Reply #48: Another "Nash-ional" speaker's letter to Jimmy Carter [View All]

[Fly by night]

Friday, April 15, 2005

To President Jimmy Carter
c/o: Ms. Lauren Gay
Assistant to President Jimmy Carter
Co­Chairman, Blue Ribbon Commission on Election Reform
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307

URGENT: TIME SENSITIVE. Election Reform Information. PLEASE OPEN
IMMEDIATELY.

Dear President Carter:

Introduction:

I have been involved in the problems in the 2000 and 2004
Elections. My specialty is applying quality principles to
information processes, such as the election processes. I have
been working with various election groups.

I was an invited speaker and facilitator at the "National
Election Reform Conference" in Nashville, April 8­10, hosted by
"Gathering to Save Our Democracy."

Various credible, statistical analyses of the irregularities in
the 2004 elections illustrate a pattern of problems that can NOT
be explained by random error. The patterns of irregularity in
vote counts for president consistently favor one candidate in
many areas, especially the "battleground" states.

There is a very clear and present danger that if the election are
not error proofed and put in control, our democracy is at risk.

Recommendations:

There must be a vigorous investigation into the systemic and
pervasive problems in the integrity and reliability of the
election processes. This investigation must be conducted in a way
to get to the truth of these irregularities. Of special concern
are problems with the electronic voting equipment that have
secret source and object code, and have not been proven to be
tamper­free, and do not provide audit records in a way to provide
a 100% verification that voters' votes are counted accurately.

Several speakers and others who have performed statistical
analysis on the voting results and discrepancies or who witnessed
irregularities should provide testimony to the Commission. We are
encouraging them to share their analysis and findings with you.

I should provide testimony to the Commission as expert in the
application of quality principles to the election processes and
for improvements to provide error­proofing and controls to
prevent both inadvertent error and deliberate tampering. Any
reforms made that are not grounded in sound quality management
and control principles will be sub-optimized at best, and may
fail to prevent deliberate tampering at worst.

My Credentials:

I have been applying quality principles to information since
1990.

I have been called one of the top two or three authorities in the
world on information quality management

I have provided information quality management consulting and
training to major companies like Intel and Toyota in 29 countries
on five continents.

My book, Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information
Quality, has been called "The Information Quality Bible for the
Information Age" by Masaaki Imai, creator the Kaizen quality
management system.
- It has been translated into Japanese by the first Information
Services organization to win the Deming Prize for Quality
- It was Cited by Computing Magazine as one of "Top 10 IT Books"
Nov 2002
- It has been the Best seller of all Information Quality books
on all Amazon sites

I have studied the election problems from the 2000 election. I
published a comprehensive analysis, "Information Quality Mandate
for Election Reform," published in the DM Review Journal,
October, 2001 to January, 2002. A copy is included. A PDF of
article is found at:
http://www.infoimpact.com/articles/DMR_10.01IQLessonsFromElection2000­w­Links1.pdf

Personal Notes:

I was a member the Northside Drive Baptist Church in Atlanta
during your presidency. Betty Conley and I co­led a young adults
Sunday School.

I am writing you because I have always admired your integrity. I
believe you can help America accomplish true Election Reform.

Our nation is at risk. We need more people like you who can help
the increasing number of concerned citizens bring about real
reform.

Thank you for considering this.


Sincerely,



Larry P. English
President