Live Free or DieBold! That's what I am talking about. I have said

[texpatriot2004]

it before and I will say it again and I will say it until these criminal bastards stop this secret vote counting.

If you cannot audit an election, then it is NOT transparent, if it is not transparent, then it is not a Democracy and technically not an election but rather a sham, a charade, a theatrical event, etc.

So say it loud and say it often, "Live Free or DieBold."

[lonestarnot]

1. I love it. Going to add DieBold to my next one of these.

[texpatriot2004]

3. Great idea. nm

[lonestarnot]

15. Kick!

[pnorman]

2. "Live Free or DieBold!"

I LOVE it!!! And I'll give you the sincerest form of flattery --- by STEALING it!!

pnorman

[texpatriot2004]

4. The upmost form of flattery and BTW pass it on nm

[bananas]

5. That would make a great bumper sticker! nt

[texpatriot2004]

6. yeah, I haven't seen one yet but maybe soon eh? nm

[Rosco T.]

20. I did this bumper sticker almost THREE MONTHS AGO...

www.cafepress.com/democatic

look in the VOTE! 2006 / bumper stickers section

and this one last week..



www.cafepress.com/democatic

[texpatriot2004]

7. Live Free of DieBold...80% of the votes are counted by these

criminal bastards and the criminal bastards at, which was it ES & S?

[BeFree]

17. Yep

ES&S or Election Systems and Software

Senator Chuck Hagel (R) was the CEO of ES&S.

Shortly after he quit ES&S he won election by a surprising number of votes. His election numbers were counted by ES&S machines.
(something like 20 years ago, forgot the state)

Some claims that the executives of Diebold and ES&S are related have never been refuted.

ES&S is not a public shareholder company... completely private. Diebold is public.

(all this is off the top o' me head, go ahead prove me wrong. lol)

[shooga]

8. Criminal Bastards is "RIGHT"

Associated Press Associated Press | Also by this reporter 2003-12-17 18:23:00.0
SAN FRANCISCO -- At least five convicted FELONS secured management positions at a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software.

Voter advocate Harris alleged Tuesday that managers of a subsidiary of DIEBOLD, one of the country's largest voting equipment vendors, included a COCAINE trafficker, a man who conducted FRAUDULENT STOCK TRANSACTIONS and a programmer JAILED for FALSIFYING COMPUTER RECORDS.

The programmer, Jeffrey Dean, wrote and maintained proprietary code used to count hundreds of thousands of votes as senior vice president of Global Election Systems, or GES. DIEBOLD purchased GES in January 2002.

According to a public court document released before GES hired him, Dean served time in a Washington state correctional facility for stealing money and tampering with computer files in a scheme that "involved a high degree of sophistication and planning."

"You can't tell me these people passed background tests," Harris, author of Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century, said in a phone interview.

DIEBOLD spokesman Michael Jacobsen emphasized that the company performs background checks on all managers and programmers. He said many GES managers -- including Dean -- left at the time of the acquisition.

"We can't speak for the hiring process of a company before we acquired it," Jacobsen said. He would not provide further details, saying company policy bars discussion of current or past employees.

The former GES is DIEBOLD's wholly owned subsidiary, Global Election Management Systems, which produces the operating system that touch-screen voting terminals use.

Dean could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) announced a bill last week that would require stringent background checks on all electronic voting company employees who work with voting software. The bill, which Boxer plans to introduce in January, would toughen security standards for voting software and hardware, and require touch-screen terminals to include printers and produce paper backups of vote counts by the 2004 presidential election in November.

Harris and Andy Stephenson, a Democratic candidate for secretary of state in Washington, conducted a 10-day investigation in Seattle and Vancouver, where the men were convicted. Harris and Stephenson released the findings in a 17-page document online and at a news conference in Seattle.

Also Tuesday, Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed announced legislation that would require electronic voting machines in the state to produce a paper trail.

If the legislature approves it, touch-screen machines in the state would be required to produce paper receipts by 2006.

Voters would get to see but not touch or remove the receipts, which would be kept in a county lock box. Computer programmers say software bugs, hackers or electrical failures could cause more than 50,000 touch-screen machines used in precincts nationwide to delete or alter votes.

California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said last month that touch-screens in the nation's most populous state must provide paper receipts by 2006.

[texpatriot2004]

9. Literally, criminal bastards eh nm

[pnorman]

10. "Inspired" by this entire thread,

this is what I just posted on my union's BBS:

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"LIVE FREE OR DIEBOLD" would be an apt title for this thread. Here's from a 3 year old news item that's still "fresh news" today:

Critics: Convicted Felons Worked for Electronic Voting Companies
By Rachel Konrad
Sarasota Herald Tribune

Tuesday 16 December 2003

(AP) At least five convicted felons secured management positions at a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software.

Voter advocate Bev Harris alleged Tuesday that managers of a subsidiary of Diebold Inc., one of the country's largest voting equipment vendors, included a cocaine trafficker, a man who conducted fraudulent stock transactions, and a programmer jailed for falsifying computer records.

The programmer, Jeffrey Dean, wrote and maintained proprietary code used to count hundreds of thousands of votes as senior vice president of Global Election Systems Inc. Diebold purchased GES in January 2002.

According to a public court document released before GES hired him, Dean served time in a Washington correctional facility for stealing money and tampering with computer files in a scheme that "involved a high degree of sophistication and planning."

"You can't tell me these people passed background tests," Harris, author of "Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century," said in a phone interview.
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/121803C.shtml
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pnorman
PS: I LOVE my DU!

[pnorman]

13. Here's a related thread that just showed up, elsewhere on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2559007

Like everything else, I carefully cross-check such items before running with them. But I strongly suspect that it'll check out completely.

pnorman

[texpatriot2004]

16. Wow! 5 criminals in management at one company - for real. nm

[upi402]

11. a Saddam election is what I call it

[Cetacea]

12. Hi texpatriot2004 K+R

still a great idea, as it was when you first posted a week or two ago.

[texpatriot2004]

14. Hi there

:hi:

[Terri S]

18. Well, I missed it a week or 2 ago

so thank you for posting it again. LOVE IT!! A big K/R and passing it on!!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. Did you vote early in TX? How did you do it?