Electronic Voting Investigator Bev Harris to Reveal Newly Discovered
Potential Electronic Voting Security Breaches at Seattle News
Conference On December 16

December 15, 2003

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT


Bev Harris, author of "Black Box Voting" and Andy Stephenson, a
Democratic candidate for Washington State Secretary of State, have
uncovered new holes in the electoral system in King County (Seattle)
and in as many as 14 additional states.

These security breaches affect both the optical scan systems
(fill-in-the-dot or draw-the-line) and touch screen voting systems,
and may also indicate significant security problems with absentee
voting procedures.

At the Tuesday press conference, Harris and Stephenson will distribute
a packet of documents to support their findings. Whereas electronic
voting concerns have focused on complex issues like cryptographic
security and computer source code, the new security flaws uncovered by
Harris and Stephenson are more serious and also easier to explain.
Because the subject matter is sensitive, reporters will want copies of
the original documents to substantiate the findings, and these will be
released at the news conference.

This information affects four counties in Washington State and
locations in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, California, Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Maryland and Virginia.

"What we have are two intertwined security breaches which deserve
immediate attention from the U.S. Congress," says Stephenson. "We need
to address procedural safeguards as soon as possible to put a halt to
these problems and prevent them from ever happening again."

A 20-page dossier will provide the specific U.S. locations affected,
as well as the details on multiple security breaches which may have
compromised the integrity of at least two dozen elections.

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