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babsbunny

(8,441 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:26 PM Nov 2012

Ohio judge rejects lawsuit against voting machine software

Ohio judge rejects lawsuit against voting machine software

By David Ferguson
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 15:50 EST

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/06/ohio-judge-rejects-lawsuit-against-voting-machine-software/

An U.S. District Court judge has rejected a suit filed by a Green Party activist alleging that Ohio voting machines were using dangerously vulnerable software that would allow votes to be blocked or altered. According to SFGate.com, Judge Gregory Frost ruled that election activist and Green Party Congressional candidate Bob Fitrakis provided “zero” evidence for his claims, offering instead only conjecture as to how and why the machines could fail.

Fitrakis and his lawyer alleged that software and hardware produced by the Nebraska company Elections Systems and Software (ES&S) contain a “back door” that makes them particularly easy to reprogram and cause to produce inaccurate results. Their suit sought to force Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) to stop using ES&S products and break the state’s contract with the company.

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Ohio judge rejects lawsuit against voting machine software (Original Post) babsbunny Nov 2012 OP

Geez ananda Nov 2012 #1

What does it take to get judges to uphold the law? DJ13 Nov 2012 #2

more bs from husted questionseverything Nov 2012 #7

Fuck. Matariki Nov 2012 #3

Why on earth are "changes-fixes, etc" even allowed within 6 months of an election? SoCalDem Nov 2012 #4

And correctly so cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #5

the patches are illegal questionseverything Nov 2012 #6

So untimely filing and evidence won't be provided unless there is a demonstrated cheat. Fair enough lonestarnot Nov 2012 #8

ananda

(28,866 posts)

1. Geez

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:27 PM

Nov 2012

What does it take to get judges to uphold the law?

DJ13

(23,671 posts)

2. What does it take to get judges to uphold the law?

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:47 PM

Nov 2012

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)

7. more bs from husted

Reply to DJ13 (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:21 PM

Nov 2012

Opening of polls in Franklin County on Election Day
by Free Press staff
November 6, 2012

Reporting from Election Protection Command Center: So far, we have not heard of any problems opening the polls. We have heard that people are showing up to vote at the Driving Park polling site with their voter cards from the Board of Elections, but their names did NOT show up on the voting rolls. Each one was made to vote provisionally.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)

3. Fuck.

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:04 PM

Nov 2012

When does this get fixed?

It doesn't help that even here there are people who toss the word 'paranoid' around at those who have concerns about the hackability of voting machines...

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

4. Why on earth are "changes-fixes, etc" even allowed within 6 months of an election?

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:07 PM

Nov 2012

I voted on a big ole paper ballot..put into a blue box when I was done.. No electronic gadget of any kind..

Just make the last day of voting a paper-ballot proposition..make it a school holiday and use neighborhood schools as polling places.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

5. And correctly so

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:07 PM

Nov 2012

You don't go into court on the morning of election day armed with nothing but generalized suspicion of what might be the case, asking the court to grant an injunction against the state's method of counting the votes.

The request was dumb.

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)

6. the patches are illegal

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:18 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/15/2012/4783

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19

from the article...
Breaking News: Results of today’s hearing in state court on the uncertified and untested software
by Free Press staff
Bob Fitrakis returned from state Common Pleas Court, reporting that Judge Serrott ruled against him regarding his request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to remove the uncertified, untested software from some Ohio voting machines. However, the judge left open the possibility that the case could be heard after the election, if there is evidence of election tampering. The judge declined to interfere in an on-going election, but indicated that he would consider taking action as the case continues after the election if it was needed. So, in conclusion, in both the federal and state cases, expert witness Michael Duniho who worked for the National Security Agency (NSA) spelled out in great detail the threat to Ohio’s voting system by the secret, uncertified, and untested software.
NSA expert Michael Duniho affidavit
READ THE ARTICLE

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

8. So untimely filing and evidence won't be provided unless there is a demonstrated cheat. Fair enough

Reply to questionseverything (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:58 PM

Nov 2012

but no swearing in on Jan 20th of a cheater. That will be decided by the peoples' Court.

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