The Voting Process

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Started August, 2009

The "Voting" Process

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I had to at least get this Issue up and going...

Just got the following eMail from Common Cause... and wanted to try to get as much Recognition for them and about "Diebold" as possible.

Also, our "Voting Process" is a very Under-Examined "Taken for Granted" part of Our Democratic System. There is absolutely "No Doubt" that there is Voter Fraud in just about All of Our Elections. The "Higher Up" the Political Ladder you go... the more likely for Fraud. Even for those Communities who are Vigilant and Responsible and Honest... there is the Potential for Corruption... if only through the Means of "Electronic Voter Calculations".

Just the fact that "Diebold" has changed their Name is reason enough to be Suspicious... as if the two Thefts by George W. Bush wasn't enough??? Most likely, they will be changing their Name(s) many more times in the Foreseeable Future.

Also, Citizens (and Government) need to be looking at "The Voter Process" a lot more Critically... and continually trying to make it more Efficient, Accurate and Accountable. Voter Corruption just doesn't happen at "The Voting Machines" and on Election Day. There are many ways to Corrupt the Process... and hopefully, I can find the Time to do more Investigating in this area... and give You more Grist to Chew on in the near future! :)

eMail from Common Cause:

Remember Diebold? The voting machine company whose CEO promised in 2003 to help Ohio "deliver its electoral votes" for George W. Bush?

You may not have heard much about them since they changed the name of their voting machine business to "Premier Election Solutions" in 2007.

But they are making headlines again this month, as Diebold is set to sell Premier to top competitor Election Systems & Software (ES&S) -- creating a company that would produce nearly three-quarters of our country's voting machine systems.*

We have a big problem with that. And the Justice Department should too.

Please join Common Cause in calling on the Justice Department to investigate whether the Diebold-ES&S deal violates antitrust regulations.

http://www.commoncause.org/TheDieboldDeal

We all know what can happen when voting machines aren't secure. Studies have shown that too many of our voting machines are highly hackable.** This is clearly a market where we need more innovation, not less. And there's no better driver of innovation than competition.

In addition, both Diebold and ES&S have been sharply criticized by election officials and experts for misrepresenting the reliability of their technology, and for increasing the costs to service faulty machines.

The consolidation of voting systems technology could also mean higher voting machine prices for local governments, whose budgets have been hard hit by the economic recession. Those increased costs could be passed on to us, the taxpayers.

If you have doubts about whether this merger is in the public interest, please join us in calling on the Justice Department to investigate.

Click here to send your message today!
http://www.commoncause.org/TheDieboldDeal

Thanks for all you do to help make our elections honest and secure.

Sincerely,

Bob Edgar
and the rest of the team at Common Cause

Resources:
*"Diebold selling US voting machine unit," Associated Press, 9/3/09
**"Is America Ready to Vote?" report, 10/16/08