20060926 Take your pick Absentee ballots or purple thumbs

Washington Examiner Editorial: Take your pick: Absentee ballots or purple thumbs?

September 26^th, 2006

http://www.examiner.com/a-311406~Editorial__Take_your_pick__Absentee_ballots_or_purple_thumbs_.html

The Washington Examiner editorial for September 26, 2006 calls to our attention that “Maryland's elections boss, Linda Lamone, isn't addressing the very real and fundamental problems with those Diebold voting machines.”

Editorial: Take your pick: Absentee ballots or purple thumbs?

Sep 26, 2006 5:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Gov. Robert Ehrlich is urging all registered voters in Maryland to cast absentee ballots for the November general election after technical glitches and human error marred the state’s Sept. 12 primary. The governor says he’s lost confidence in the Diebold touch-screen voting machines purchased for use in all Maryland counties in order to comply with the federal 2002 Help America Vote Act.

Just two months ago, a trio of nationally recognized computer science experts directed harsh criticism at the Maryland State Board of Elections for its failure to alert the Federal Elections Commission about Diebold’s serious security vulnerabilities. In a July 24 op-ed, “The Diebold Bombshell,” Stanford Professor David Dill, the University of Iowa’s Doug Jones and retired IBM executive Barbara Simons disclosed the fact that Diebold “included a ‘back door’ in its software, allowing anyone to change or modify” it. Amazingly, there are “no technical safeguards in place to ensure that only authorized people can make changes.” So anybody who knows how to can literally hijack an election.

But that’s not all.

Read the rest here.

For more of my view, please see: (UPDATE: To see more on Ms. Linda Lamone – please click here.)

20060923 KDDC The Linda Lamone Vote-o-matic

23 Sep 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff

The Linda Lamone Vote-o-matic. © Kevin Dayhoff September 23 rd, 2006. Linda Lamone unveils her plan for Maryland’s Nov. 2006 general election. ####

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20060923 KDDC Lamoned again and again

23 Sep 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff

Lamoned again and againSeptember 23rd, 2006Photo credits: left photo, “Linda Lamone answers questions at the Board of Public Works meeting (Photo by WBAL's Scott Wykoff)†Right photo: YouTube: “Linda Lamone: I’m the boss.†Much ...

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20060917 KDDC Cartoon MD Primary Election Voters What Voters

18 Sep 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff

Cartoon by (c) Kevin Dayhoff September 13, 2006 State elections administrator Linda Lamone and Maryland General Assembly Speaker of the House, Mike Busch engage in a spirited conversation about the Maryland primary elections on ...

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