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Bob Fitrakis
Fitrakis returns from federal court hearing on Ohio voting machine software patch
by Free Press staff
November 6, 2012
Bob Fitrakis just returned from court for his lawsuit to stop the software patches on voting machines in Ohio. Judge Frost has not ruled on the matter yet, and at the conclusion of the hearing at approximate 10:20am he said he would issue a ruling forthwith,(before noon today).
Mike Donohoe, retired National Security Agency master of computer security, testified by phone. Donohue stated that the software in question is also available for free on the internet, and he was not sure why the state of Ohio paid for it. He said it would have been more sensible for the stated purpose of the software to have placed it onto the secretary of states computers instead of the county computers. Donohoe also stated that it is customary, in his experience, if the Secretary of State put "experimental" software on an election system, it is usual to require hand counts in addition, in order to ensure that the added software had not affected the accuracy of the vote count, Donohoe pointed out. He also said that if a virus had been inserted through this new software, it could remain in the system. So removing the software may not remove the virus. That is why a random hand count of 5% is so important.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Fitrakis returns from federal court hearing on Ohio voting machine software patch
by Free Press staff
November 6, 2012
Bob Fitrakis just returned from court for his lawsuit to stop the software patches on voting machines in Ohio. Judge Frost has not ruled on the matter yet, and at the conclusion of the hearing at approximate 10:20am he said he would issue a ruling forthwith, (before noon today).
Mike Donohoe, retired National Security Agency master of computer security, testified by phone. Donohue stated that the software in question is also available for free on the internet, and he was not sure why the state of Ohio paid for it. He said it would have been more sensible for the stated purpose of the software to have placed it onto the secretary of states computers instead of the county computers. Donohoe also stated that it is customary, in his experience, if the Secretary of State put "experimental" software on an election system, it is usual to require hand counts in addition, in order to ensure that the added software had not affected the accuracy of the vote count, Donohoe pointed out. He also said that if a virus had been inserted through this new software, it could remain in the system. So removing the software may not remove the virus. That is why a random hand count of 5% is so important.
tater_salad
(12 posts)This shouldn't be an issue even under consideration for a presidential election let alone to have it happening in the state that will decide this election. Effing nuts. [Fingers, toes and eyes crossed till decision rendered.]
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)5% of the votes impacted.
I suppose that would trigger a recount.
loudsue
(14,087 posts)I've pretty much had it with Ohio. Why don't those people throw these crooks out of office?
riqster
(13,986 posts)...the effort to clean the state up. It has been too for too many years, and the state Dems don't play to win- they play to not lose.
loudsue
(14,087 posts)And until the grassroots makes it happen, it's going to be this way.
I'm sick of a Democratic party that won't fight for what is right, and fight to WIN.