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September 24, 2011
This little HBO documentary, nominated for an Emmy in 2007, follows the investigations of Seattle grandmother Bev Harris into the irregularities and outright fraud perpetrated by Diebold Election Systems Inc., who with Election Systems & Software (ES&S, who bought DESI in 2009) control over 80% of the electronic polling places in America. Harris's research proved that Diebold machines could be altered -- with no audit trail -- to produce incorrect vote totals. With the aid of several computer security experts, Harris demonstrates at least four different methods of election tampering; all totally untraceable. She catches Diebold executives on camera telling falsehoods about the reliability and security of their systems. She films them perjuring themselves before Congress.
Diebold of course denies all charges.
Yet there were counties in the 2004 US Presidential election which delivered NEGATIVE vote totals (less than zero votes) for John Kerry. Several critical jurisdictions reported extreme swaps in vote lead as counting progressed from 70% complete to 98% complete (and curiously always toward the Republican candidate). Exit polls in both 2000 and 2004 differed markedly from the official election results in most states across the country. Curious at best.
Sinister at worst. Diebold officials were huge fundraisers for Bush and stated publicly in 2003 that they were "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." Granted, CEO Walden O'Dell later backpedaled and stated he only meant to advance Bush's re-election through advocacy, but any public partisan stance by the manufacturer of untraceable vote counters should raise concern among voters and election officials.
Of course this is all history now. The massive 2000 and 2004 election irregularities have been well-documented in many places. It's good to remind ourselves however, going into 2012, that many of these problems appear to be still awaiting a fix.
Diebold of course denies all charges.
Yet there were counties in the 2004 US Presidential election which delivered NEGATIVE vote totals (less than zero votes) for John Kerry. Several critical jurisdictions reported extreme swaps in vote lead as counting progressed from 70% complete to 98% complete (and curiously always toward the Republican candidate). Exit polls in both 2000 and 2004 differed markedly from the official election results in most states across the country. Curious at best.
Sinister at worst. Diebold officials were huge fundraisers for Bush and stated publicly in 2003 that they were "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." Granted, CEO Walden O'Dell later backpedaled and stated he only meant to advance Bush's re-election through advocacy, but any public partisan stance by the manufacturer of untraceable vote counters should raise concern among voters and election officials.
Of course this is all history now. The massive 2000 and 2004 election irregularities have been well-documented in many places. It's good to remind ourselves however, going into 2012, that many of these problems appear to be still awaiting a fix.
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