Purposely Corrupted Diebold
Voting Terminals
By Bev Harris
10-31-4
Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator --
1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million
votes at a time.
"By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of
votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no
longer matches the correct votes" !!!
The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set.
It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single
location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully
mitigate the risks.
This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness.
It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version
adjustments.
Public officials: If you are in a county that uses GEMS 1.18.18, GEMS
1.18.19, or GEMS 1.18.23, your secretary or state may not have told
you about this. You're the one who'll be blamed if your election is
tampered with. Find out for yourself if you have this problem: Black
Box Voting will be happy to walk you through a diagnostic procedure
over the phone.
Whether you vote absentee, on touch-screens, or on paper ballot (fill
in the bubble) optical scan machines, all votes are ultimately brought
to the "mother ship," the central tabulator at the county which adds
them all up and creates the results report.
These systems are used in over 30 states and each counts up to two
million votes at once.
The central tabulator is far more vulnerable than the touch screen
terminals.
Think about it: If you were going to tamper with an election, would
you rather tamper with 4,500 individual voting machines, or with just
one machine, the central tabulator which receives votes from all the
machines? Of course, the central tabulator is the most desirable
target. Findings:
The GEMS central tabulator program is incorrectly designed and highly
vulnerable to fraud. Election results can be changed in a matter of
seconds. Part of the program we examined appears to be designed with
election tampering in mind.
We have also learned that election officials maintain inadequate
controls over access to the central tabulator. We need to beef up
procedures to mitigate risks.
Much of this information, originally published on July 8, 2003, has
since been corroborated by formal studies (RABA) and by Diebold's own
internal memos written by its programmers.
Not a single location has yet implemented the security measures needed
to mitigate the risk. Yet, it is not too late. We need to tackle this
one, folks, roll up our sleeves, and implement corrective measures.
In Nov. 2003, Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris, and director Jim
March, filed a Qui Tam lawsuit in California citing fraudulent claims
by Diebold, seeking restitution for the taxpayer. Diebold claimed its
voting system was secure. It is, in fact, highly vulnerable to and
appears to be designed for fraud.
The California Attorney General was made aware of this problem nearly
a year ago. Harris and Black Box Voting Associate Director Andy
Stephenson visited the Washington Attorney General's office in Feb.
2004 to inform them of the problem.
Yet, nothing has been done to inform election officials who are using
the system, nor have appropriate security safeguards been implemented.
In fact, Gov. Swarzenegger recently froze the funds, allocated by
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, which would have paid for increased
scrutiny of the voting system in California.
On April 21, 2004, Harris appeared before the California Voting
Systems Panel, and presented the smoking gun document showing that
Diebold had not corrected the GEMS flaws, even though it had updated
and upgraded the GEMS program.
On Aug. 8, 2004, Harris demonstrated to Howard Dean how easy it is to
change votes in GEMS, on CNBC TV.
On Aug. 11, 2004, Jim March formally requested that the Calfornia
Voting Systems Panel watch the demonstration of the double set of
books in GEMS. They were already convened, and the time for Harris was
already allotted. Though the demonstration takes only 3 minutes, the
panel refused to allow it and would not look. They did, however, meet
privately with Diebold afterwards, without informing the public or
issuing any report of what transpired.
On Aug. 18, 2004, Harris and Stephenson, together with computer
security expert Dr. Hugh Thompson, and former King County Elections
Supervisor Julie Anne Kempf, met with members of the California Voting
Systems Panel and the California Secretary of State's office to
demonstrate the double set of books. The officials declined to allow a
camera crew from 60 Minutes to film or attend.
The Secretary of State's office halted the meeting, called in the
general counsel for their office, and a defense attorney from the
California Attorney General's office. They refused to allow Black Box
Voting to videotape its own demonstration. They prohibited any
audiotape and specified that no notes of the meeting could be
requested in public records requests.
The undersecretary of state, Mark Kyle, left the meeting early, and
one voting panel member, John Mott Smith, appeared to sleep through
the presentation.
On Aug. 23, 2004, CBC TV came to California and filmed the
demonstration.
On Aug 30 and 31, Harris and Stephenson will be in New York City to
demonstrate the double set of books for any public official and any TV
crews who wish to see it.
On Sept. 1, another event is planned in New York City, and on Sept.
21, Harris and Stephenson intend to demonstrate the problem for
members and congress and the press in Washington D.C.
Diebold has known of the problem, or should have known, because it did
a cease and desist on the web site when Harris originally reported the
problem in 2003. On Aug. 11, 2004, Harris also offered to show the
problem to Marvin Singleton, Diebold's damage control expert, and to
other Diebold execs. They refused to look.
Why don't people want to look? Suppose you are formally informed that
the gas tank tends to explode on the car you are telling people to
use. If you KNOW about it, but do nothing, you are liable.
LET US HOLD DIEBOLD, AND OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ACCOUNTABLE.
1) Let there be no one who can say "I didn't know."
2) Let there be no election jurisdiction using GEMS that fails to
implement all of the proper corrective procedures, this fall, to
mitigate risk.
Copyright © 2004 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
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<Zak@home.ca> schreef in bericht
news:q7jco0t6ag31k9cv688b15acugof56efal@4ax.com...
Purposely Corrupted Diebold
Voting Terminals
By Bev Harris
10-31-4
Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator --
1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million
votes at a time.
"By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of
votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no
longer matches the correct votes" !!!
The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set.
It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single
location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully
mitigate the risks.
This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness.
It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version
adjustments.
Public officials: If you are in a county that uses GEMS 1.18.18, GEMS
1.18.19, or GEMS 1.18.23, your secretary or state may not have told
you about this. You're the one who'll be blamed if your election is
tampered with. Find out for yourself if you have this problem: Black
Box Voting will be happy to walk you through a diagnostic procedure
over the phone.
Whether you vote absentee, on touch-screens, or on paper ballot (fill
in the bubble) optical scan machines, all votes are ultimately brought
to the "mother ship," the central tabulator at the county which adds
them all up and creates the results report.
These systems are used in over 30 states and each counts up to two
million votes at once.
The central tabulator is far more vulnerable than the touch screen
terminals.
Think about it: If you were going to tamper with an election, would
you rather tamper with 4,500 individual voting machines, or with just
one machine, the central tabulator which receives votes from all the
machines? Of course, the central tabulator is the most desirable
target. Findings:
The GEMS central tabulator program is incorrectly designed and highly
vulnerable to fraud. Election results can be changed in a matter of
seconds. Part of the program we examined appears to be designed with
election tampering in mind.
We have also learned that election officials maintain inadequate
controls over access to the central tabulator. We need to beef up
procedures to mitigate risks.
Much of this information, originally published on July 8, 2003, has
since been corroborated by formal studies (RABA) and by Diebold's own
internal memos written by its programmers.
Not a single location has yet implemented the security measures needed
to mitigate the risk. Yet, it is not too late. We need to tackle this
one, folks, roll up our sleeves, and implement corrective measures.
In Nov. 2003, Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris, and director Jim
March, filed a Qui Tam lawsuit in California citing fraudulent claims
by Diebold, seeking restitution for the taxpayer. Diebold claimed its
voting system was secure. It is, in fact, highly vulnerable to and
appears to be designed for fraud.
The California Attorney General was made aware of this problem nearly
a year ago. Harris and Black Box Voting Associate Director Andy
Stephenson visited the Washington Attorney General's office in Feb.
2004 to inform them of the problem.
Yet, nothing has been done to inform election officials who are using
the system, nor have appropriate security safeguards been implemented.
In fact, Gov. Swarzenegger recently froze the funds, allocated by
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, which would have paid for increased
scrutiny of the voting system in California.
On April 21, 2004, Harris appeared before the California Voting
Systems Panel, and presented the smoking gun document showing that
Diebold had not corrected the GEMS flaws, even though it had updated
and upgraded the GEMS program.
On Aug. 8, 2004, Harris demonstrated to Howard Dean how easy it is to
change votes in GEMS, on CNBC TV.
On Aug. 11, 2004, Jim March formally requested that the Calfornia
Voting Systems Panel watch the demonstration of the double set of
books in GEMS. They were already convened, and the time for Harris was
already allotted. Though the demonstration takes only 3 minutes, the
panel refused to allow it and would not look. They did, however, meet
privately with Diebold afterwards, without informing the public or
issuing any report of what transpired.
On Aug. 18, 2004, Harris and Stephenson, together with computer
security expert Dr. Hugh Thompson, and former King County Elections
Supervisor Julie Anne Kempf, met with members of the California Voting
Systems Panel and the California Secretary of State's office to
demonstrate the double set of books. The officials declined to allow a
camera crew from 60 Minutes to film or attend.
The Secretary of State's office halted the meeting, called in the
general counsel for their office, and a defense attorney from the
California Attorney General's office. They refused to allow Black Box
Voting to videotape its own demonstration. They prohibited any
audiotape and specified that no notes of the meeting could be
requested in public records requests.
The undersecretary of state, Mark Kyle, left the meeting early, and
one voting panel member, John Mott Smith, appeared to sleep through
the presentation.
On Aug. 23, 2004, CBC TV came to California and filmed the
demonstration.
On Aug 30 and 31, Harris and Stephenson will be in New York City to
demonstrate the double set of books for any public official and any TV
crews who wish to see it.
On Sept. 1, another event is planned in New York City, and on Sept.
21, Harris and Stephenson intend to demonstrate the problem for
members and congress and the press in Washington D.C.
Diebold has known of the problem, or should have known, because it did
a cease and desist on the web site when Harris originally reported the
problem in 2003. On Aug. 11, 2004, Harris also offered to show the
problem to Marvin Singleton, Diebold's damage control expert, and to
other Diebold execs. They refused to look.
Why don't people want to look? Suppose you are formally informed that
the gas tank tends to explode on the car you are telling people to
use. If you KNOW about it, but do nothing, you are liable.
LET US HOLD DIEBOLD, AND OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ACCOUNTABLE.
1) Let there be no one who can say "I didn't know."
2) Let there be no election jurisdiction using GEMS that fails to
implement all of the proper corrective procedures, this fall, to
mitigate risk.
Copyright © 2004 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
Of course the republicans stole the election again in Florida. Exit polls
showed a different outcome than the "official" results. What do you
expect with Jeb Bush leading the election of his brother? It is totally
amazing that Americans even buy this.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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03 Nov 2004 07:38:33 PM |
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More paranoid unsupported *****. LOL. But you wallow in this type of
schizoid idiocies all the time hey Barbara.
J.
Barbarossa a écrit:
<Zak@home.ca> schreef in bericht
news:q7jco0t6ag31k9cv688b15acugof56efal@4ax.com...
Purposely Corrupted Diebold
Voting Terminals
By Bev Harris
10-31-4
Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator --
1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million
votes at a time.
"By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of
votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no
longer matches the correct votes" !!!
The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set.
It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single
location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully
mitigate the risks.
This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness.
It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version
adjustments.
Public officials: If you are in a county that uses GEMS 1.18.18, GEMS
1.18.19, or GEMS 1.18.23, your secretary or state may not have told
you about this. You're the one who'll be blamed if your election is
tampered with. Find out for yourself if you have this problem: Black
Box Voting will be happy to walk you through a diagnostic procedure
over the phone.
Whether you vote absentee, on touch-screens, or on paper ballot (fill
in the bubble) optical scan machines, all votes are ultimately brought
to the "mother ship," the central tabulator at the county which adds
them all up and creates the results report.
These systems are used in over 30 states and each counts up to two
million votes at once.
The central tabulator is far more vulnerable than the touch screen
terminals.
Think about it: If you were going to tamper with an election, would
you rather tamper with 4,500 individual voting machines, or with just
one machine, the central tabulator which receives votes from all the
machines? Of course, the central tabulator is the most desirable
target. Findings:
The GEMS central tabulator program is incorrectly designed and highly
vulnerable to fraud. Election results can be changed in a matter of
seconds. Part of the program we examined appears to be designed with
election tampering in mind.
We have also learned that election officials maintain inadequate
controls over access to the central tabulator. We need to beef up
procedures to mitigate risks.
Much of this information, originally published on July 8, 2003, has
since been corroborated by formal studies (RABA) and by Diebold's own
internal memos written by its programmers.
Not a single location has yet implemented the security measures needed
to mitigate the risk. Yet, it is not too late. We need to tackle this
one, folks, roll up our sleeves, and implement corrective measures.
In Nov. 2003, Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris, and director Jim
March, filed a Qui Tam lawsuit in California citing fraudulent claims
by Diebold, seeking restitution for the taxpayer. Diebold claimed its
voting system was secure. It is, in fact, highly vulnerable to and
appears to be designed for fraud.
The California Attorney General was made aware of this problem nearly
a year ago. Harris and Black Box Voting Associate Director Andy
Stephenson visited the Washington Attorney General's office in Feb.
2004 to inform them of the problem.
Yet, nothing has been done to inform election officials who are using
the system, nor have appropriate security safeguards been implemented.
In fact, Gov. Swarzenegger recently froze the funds, allocated by
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, which would have paid for increased
scrutiny of the voting system in California.
On April 21, 2004, Harris appeared before the California Voting
Systems Panel, and presented the smoking gun document showing that
Diebold had not corrected the GEMS flaws, even though it had updated
and upgraded the GEMS program.
On Aug. 8, 2004, Harris demonstrated to Howard Dean how easy it is to
change votes in GEMS, on CNBC TV.
On Aug. 11, 2004, Jim March formally requested that the Calfornia
Voting Systems Panel watch the demonstration of the double set of
books in GEMS. They were already convened, and the time for Harris was
already allotted. Though the demonstration takes only 3 minutes, the
panel refused to allow it and would not look. They did, however, meet
privately with Diebold afterwards, without informing the public or
issuing any report of what transpired.
On Aug. 18, 2004, Harris and Stephenson, together with computer
security expert Dr. Hugh Thompson, and former King County Elections
Supervisor Julie Anne Kempf, met with members of the California Voting
Systems Panel and the California Secretary of State's office to
demonstrate the double set of books. The officials declined to allow a
camera crew from 60 Minutes to film or attend.
The Secretary of State's office halted the meeting, called in the
general counsel for their office, and a defense attorney from the
California Attorney General's office. They refused to allow Black Box
Voting to videotape its own demonstration. They prohibited any
audiotape and specified that no notes of the meeting could be
requested in public records requests.
The undersecretary of state, Mark Kyle, left the meeting early, and
one voting panel member, John Mott Smith, appeared to sleep through
the presentation.
On Aug. 23, 2004, CBC TV came to California and filmed the
demonstration.
On Aug 30 and 31, Harris and Stephenson will be in New York City to
demonstrate the double set of books for any public official and any TV
crews who wish to see it.
On Sept. 1, another event is planned in New York City, and on Sept.
21, Harris and Stephenson intend to demonstrate the problem for
members and congress and the press in Washington D.C.
Diebold has known of the problem, or should have known, because it did
a cease and desist on the web site when Harris originally reported the
problem in 2003. On Aug. 11, 2004, Harris also offered to show the
problem to Marvin Singleton, Diebold's damage control expert, and to
other Diebold execs. They refused to look.
Why don't people want to look? Suppose you are formally informed that
the gas tank tends to explode on the car you are telling people to
use. If you KNOW about it, but do nothing, you are liable.
LET US HOLD DIEBOLD, AND OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ACCOUNTABLE.
1) Let there be no one who can say "I didn't know."
2) Let there be no election jurisdiction using GEMS that fails to
implement all of the proper corrective procedures, this fall, to
mitigate risk.
Copyright © 2004 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
Of course the republicans stole the election again in Florida. Exit polls
showed a different outcome than the "official" results. What do you
expect with Jeb Bush leading the election of his brother? It is totally
amazing that Americans even buy this.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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03 Nov 2004 08:04:26 PM |
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"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> schreef in bericht
news:tKfid.2341913$yk.378626@news.easynews.com...
More paranoid unsupported *****. LOL. But you wallow in this type of
schizoid idiocies all the time hey Barbara.
Well, we cannot control the outcome right? Those nice Diebold machines
prevent such right. So, I don't believe in the correctness of the outcome.
No scientific educated person would.
Jean, if you really believe that a presidential election where a brother of
a
candidate is responsible for the outcome of the elections in a certain state
will be fair you also believe in Santa Claus. Of course Florida was another
hoax again.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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| User: "Jean Guernon" |
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03 Nov 2004 08:30:14 PM |
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I believe... that you are a conspiracy nut.
J.
Barbarossa a écrit:
"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> schreef in bericht
news:tKfid.2341913$yk.378626@news.easynews.com...
More paranoid unsupported *****. LOL. But you wallow in this type of
schizoid idiocies all the time hey Barbara.
Well, we cannot control the outcome right? Those nice Diebold machines
prevent such right. So, I don't believe in the correctness of the outcome.
No scientific educated person would.
Jean, if you really believe that a presidential election where a brother of
a
candidate is responsible for the outcome of the elections in a certain state
will be fair you also believe in Santa Claus. Of course Florida was another
hoax again.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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| User: "Barbarossa" |
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03 Nov 2004 11:06:39 PM |
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"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> schreef in bericht
news:Wugid.4441460$6p.731052@news.easynews.com...
I believe... that you are a conspiracy nut.
I reckon you will continue topposting. Okidoki.
Give me a break. An election between two Skull and Bones members.
One of course gladly conceding to the other. No lawsuits like in 2000.
I really wonder what agreements were made in the tomb in Washington
DC. The elections in the USA were a total hoax and the stupid Americans
bought it all.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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| User: "Jean Guernon" |
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03 Nov 2004 11:13:54 PM |
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Another nut conspiracy theory.
J.
Barbarossa a écrit:
"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> schreef in bericht
news:Wugid.4441460$6p.731052@news.easynews.com...
I believe... that you are a conspiracy nut.
I reckon you will continue topposting. Okidoki.
Give me a break. An election between two Skull and Bones members.
One of course gladly conceding to the other. No lawsuits like in 2000.
I really wonder what agreements were made in the tomb in Washington
DC. The elections in the USA were a total hoax and the stupid Americans
bought it all.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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| User: "Kim M" |
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| Title: Re: Voting machines purposely corrupted |
03 Nov 2004 11:56:51 PM |
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There will be many conspiracy theories evolve from this 'Past' election in
America.
The 'Republican Voting Support' is reminiscent of Nixon's 'Second Term' in
office; in the fact that there is "little" chance of re-calculating the VOTEs in
'Key' constituents (thanks to 'revised' voting systems). But these are the
FACTs.
So, unless you can 'prove' a valid conspiracy (ie: Woodward & Bernstein), It is
time to 'move on'.
And accept that George W. Bush is the "Man Of The Times", and he is America's
"Hope For The Future" to bring "World Peace", and stability to the "Home Land".
The 'American' public has voted (by a huge Majority - I might add).
--
Just A Thought !!!
Wait, I'm receiving another transmission from the great beyond.
Wouldn't you know it,
it was a 'Wrong Number' :-(
"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> wrote in message
news:lUiid.2353606$yk.380176@news.easynews.com...
Another nut conspiracy theory.
J.
Barbarossa a écrit:
"Jean Guernon" <jguernon@globetrotter.net> schreef in bericht
news:Wugid.4441460$6p.731052@news.easynews.com...
I believe... that you are a conspiracy nut.
I reckon you will continue topposting. Okidoki.
Give me a break. An election between two Skull and Bones members.
One of course gladly conceding to the other. No lawsuits like in 2000.
I really wonder what agreements were made in the tomb in Washington
DC. The elections in the USA were a total hoax and the stupid Americans
bought it all.
Kind Regards,
Barbarossa
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