Posted on Thursday is the featured blog by New Jersey computer scientist Andrew Appel. In the blog and linked video Professor Appel shows how easy it is to remove and replace new security seals installed on the machines in New Jersey by Sequoia and the state. The professor also points out that the addition of these security seals is just another smoke-screen from Sequoia. It took him 7 minutes the first time he removed and replaced the seals.
This weekend also finds more from Minnesota including an article by one of the non-partisan observers to the whole recount procedure. Good job by all who have been involved in that process.
We also have an article about Buddy Johnson, the soon to be out of work Hillsborough Co Florida election supervisor who has now dropped his request for $2.3M to cover cost overruns in this past election. Could it be he is nervous that the county has threatened to audit his office to find out how they spent their money? …
- Featured – NJ: Security Seals on AVC Advantage Voting Machines are Easily Defeated
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/security-seals-avc-advantage-voting-machines-are-easily-defeated - National: Check out all these unexpected deaths of people involved with elections
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Check-out-all-these-unexpe-by-Pokey-Anderson-081221-175.html - AR: Election Commission seeks state law changes
http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/72322/ - AR: Pulaski County – Review reveals general election confusion
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/247246/ - CA: San Mateo County – The Insider: Imagine there’s no Diebold
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_11274497 - CO: Secretary of state pick has his plans
Bernie Buescher wants a user-friendly website and better ties to county clerks.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11280316 - CT: Humans are the worry in vote counts
http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_11276592 - FL: Hillsborough County – Johnson Drops $2.3 Million Request
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/dec/20/na-johnson-drops-23-million-request/ - MN: Opinion – A recount to count on
http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_11277905?nclick_check=1 - MN: Franken in front … for now
Canvassing board finishes work on bulk of challenges; Coleman in court over duplicates
http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_11275526 - MN: What will it take to declare a winner?
http://www.twincities.com/ci_11280046 - NJ: Looking at new and expensive ways to fix NJ’s voting system
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/B3/20081221/NEWS0301/812210336/1123/NEWS02 - NJ: Another snag for e-voting in NJ
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj-xgr–legislativepr1221dec21,0,2063936.story - NY: 2 Elex panelists may have broken rules
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/12/20/2008-12-20_2_elex_panelists_may_have_broken_rules.html - OH: Mike Connell, GOP ‘IT Guru’ Reportedly Killed in Solo Plane Crash!
Yes, THAT Mike Connell, key witness in the Ohio election fraud case, King-Lincoln v. Blackwell
https://bradblog.com/?p=6765 - OH: One of my sources died in a plane crash last night…
http://www.atlargely.com/2008/12/one-of-my-sources-died-in-a-plane-crash-last-night.html - OH: The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3320 - PA: Pa. high court allows voting-machine suit to proceed
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20081220_Pa__high_court_allows_voting-machine_suit_to_proceed.html - PA: Mercer County – Was your vote counted this year? Most likely
http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local_story_354212545.html - TX: Dallas County – Report refutes ballots in dead Dallas County voters’ names
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6164286.html
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