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[sunshinekathy]

2. How voting machines (diebold?) weren't even tested before the elections.

This statement isn't true they were tested (both by the ITAs and by local election officials) - but pre-election testing doesn't stop vote fraud. See this paper for a better understanding:

http://utahcountvotes.org/AdviceReDiebolds.pdf

which I wrote to explain election issues to the layperson.

3. The machines
a. lost votes, vote switching, extra votes, unable to count
votes
b. hackability
c. no paper slip -----> no recounts
d. new GAO report
4. Why it is important to have verifiable elections
... I might throw in the stalin quote somewhere (not who
casts the votes, but who counts them)...

The GAO report, Carter-Baker report, etc. are covered somewhat in this history of the 2004 presidential election which is written to give the lay person an overview - just pick the sections you want - The Washington State Governor's race & New Mexico's presidential race are interesting:

http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Presidential-Election-2004.pdf

I'm not sure that Stalin really said that - but a picture of Stalin with that quote is in this powerpoint presentation which may help you develop a ppt presentation for your presentation:

http://electionarchive.net/docs_other/dopp/WhyNotDiebold.doc

Best,

Kathy