After the "questionable" results of the 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections, I will NEVER have faith in voting machines manufactured by Diebold, ES&S or Sequioa ever again... If and when fraud and/or computer "glitches" are exposed, do we let our legislators and election supervisors allow Diebold, ES&S or Sequoia to "fix" their machines, yet keep them in place for us to use in future elections? I for one, think not...http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG411A.html<snip>
Athan Gibbs’ TruVote system was described as ''one of the most promising technologies in the world for fixing democracies". In the wake of the 2000 presidential elections, where than 1 million votes went uncounted for Athan Gibbs invented the TruVote vote-casting system:
"TruVote allows voters to touch their candidates' names on a computer screen and receive receipts of their vote at the end of the process. They can then go to a Web site, punch in their voter validation number and make sure their vote was recorded." (The Tennessean.com, 14 March 2004).
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TruVote is a system that has impressive potential, and was attracting a lot of interest around the country as it began the validation process...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2619674<snip>
TruVote, provides two separate voting receipts. The first is shown under plexiglass, and displays the choices made by a vote on the touch screen. This copy falls into a lockbox after the voter approves it. The second is provided to the voter. TruVote is already attracting fans, among them Brooks Thomas, Tennessee's Coordinator of Elections. "I've not seen anything that compares to TruVote validation system
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...another review of the TruVote system...http://www.technologycouncil.com/news.ez?viewStory=701<snip>
Sterling offers his view of TruVote's advantage: "The TruVote system offers a voter-verifiable paper ballot that is printed under glass. The voter does not get to handle the paper ballot. The system allows the voter to verify the information on the paper ballot before the vote is actually cast. As such, we always have an independent paper audit trail for manual recounts. In addition, a second (optional) take-home receipt is printed that allows the voter to verify that their vote was indeed received, recorded and counted as intended. In addition, the TruVote system offers a state-of-the-art ADA interface allowing a voter to vote using voice recognition, numeric keypad or a touchscreen interface, all with an audio ballot. Setting up an election is extremely easy with the integrated ballot creation tools which come standard with the system."
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This is a system that has enormous potential to bring credibility and peace of mind back to the election process. unfortunately...http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG411A.html<snip>
Athan Gibbs devoted his life "to making sure voters in future elections would know their votes mattered". He died in a mysterious car crash on Interstate highway 65 in Tennessee in March 2004
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2619674<snip>
Gibbs’ death bears heightened scrutiny because of the way he lived his life after the 2000 Florida election debacle. I interviewed Athan Gibbs in January of this year. “I’ve been an accountant, an auditor, for more than thirty years. Electronic voting machines that don’t supply a paper trail go against every principle of accounting and auditing that’s being taught in American business schools,” he insisted.
“These machines are set up to provide paper trails. No business in America would buy a machine that didn’t provide a paper trail to audit and verify its transaction. Now, they want the people to purchase machines that you can’t audit? It’s absurd.”
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http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/04/11/60549101.shtml<snip>
Gibbs formed the Nashville-based company because of his concerns about punch-card ballot problems during the 2000 presidential election. But he died in a car accident in March before an updated version of his company's software system, which prints a receipt as proof of a person's vote, went into testing.
Since then, TruVote has lost interim president and former Chief Financial Officer Adrienne Brandon and has yet to name a new president. Brandon left the company in August.
Its offices in the Nashville Business Incubation Center are closed, and TruVote hasn't done any elections work since voting at a sorority convention here in July. Still, acting Chairman and Corporate Secretary Harvey Hoskins insists TruVote will live on.
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It seems that the company is looking for a new president and investors. It's product and limited track record are very impressive and the product is a viable competitor against the other voting machines on the market. It's my hope that progressive investors would get involved with this company before the repug money machine washes it out of existence.Perhaps this is a company that we can get behind to offer as a viable solution to our legislators and communities to effect real change quickly. We've seen the resources that we progressives have when we come together as an activism block. Millions were raised for Dr. Dean, MoveOn.org, John Kerry, and now BBV. We had hundreds of lawyers and other professionals activated at the polls this past week. We have the anger and the desire...http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/04/03/48811616.shtml<snip>
The 57-year-old Gibbs died as the company is on the verge of seeking certification for an improved second version of the TruVote system from the National Association of State Elections Directors. Brandon sees that as a top priority along with raising about $5 million of capital and hiring a permanent chief executive officer "with operational skills the company needs to be a leader in its market."
She declined to comment on finances of the five-employee company but said she's confident it will be able to raise the money and keep going. TruVote also is seeking partnerships in addition to its relationship with software giant Microsoft, which has provided help in testing the system and access to its government relations team for lobbying help.
Finding other strategic partners and tapping into funding sources such as government grants would be significant to TruVote's survival, said John Burch, the president of Nashville-based Capital Market Advisors. "What they need is a hard-headed businessman with some deep pockets, who's got enough (mass) to negotiate with a Microsoft, NCR and some other people," said Burch, who also speaks well of Brandon.
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I demand a verified and accountable audit trail, and stronger criminal penalties for voter intimidation and suppression tactics that we've seen in play since 2000. We have the momentum in every part of our country to put verified ballot initiatives and anti-voter intimidation legislation on the ballot for next year's election cycle. But we must move quickly and decisively.FWIW, here's a well written article on Mr. Gibbs and the TruVote system...http://blackonomics.com/lead.ihtml?id=262It seems as if a TruVote project may be a worthy project, but that's just one man's opinion. What do you think? What can we do?:hi:
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