Ever wonder why it is hard to get evidence of vote theft by
machine into the record by way of our government officials?
(Editors Note: Chirolas submitted this story March 25th.)
William Chirolas -- World News Trust
April 13, 2007 -- Ever wonder why it is hard to get evidence of vote theft by
machine into the record by way of our government officials?
Well, we had the
revelation of a letter from the "I guarantee Ohio for Bush in 04"
voting machine maker staff the other day. And, now we have another letter from voting machine maker ES&S, this one sent to David Drury who oversees the voting system
certifications for the state's Division of Elections, just as a group of state
officials and the Florida State University's SAIT Lab were preparing to conduct
two examinations to test the voting systems used in Sarasota county with a
source code review of the software.
You would think that a voting machine maker
would want the world to know why some 18,000 ballots didn't have any vote cast
in the 13th Congressional District race. Below, taken from the link above, is the
letter's detailed list stating what the testing reports should, and should not say:
"In the letter, ES&S refers to its list as
"guidelines," but the instructions are extensive -- running a page
and a half -- and make some pretty strong demands.
Among them, that the report should make (the quotes are
ES&S's):
* No statements about possible "vulnerabilities"
* No statements about the "style" of the source
code
* No statements commenting on the use of less desirable
techniques, instructions, or constructs
* No statements regarding conformance to source code
standards of any type or kind
* No statements regarding ES&S hardware or software
engineering practices or design methods
* No statements regarding the use of preferred or
non-preferred data structures, data types, data formats, databases, storage
methods
* No statements rendering opinions on security techniques
employed or not employed
* No statements discussing presence or absence of
cryptography or other security methods and techniques"
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