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   Bluebear2 said on 7/12/2006 @ 2:24pm PT: [Permalink]

   “…and an injunction on behalf of AVANTE.”

   That’s the best part – prevent these machines from being used in November.

   GO AVANTE!!!

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   Shannon Williford said on 7/12/2006 @ 2:30pm PT: [Permalink]

   Awright! So they didn’t even come up with their own VVPAT technology on their own…
   Good. Let the vendors sweat some more as the lawsuits pile up…
   Hope our democracy ain’t dead by the time justice is served…

   And – come on Mexico! Hang in there. That’s where the Bushies are trying to steal one like they have been doing here. They’ve started working on some new tricks for the Nov. election.
   And why Mexico? According to Greg Palaste – and it makes sense – it’s all about the oil. Mexico is where we get most of ours; and right now it’s owned by the government. Bush wants our oil guys to be able to buy up some of their state-run oil biz.

   So what do we do about November?
   What about paralel elections? Are any of y’all working on that?
   Having somebody outside every polling place in a contested Congressional race asking folks to do a paper vote and comparing the box with the real vote…
   Whday’all think?

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   Mugzi said on 7/12/2006 @ 3:46pm PT: [Permalink]

   It is very sad when our media reports on elections in foreign countries, but nary a word on ours. You are probably right about the oil. Until our own citizens wake up, this is the way it will be. I truly don’t think enough people care or can’t be bothered.

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   brock samson said on 7/12/2006 @ 6:15pm PT: [Permalink]

   Does this mean there’s now even less chance of having VVPATs on machines in Nov?

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   Peg C said on 7/12/2006 @ 6:23pm PT: [Permalink]

   AVANTE has a huge point. If several unscrupulous voting machine companies with no respect for anything but their bottom lines create the impression that NO electronic systems can be devised and manufactured without gaping vulnerabilities, then honest companies with the integrity to care about producing a quality product will sink with them. But I think any machines must be required to prove their reliability AND to subject their software to expert outside scrutiny – something none of the three baddies being sued have done/allowed.

   And just to think – those guys couldn’t even do a good job of copying!!

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   Bluebear2 said on 7/12/2006 @ 7:34pm PT: [Permalink]

   Brock Samson said:

   “Does this mean there’s now even less chance of having VVPATs on machines in Nov?”

   I guess that is a concern, but with luck this suit and other actions being taken will get rid of the machines entirely!

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   high5, Stockholm said on 7/16/2006 @ 2:43am PT: [Permalink]

   or, this is just another clever psy-op making people beleive the shit about paper trails securing anything.

   This is what gives it away:

   AVANTE’s VVPAT and optical scanning (which includes automatic ballot marking) patents allow voters to verify that their electronically-cast ballots are being accurately counted while also allowing for auditability between the paper record and the electronic record.

   Anyone heard of Avante before?