Comment We, the geek community, need to examine Diebold (Score 1) 1718
We, as the geek community, need to acquire a Diebold voting machine and inspect it closely. We need to put it in a lab, set it up as an election machine, reproduce the environment, and see exactly what it does. We need to report the results in a way that are reproducible and understandable to the world.
Consider that in Florida, where Diebold was used in several counties, the exit polls showed a 8-percent spread in favor of Kerry. The official results are much different. Consider also that Diebold is a contributor to the Republican Party.
Also consider, that the Republican Party fought legal battles to ensure the touch screen voting systems in Florida are NOT REQUIRED to have a paper trail. That in itself is disturbing. (Here's a South Florida newspaper story about this: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/s fl-pcpaper26oct26,0,5649106.story?coll=sfla-news-p alm )
This is not a conspiracy theory (yet), but simply a loose end that needs to be tracked down, carefully.
We are the ones to do it.
Consider that in Florida, where Diebold was used in several counties, the exit polls showed a 8-percent spread in favor of Kerry. The official results are much different. Consider also that Diebold is a contributor to the Republican Party.
Also consider, that the Republican Party fought legal battles to ensure the touch screen voting systems in Florida are NOT REQUIRED to have a paper trail. That in itself is disturbing. (Here's a South Florida newspaper story about this: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/
This is not a conspiracy theory (yet), but simply a loose end that needs to be tracked down, carefully.
We are the ones to do it.
