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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums__OHIO__ Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on Vote Tabulation Systems???...
Last week, Bob Fitrakis and Gerry Bello at FreePress.org reported an important story concerning what they described as "uncertified 'experimental' software patches" being installed at the last minute on electronic vote tabulation systems in 39 Ohio counties which service more than 4 million voters Buckeye State voters.
The story included a copy of the contract [PDF] between Republican Ohio Sec. of State Jon Husted's office and ES&S, the nation's largest e-voting system manufacturer, for a new, last minute piece of software created to the custom specifications of the Sec. of State. The contract itself describes the software as "High-level enhancements to ES&S' election reporting software that extend beyond the current features and functionality of the software to facilitate a custom-developed State Election Results Reporting File."
A subsequent story at The Free Press the following day included text said to be from a November 1 memo sent from the OH SoS Election Counsel Brandi Laser Seske to a number of state election officials confirming the use of the new, uncertified software on Ohio's tabulator systems. The memo claims that "its function is to aid in the reporting of results" by converting them "into a format that can be read by the Secretary of State's election night reporting system."...
The story included a copy of the contract [PDF] between Republican Ohio Sec. of State Jon Husted's office and ES&S, the nation's largest e-voting system manufacturer, for a new, last minute piece of software created to the custom specifications of the Sec. of State. The contract itself describes the software as "High-level enhancements to ES&S' election reporting software that extend beyond the current features and functionality of the software to facilitate a custom-developed State Election Results Reporting File."
A subsequent story at The Free Press the following day included text said to be from a November 1 memo sent from the OH SoS Election Counsel Brandi Laser Seske to a number of state election officials confirming the use of the new, uncertified software on Ohio's tabulator systems. The memo claims that "its function is to aid in the reporting of results" by converting them "into a format that can be read by the Secretary of State's election night reporting system."...
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__OHIO__ Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on Vote Tabulation Systems???... (Original Post)
Indi Guy
Nov 2012
OP
Perhaps because Tagg (what the fuck kind of name is that) rMoney owns the machines?
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
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Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)1. Related article...
Could Ohios Jon Husted be the most important person on Election Day?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/05/who-is-jon-husted/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/05/who-is-jon-husted/
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Perhaps because Tagg (what the fuck kind of name is that) rMoney owns the machines?
KatyBR
(183 posts)3. Was this "Patch" stopped or are we going to reexperience 2004??
Can anyone tell me if this patch was challenged?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. Like we have a system in place to do that?
Money talks.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)5. Because the GOP cannot win without cheating
... and they feel entitled to. Because it is "their" country.
Any other questions?
Hekate
borrowed from DUer Siduri:
The GOP knows it cannot win without cheating. Since the Supreme Court gave its blessing in 2000, cheating has become explicit GOP policy. That's why we now have electronic voting machines and voter ID laws. FIGHT BACK.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)6. We need election reform
if we want to hold onto the WH in 2016. It is past overdue.