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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 05:36 PM
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Extensive online book: "Vote Fraud And Election Issues"
I just stumbled onto this while researching Joe Andrew. There is quite a bit of information compiled here:

http://www.ejfi.org/Voting/Voting-1.htm#map
Vote Fraud And Election Issues Book Map

Chapters

Chapter 1 — Introduction To Voting Problems

Introductory Comments On Voting Problems by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D.

Introduction and summary

Elections and power

Computer security

Election databases

Election officials and voting system vendors

Mailed ballots

A 'Modern' Democracy That Can't Count Votes

Special report:

Long-term neglect

Weak equipment

Votes for sale

Turned away at polls

Voluntary standards

Too Many Votes Go Uncounted by Thomas Hargrove

Vote Early, Vote Often by Kay Daly

Chicago Rules Of Election Fraud

How to steal an election

Basic Voting Principles

Secret ballot

One man, one vote

Voter eligibility

Transparency

Votes accurately recorded and counted

Reliability

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Chapter 2 — Essays On Voting Problems

ATM Network For Voting: A Non-Starter by David Jefferson

Re: ATM network for voting: a non-starter (Jefferson, RISKS-21.15)

Vote Of No Confidence by Jonathan Vankin

The FEC rejected Naegle's recommendation

And so on...

Sanity In The Election Process by Lauren Weinstein

Hacking The Vote by Lauren Weinstein

Statement On Palm Beach County Florida Ballot by Don A. Dillman, Ph.D.

Perspective On Election Processes by Peter Neumann

Florida vote counts

Perspective on election processes

Internet and electronic voting

Thoughts On Computers In Voting by Douglas Jones, Ph.D.

What threat does this present?

If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines by Thom Hartmann

The Election by Michael Shnayerson

Global Eye — Vanishing Act by Chris Floyd

Annotations

How They Could Steal the Election This Time by Ronnie Dugger

Torment in Washington

Around the States

'It's Really a Matter of Trust'

Voting Machines Stolen in Georgia

The Kids Prick Open a Scandal

What You Can Do

E-Vote Machine Certification Criticized by Bill Poovey

Elections Run Smoothly in Surprising Places by Thomas Hargrove

Doubting Thomas

Top

Chapter 3 — Direct Recording Electronic Voting

Diebold — The Face Of Modern Ballot Tampering by Faun Otter

The perfect crime?

Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines And The Truth About The Diebold Rob-Georgia File by C. D. Sludge

Bigger than Watergate!

How to rig an election in the United States

Fantasy becomes reality

Hack The Vote — How To Stop Someone From Stealing The 2004 Elections by Paul Boutin

Did E-Vote Firm Patch The Georgia Election? by Kim Zetter

All The President's Votes? by Andrew Gumbel

Internet Voting For Military Was An Open Invitation To Election Fraud

Introduction

Saudis Dump U.S. Voter Firm by Charles R. Smith

Offshore Company Captures Online Military Vote by Lynn Landes

U.S. to test expat cybervoting

A security analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) by David Jefferson Ph.D., Aviel D. Rubin Ph.D., Barbara Simons Ph.D., and David Wagner Ph.D.

Diebold GEMS Central Tabulator Contains Stunning Security Hole by Bev Harris

Issue

Findings

Problems with GEMS Central Tabulator

More GEMS problems, and why current solutions/explanations won't work

The audit log

Could the double set of books be legitimate?

Solutions to GEMS central tabulator problem

Ways to get taxpayer restitution

More predictions

How much taxpayer money is involved?

Gambling On Voting

Tests and Testing

Lost Electronic Votes in New Mexico: A Cautionary Tale by Dan Keating

Wrong Time For An E-Vote Glitch by Kim Zetter

Low-Carb Leader Will Get My Vote by Dave Barry

Blind Voters Rip E-Machines

Modifications due

Survey questioned

Voters' complaints

Top

Chapter 4 —Trust Our Election Officials?

Some Questions For Our Elected Officials by Chuck Herrin

Electronic vote counting

Paper ballots

Voting machine security

As Bad As The 1904 Election In Colorado? by Ed Quillen

Louisiana Commissioner Of Elections Convicted Of Accepting Kickbacks From E-Vote Vendors

Factual basis, plea agreement in Fowler case

Plea agreement

Pinellas County, Florida, finds Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark, worked for voting machine manufacturer

Abstract

Decision delayed after revelations about manufacturers

Pinellas County, Florida, Ballot Box Sat Ignored In Office

Deborah Clark just can't seem to get the hang of running an election

Human (Or Was It Machine?) Errors Mar Florida Primary Results

Abstracts from Florida Democratic Party news release

Final Voting Results Expected One Week After Electronic Election

Voting Machines Maker Blamed

Does Florida's latest election fiasco portend another Bush theft in November?

Polling problems seen as 'crisis'

Serious unresolved issues with Miami-Dade primary election mar prospects for clean November 5, 2002 election

Doofus Too Dumb To Quit In Arapahoe County, Colorado

Doofus of the Month award

Clerk's affair dividing office

He's just elected; now recall him

Baker forces commission to do right

Arapahoe has spent $200,000 in effort to oust clerk Baker by Karen Rouse

When allies become enemies by George Merritt

Arapahoe County ousts clerk in a rout

Arapahoe settles with Baker workers

Jokes at 2002 Baker meeting

Florida Clerk Notes Election Irregularities In Broward County

Request for confirmation

Reply

Mesa County Colorado List Of Voters Raises Doubts by Nancy Lofholm

Denver Election Commission Technician Charged With Theft

Why public trust is an issue here

City employee charged with theft

Diebold Wines And Dines Election Officials by David Corn

Madame Butterfly Flies Off With Ballots: Florida Fixed Again by Greg Palast

Eroding The Cornerstone Of Democracy

Open and honest elections

Election watchdog could face charges

Free Al Kolwicz!

Want to know how I voted? Look it up by Jon Caldara

Election watchdog won't face charges

We are appalled!

Votes At Risk In Some States by Thomas Hargrove and Michael Collins

Voting Glitches Found In Six Recent Elections In Miami-Dade County, Florida

On the hot seat

Assigning blame

Error repeated

Office criticized

Top

Chapter 5 — Lies, Damn Lies, And Mail In Elections

Voting Fraud In South Dakota

Dead men voting: In Daschle's home state, fraud wanders off the reservation

South Dakota poll worker faces forgery charges

Oregon's Vote-By-Mail Fails To Fulfill Its Promise by Melody Rose

Oregon's Comedy of Errors by Thomas Hargrove

Uncharted Territory For Colorado With Mail Ballots

Colorado County Clerks Breaking Election Law On Signatures by Steven K. Paulson

Mail Balloting Invites Fraud, Intimidation by Jon Caldara

Mail ballot — Here's proof that method not secure

Report On The April 1, 2003, Mail In Election, Colorado Springs, Colorado by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D.

Problem summary

Attachments

Background

City of Colorado Springs mail in election April 1, 2003

What has been done as of July 4, 2003 and what should be done?

University Of Florida Professor Sees Red Over Absentee Ballot by Amy Reinink

First complaint

No change expected

Public record

A wider fear

Candidates weigh in

Absentee Votes Worry Officials As November 2, 2004, Nears by Michael Moss

A matter for the states

Signatures and excuses

The ballot gatherers

Absentee Voting Practices Result In Felony Charges Against Orlando, Florida Mayor, Judge, Campaign Manager, And Others

'Ballot king' was paid by Orlando Mayor Dyer, other politicians to collect absentee ballots in Florida by Mark Schlueb

Orlando, Florida, mayor and judge indicted in absentee ballot case

Top

Chapter 6 — Pitfalls Of Statewide Voter Registration Databases

Thousands Of Ineligible Voters Are Still Registered by Thomas Hargrove

Ex-Con Game: How Florida's 'Felon' Voter-Purge Was Itself Felonious by Greg Palast

Many Counties Have Highly Inaccurate Voter Lists by Thomas Hargrove

Polling workers say the problems are obvious.

Vanishing Votes by Gregory Palast

How To Steal An Election by Jeff Jacoby

Election Day, RIP?

An Election Spoiled Rotten by Greg Palast

The urge to purge

Ethnic cleansing of the voter rolls

Absentee ballots go AWOL

A million votes in the electoral trash can

Phantom Voters by Terje Langeland

Introduction

Registration drive

Moving around

On the roll for years

Voting from the grave

Cutting deadwood

Does size matter?

The Miami scandal

Letters

Communication Glitch Delays Early Voting At Some Broward County, Florida, Sites

Top

Chapter 7 — Building Better Ballot Boxes

Bad Ideas For Voting Just Keep Coming by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D.

The way it was when voting worked

Bad idea #1 — Electronic voting machines

Bad idea #2 — Voting centers

Bad idea #3 — Increasing voter turnout

Bad idea #4 — Early, absentee, or mail balloting

Bad idea #5 — Exit polls

Bad idea #6 — Make election day a holiday

Bad idea #7 —Conduct many elections

Bad idea #8 — Do away with secret ballots

Bad idea #9 — Avoiding detection of election fraud

Bad idea #10 —Internet voting

Conclusions

To Register Doubts, Press Here by Sam Lubell

A Better Ballot Box? by Rebecca Mercuri, Ph.D.

Trusting trust

Trust, but verify

Top

Chapter 8 — Voting Problems In The 2002 Elections

Technician's error, not machines, to blame in Dade election mix-up

Shadow of doubt

The wrong winner

No red flags

Upcoming elections

Florida Elections — 2002

Wellington candidate sues, seeks new vote

Elections chief refuses to test vote machines

How To Vote In One Easy Step: Use Chisel, Tablet by Dave Barry

Elections are scarier than a terrorist threat

Broward discovers glitch in election

Florida's Broward County finds 100,000 lost votes; results unchanged

Bay County Democrat wins recount by 139

Voting machines in 2002 primary criticized, Miami-Dade misled by firm, report says

Bay County Democrat wins recount by 139 votes

The Re-Election of Jim Crow: How Jeb Bush's Team is Trying to Steal Florida Again by Greg Palast

The black button

Coup d'etat by computer

Various News Reports

Arkansas Secretary of State pleads guilty to taking bribes in computer voting equipment case

Sequoia vice president indicted in elections kickback scheme in Louisiana

Touch screen voting machines lose unknown number of votes in Dallas

Conflict probe launched in California's voting machine buys

Absentee ballot requests seized in Marion County, Indiana; probe launched

Voting system integrity flaw

2002 Elections: Republican Voting Machines, Election Irregularities, and "Way-Off" Polling Results by Lynn Landes

Top

Chapter 9 — Voting Problems In The 2003 Elections

Error Spurs Total Vote Recount In Boulder, Colorado, by Marcos Mocine-McQueen

Garfield County, Colorado, Election Investigation Uncovers Many Miscalculations by Mike McKibbin

Top

Chapter 10 — Voting Problems In The 2004 Elections

Electronic Voting A Mess In March 2004 California Primary

E-voting bug plagued San Diego County election

Electronic voting component wasn't fully tested

Lost e-votes could flip Napa County race

North Carolina Takes The Lead In November 2004 Elections Problems

Discrepancies found in numbers of Gaston County votes, voters

Gaston County, North Carolina investigates election tally errors

Gaston County elections director resigns

North Carolina's ballot blues by Joyce McCloy

Election problems in Craven County due to a software glitch

Fixing vote problems

More information surfaces on Carteret County problem

Election Problems In Florida — 2004

Gambling vote glitch mars tally in Broward County

Distrust fuels doubts on votes, Orange County's web site posted wrong totals

Department of Law Enforcement investigating voting fraud in Duval, other counties

Top

Chapter 11 —Election Web Sites And Problems

Election Issue Web Sites

Governmental Bodies Or Associations

Voting Equipment Manufacturers

Electronic Voting Equipment Problems Tabulated By State And County

Some known problems with electronic voting equipment

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Summary of commonly-observed problems with electronic voting machines
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-05 07:06 PM
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1. Joe Andrew?
Have you posted your findings somewhere? Link, purty please?
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-05 07:43 PM
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2. Zan check this out
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-05 08:24 PM
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3. Thanks, autorank!
I'm there!
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-05 08:37 PM
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4. I compiled a lot of info on him over-here
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-05 09:09 PM
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5. Tom-- thanks much!
There was some very good stuff.

The stuff by autorank was not all info about Joe Andrew -- and the link for iowa didn't work for me.

Anyone looking for info, the links provided by tommcintyre are more directly responsive to the search for more background on him.
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