Fwd: PREVENT CA Votine Machines-Send Comments to Secretary of State!

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" Mark Hull-Richter " <mhrichter

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:15:55 -0700 (PDT)

Fwd: PREVENT CA Votine Machines-Send Comments to Secretary of

State! He's asking! Spread the word!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any amount of feedback, the more the better, will be good. It's time

Bruce found out how much we distrust his voting machines, his

" certification " of the illegal Diebold machines, and him.

 

Lynch party anyone?

 

--- Newpeacesign wrote:

 

Winogradcoach

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:03:54 EDT

pdla

[pdla] CA SOS Seeks Written Comments on E-Voting Machine

Certification

 

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Dear Voting Activists:

 

 

 

Our Secretary of State is asking for people to comment on the

agenda below, and specifically, on whether the machines below should

be certified. The machines on the agenda are all made by ES & S.

 

 

 

ACTION REQUESTED:

 

If you can attend the hearing in Sacramento on September 19th,

please go.

 

If you can’t, please send written comments to

VotingSystemComment. Here are some points to emphasize:

 

1) No electronic system should be certified that cannot

produce a paper ballot that can last at least 2 years, to allow for

contested elections and re-evaluations down the line. Some systems

produce thermal paper rolls or ATM-like slips which fade very quickly

and will not be useful for a scenario like that of the 2000 vote in

Florida.

 

2) Ask what the Secretary of State will do if a vendor

violates the “rules of use†for their machine. Each machine that

gets certified is certified under very specific operating conditions

which are laid out in documents that used to be posted on the SoS’s

site, but seem to have disappeared of late. Ask what kind of

accountability there will be if a vendor does not follow approved

procedures.

 

3) Ask how the Secretary of State plans to ensure that the

software that was approved is the software on the machines when we

cast our vote. What stops the vendors from slipping in “upgradesâ€

or “bug fixes†at the last minute, which have unverified, possibly

corrupted or corruptible code?

 

4) Ask for a broader audit. State law requires a 1% audit of

precincts, selected at random. But the selection is not currently very

random †" election officials plan in advance which precincts to

audit, based on what is on the ballot. Ask how the Secretary of State

will enforce the “random†requirement in state law to ensure that

the audit is as useful as possible (1% can tell you a lot in a large

county like Los Angeles. It’s basically worthless in the many

smaller counties in the state, in terms of being able to detect fraud

or error.)

 

5) Ask what the procedure will be when a voter votes for one

choice and sees another come up on the screen, as has happened in

several other states. Shouldn’t that be cause for removing the

machine instantly? What would the back-up plan be if that problem were

widespread?

 

6) Tell the SoS it’s more important to count your vote

ACCURATELY than QUICKLY.

 

7) Diebold systems should not be certified under ANY

circumstances in this state due to the extremely vulnerable hack

possible (you don’t need to go into details †" they’ll know.

Diebold systems are not the subject of this session, but it bears

repeating, and often.).

 

Feel free to come up with your own points/questions/concerns.

The Secretary of State’s office is asking for public input. This is

one of those times when they are actually listening and compiling

responses, so your effort will have maximum impact.

 

 

 

As always, thank you for your continued activism on this

all-important issue.

 

 

 

Lisa Pease

 

lpease

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CERTIFICATION OF VOTING SYSTEMS

 

LOCATION

 

Office of the Secretary of State

 

1500 11th Street

 

1st Floor †" Auditorium

 

Sacramento, California 95814

 

 

MEETING DATE AND TIME

September 19, 2006 10:00 a.m. Pursuant to Elections Code section

19204, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held to

give interested persons an opportunity to express their views

regarding the proposed certification of the voting systems identified

below.

 

1. ElectionSystems & Software †" Unity 3.0.1.1

1. Unity Election Management System

 

i.

Election Data Management (EDM)

 

ii.

ES & S Image Manager (ESSIM)

 

iii.

Data Acquisition Manager (DAM)

 

iv.

Hardware Program Manager (HPM)

 

v.

Election Reporting Manager (ERM)

 

vi.

Audit Manager

 

1. M100 Optical Scan Precinct Counter

2. M650 Central Ballot Counter

3. AutoMARK Information Management System (AIMS)

4. AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal (VAT)

1. ElectionSystems & Software †" RCV system

1. Election Data Management (EDM)

2. Hardware Program Manager (HPM)

3. Elections Reporting Manager (ERM)

4. Audit Manager

5. Optech Image Manager

6. Data Acquisition Manager (DAM)

7. Optech IV-C, Model 400

8. Optech Eagle

9. AutoMARK Information Management System (AIMS)

10. AutoMARK Voter Assist Terminal (VAT)

 

 

 

ALL ITEMS MAY BE RE-ORDERED TO BE HEARD ON ANY DAY OF THE NOTICED

MEETINGS.

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE.

 

 

Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments on

agenda items. Written comment should be sent by US mail to the

address above or by email to VotingSystemComment. Those

wishing to provide oral comment at a meeting should complete a

speaker’s card upon arrival. In all cases, the presiding officer

reserves the right to impose time limits on presentations as may be

necessary to ensure that the agenda is completed. Those wishing to

provide an extended statement should submit a request via the email

address above or contact Bruce McDannold at (916) 653-7244 at least 24

hours prior to the meeting.

 

 

 

ALL ITEMS MAY BE RE-ORDERED TO BE HEARD ON ANY DAY OF THE NOTICED

MEETINGS.

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE.

 

 

Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments on

agenda items. Written comment should be sent by US mail to the

address above or by email to VotingSystemComment. Written

comments will be taken until close of business on September 26, 2006.

Those wishing to provide oral comment at a meeting should complete a

speaker’s card upon arrival. In all cases, the presiding officer

reserves the right to impose time limits on presentations as may be

necessary to ensure that the agenda is completed. Those wishing to

provide an extended statement should submit a request via the email

address above or contact Bruce McDannold at (916) 653-7244 at least 24

hours prior to the meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Hull-Richter, U.S. Citizen & Patriot

U.S.A. - From democracy to kakistocracy in one fell coup.

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revolution inevitable. " - JFK

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