Secretary of State in Calif. to announce her decision on voting machines

[napi21]

by Midnight tonight PT! I don't have a link. I just head this on Mike Malloy's show. Her decision could have shattering effects on all other States that use them.

She could decertify all of them, certify them temporarily under strict new security rules, etc. Apparently nobody knows and her office is being VERY QUIET!

[GreenTea]

1. I hope Debra Bowen whom I respect and worked hard for TOSSES the Diebold & ES&S cheating machines!

The republican owned (ES&S & Diebold) electronic voting machines which have been stealing elections for the republicans since their inception (and now are in place in something like 90% of the country's voting precincts, just waiting for the 2008 elections).

This issue is the single most important issue and what bothers me most...If our votes aren't being counted accurately how will we ever get candidates in office who want to end the war, care about education, our social services, environmental issues, health care.... if hacking continues it becomes impossible to change any of it as long as the corporate republicans candidates keep stealing elections by hacking our votes nothing can or will change.

The electronic voting machines are a wonderful tool for the republicans to stay in power and force their ideology, agenda down our throats...no matter how much we protest in the streets we need our vote to be accurately counted! The owned corporate media certainly is not going to help expose it, it's not in their best interest.

The republicans will continue to steal elections as long as the software remains secret in their filthy republican hands. They couldn't have "won" in many of the areas where they now hold seats without cheating.

Why should ANY corporation own our voting machines in the first place in which our taxes pay for them...Why? The republicans who want to privatize everything, it's to their advantage to steal elections because the machines are so easy to hack, and to change the vote totals.

We really need to move forward, and stop using the corporate owned, extremely easily hackable electronic voting machines, and use have paper ballots, that are verifiable, easily counted. that (ALL paper ballots counted, including provisional paper ballots)!

Who gives a fuck how long it takes to count, accuracy is far more important than speed. Every voters vote should count...That's NOT what we have with the republican owned machines.

Without all our votes accurately being counted, how can we ever change anything, while the republicans keep taking offices by easy manipulation of the machines...The republicans certainly don't want to change the way the votes are being counted (or not counted) - they will fight hard to keep their bullshit, Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) written by republicans in place. The same republican were quite aware while writing that bullshit lying Act that the machines can easily steal elections for them....Since the machines (ES&S & Diebold) are programed & serviced, only by self proclaimed republican owners/corporations.

We the voters are NOT allowed to inspect the software...In so much as whatever the machines reads becomes the winner and no way to do any kind of accurate recount.

And when obvious voting manipulations have occurred much too frequently (and not nearly as exposed with how much manipulation goes on with the machines)...Why do the republicans benefit from the machines obvious fucked up results about 100% of the time?

Who gives a shit how long it takes (besides the republicans and the TV networks) making sure EVERY vote is properly and accurately counted is far more important than speed!

Anyway, there's always over 2 1/2 month's before they take office in January after the election anyway, so speed is NOT a priority...accuracy IS!