The summary of this weekend’s “Featured Article” says:
We live in a world of complex computerized systems — medical equipment such as MRIs and CAT scans; flight control software; an automotive fuel injection system; the databases that store, retrieve, and collate data. All these systems undergo stringent testing.
The primary purpose of any testing of computerized systems is to show either that the system works as designed or that it doesn’t. If the system does not work as designed, then the test results are expected to provide information on the nature, and perhaps the cause, of the defective behavior.
Using these criteria, this report evaluates one specific test — a test designed to confirm or refute that a specific computerized vote-counting system meets the accuracy level required by federal law. The details that follow contain many numbers and many technical details, but the discussion centers on a single, simple question: did the test, which was approved by the federal agency tasked with certifying voting equipment, provide evidence that the accuracy requirement was met, or did the test provide evidence that the accuracy requirement was not met?
As the author demonstrates in this specific instance, the answer is: the test provided neither. The test, which was designed by a federally-accredited test lab for the sole purpose of testing the accuracy of the vote-counting equipment, cannot prove whether or not the system accurately counts votes, nor can the test yield any measure of the accuracy rate.
The author wants the reader to understand that such testing provides false assurance that a federally-certified vote-counting machine meets the accuracy requirements of federal law.
- Featured – National: Federal Certification Test for Vote-Counting Accuracy Cannot Determine the Error Rate of the Equipment
http://www.votersunite.org/info/FalseAccuracyAssurance.asp - National: Diebold Failure: Not Just for E-Voting Anymore
https://bradblog.com/?p=7006 - National: Diebold Admits Voting Machine Flaw
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/161718/diebold_admits_voting_machine_flaw.html - National: State Election Web Sites: The Good and Bad
http://www.socialgovernment.com/2009/03/21/state-election-web-sites-the-good-and-bad/ - National: The ‘Baghdad Bobs’ of the E-Voting Industry
https://bradblog.com/?p=7008 - CA: Election officials start mailing overseas ballots
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090320/NEWS03/90320033/-1/newsfront - CA: Riverside County – County bills Sequoia systems, but check is not expected
Payment sought for labor to create paper backup of electronic vote
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/19/news/californian/riverside/z0b028abf0c96e7118825757400752b41.txt - KY: Clay County – 8 enter not guilty pleas in election fraud case
http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/733256.html - KY: Clay County – Kentucky e-voting fraud manipulated voters, not machines
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/kentucky-e-voting-fraud-manipulated-voters-not-machines.ars - MN: Coleman’s lead lawyer expects victory via appeal
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/41606392.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsX - NY: Opinion – Forget Lever Voting
How I learned to love optical scanners while battling DREs
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/03/forget_lever_voting.html - TX: Effects of photo ID on turnout, fraud unclear
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_11962937 - TX: Denton County – Argyle ballots broken down
Irregularities revealed in combined election
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_argyle_0322.5b851ae4.html
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