A detailed analysis of the underlying data

could answer lingering questions about an election many thought was

over more than a year ago, they say.

....

At this point, it's impossible to say whether the correct candidates

were declared the winner in all Alaska races from 2004, [Democratic

spokeswoman, Kay] Brown said.

 

The private contractor hired to provide Alaska's electronic voting

machines is Diebold Election Systems.

....

Diebold told the state it owns the format, which can't be released

because it's a company secret.

....

nder the state's contract with Diebold, that cannot be released,

Brewster said.

Never mind, of course, that Diebold's " company secret " has been

available for download from the Internet for years, since the company

-- who claims to specialize in security solutions -- left the

information sitting unprotected on a public download site.

The full story is here...

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7386582p-7298824c.html

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