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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Election Integrity: VoterACTION Video Points to Electronic Election Threats

Voter Action has filed lawsuits in 13 key states, (including Arizona) to promote public control of public elections and challenged the uncritical adoption of fatally flawed election systems sold by unaccountable private companies. Experts say that electronic voting produces unverifiable results.

The German High Court recently declared election computers unconstitutional.

CIA
cybersecurity expert Steve Stigall recently described to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission attempts to use computers to undermine elections in developing nations. Stigall told the Commission that computerized election systems can be "manipulated at five stages, from altering voter registration lists to posting results." Stigall warned that "whenever the vote becomes an electron and touches a computer, that's an opportunity for a malicious actor potentially to ...make bad things happen." Must read why we must NOT adopt Internet voting!