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David L Lamon | November 29, 2009
In past articles I have attempted to get the reader to understand how easily manipulated election results can be. This is an excerpt from the New York election results. I don’t know about you but the fact this govenment doesn’t listen to its citzens any longer cast a dark shadow over them with me and lately has shown it is apt to portake in freedom oppressing international treaties such as the Human Rights, Law of the Sea and now Climate; therefore, it has put me in a position that I can’t trust a single individual with my freedoms. I am in total agreement with Ronald Reagan concerning anything done in Washington D.C. “trust by verify” and this current administration, although it promised transparency to get elected has done the exact opposite after getting elected. The website for the complete story is….
http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8425:impossible-numbers-certified-in-ny-23&catid=60:st-lawrence-news&Itemid=175
District 23 New York
One of the problems as reported: the machines kept “freezing up… like Windows does all the time”. Machines in Hermon, Lawrence, Colton’s 2nd district, and Massena’s 1st and 2nd districts failed to print the results. Frank Hoar, an attorney for the Democratic Party, initially ordered the impoundment of malfunctioning machines but released the order on November 5th so that Bill Owens could be sworn in to Congress in time to vote on the House health bill on November 7th.
Electronic vote counting is much too vulnerable to failure and/or manipulation. If a mechanical (lever-style) machine breaks down, the failure is visible, and only the one machine is affected. With electronic vote counting, one person can change the outcome of an election and not leave a trace. This has been shown over and over again in scientific studies, including those commissioned by the Secretaries of State in California and Ohio.
But more than that, how can we have a democracy if we cannot know if the vote count is accurate? If election officials cannot know, and if the candidates cannot know, and if the voters cannot know that the official results are true and correct, why even have an election? Why go through the motions?
In New York State, 232 years of election case law pursuant to the state constitution has strongly upheld the requirement that votes be counted visibly, in public view, and the results proclaimed, before the ballots or the lever machines leave the polling place. It has long been understood that vote counting concealed from the public is a crime waiting to happen. Because electronic vote counting is an invisible process, it flies in the face of tradition and case law.
Contributor's website: http://thevoice.name
Computerized Voting Machine Woes
David L Lamon | November 29, 2009
In past articles I have attempted to get the reader to understand how easily manipulated election results can be. This is an excerpt from the New York election results. I don’t know about you but the fact this govenment doesn’t listen to its citzens any longer cast a dark shadow over them with me and lately has shown it is apt to portake in freedom oppressing international treaties such as the Human Rights, Law of the Sea and now Climate; therefore, it has put me in a position that I can’t trust a single individual with my freedoms. I am in total agreement with Ronald Reagan concerning anything done in Washington D.C. “trust by verify” and this current administration, although it promised transparency to get elected has done the exact opposite after getting elected. The website for the complete story is….
http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8425:impossible-numbers-certified-in-ny-23&catid=60:st-lawrence-news&Itemid=175
District 23 New York
One of the problems as reported: the machines kept “freezing up… like Windows does all the time”. Machines in Hermon, Lawrence, Colton’s 2nd district, and Massena’s 1st and 2nd districts failed to print the results. Frank Hoar, an attorney for the Democratic Party, initially ordered the impoundment of malfunctioning machines but released the order on November 5th so that Bill Owens could be sworn in to Congress in time to vote on the House health bill on November 7th.
Electronic vote counting is much too vulnerable to failure and/or manipulation. If a mechanical (lever-style) machine breaks down, the failure is visible, and only the one machine is affected. With electronic vote counting, one person can change the outcome of an election and not leave a trace. This has been shown over and over again in scientific studies, including those commissioned by the Secretaries of State in California and Ohio.
But more than that, how can we have a democracy if we cannot know if the vote count is accurate? If election officials cannot know, and if the candidates cannot know, and if the voters cannot know that the official results are true and correct, why even have an election? Why go through the motions?
In New York State, 232 years of election case law pursuant to the state constitution has strongly upheld the requirement that votes be counted visibly, in public view, and the results proclaimed, before the ballots or the lever machines leave the polling place. It has long been understood that vote counting concealed from the public is a crime waiting to happen. Because electronic vote counting is an invisible process, it flies in the face of tradition and case law.
Contributor's website: http://thevoice.name
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Those lever machines were easily tampered with and/or broke down invisibly. Grease a rubber belt, shave a gear – instant poor results for the candidate of your (non)choice. someone in the electoral process must be trusted and/or verified at all times. Don’t fall for the personal fight between some NY area bloggers and the State Board of Elections. The bloggers were soundly bashed once the Board investigated. At the end of Election Day, we need more citizens to get involved with canvassing the paper ballots bast across NY and most of the rest of the Country.