http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/voting-machines 2008-06-05T21:30:31Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38445-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-2-2 2008-06-05T21:30:31Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/41HuCojuedk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/41HuCojuedk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38445-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43411" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Secretaries of State Debra Bowen of California and Robin Carnahan of Missouri on Voting Issues in a Year of Soaring Turnout <br />We speak to the top election officials from two states—California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan—about some of the contentious issues facing the American electorate ahead of the November presidential election. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification. Many Democrats and civil rights groups have opposed the law, saying it is a thinly veiled effort to suppress elderly, poor and minority voters, those most likely to lack proper ID and who tend to vote for Democrats. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38445-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38446-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-1-2 2008-06-05T21:30:33Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FWzXLq7yhfE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FWzXLq7yhfE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38446-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43412" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Secretaries of State Debra Bowen of California and Robin Carnahan of Missouri on Voting Issues in a Year of Soaring Turnout <br />We speak to the top election officials from two states—California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan—about some of the contentious issues facing the American electorate ahead of the November presidential election. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification. Many Democrats and civil rights groups have opposed the law, saying it is a thinly veiled effort to suppress elderly, poor and minority voters, those most likely to lack proper ID and who tend to vote for Democrats. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38446-top-election-officals-talk-about-voting-problems-in-us-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36663-pa-election-day-turnout-and-voting-machine-issues 2008-07-14T08:36:58Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XWzahlRIh-g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XWzahlRIh-g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36663-pa-election-day-turnout-and-voting-machine-issues"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41251" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A quick summary of the turnout in Philadelphia and its western suburbs (steady but not record breaking...yet) and a quick interview with Babette Josephs of the PA State Govt. Comm. on the voting machines being used in this area.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36663-pa-election-day-turnout-and-voting-machine-issues">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35715-who-do-you-trust-with-your-vote 2008-08-29T18:47:58Z Cosmo Plavix <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfsY68wosUo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfsY68wosUo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35715-who-do-you-trust-with-your-vote"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39307" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Pops Logan has his own take on the subject.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35715-who-do-you-trust-with-your-vote">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31852-the-onion-diebold-accidentally-leaks-results-of-08-election 2008-06-17T21:30:26Z Onion News Network <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LBrDzZCOQtI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LBrDzZCOQtI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31852-the-onion-diebold-accidentally-leaks-results-of-08-election"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34323" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Embarrassed Diebold officials apologized after one of their electronic voting machines prematurely revealed the winner of our upcoming sham election.</p> <p>More coverage at: <a href="http://onion.com">onion.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/31852-the-onion-diebold-accidentally-leaks-results-of-08-election">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31047-ohio-ballot-scanners-2-out-of-3-failures 2008-02-29T23:09:54Z GottaLaff <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Hey <a href="http://www.ohdave.net/">OhDave</a>, what do you know about <a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/15453424/detail.html">this</a>?</p><blockquote><p><strong>The third time was the charm for pretest of the new optical ballot scanners</strong> at the <strong>Cuyahoga County</strong> Board of Elections.</p>Chief Investigator Duane Pohlman reported that <strong>the board ran two tests of the scanners on Friday, and during both tests, the computer repeatedly showed an error message.</strong> However, <strong>a third test ran successfully</strong>.The Board of Elections said previous tests of the scanners were successful, and <strong>officials do not know why the scanners did not initially read the ballots. </strong>Pohlman reported that the BOE is looking into <strong>possibly having a batch of bad disks. </strong>Friday&#39;s <strong>tests</strong> were public pretests that are <strong>required by law</strong>.</blockquote><p>Just a wild guess, but I&#39;m betting that accurate, tamper-proof voting machines are required by law as well. </p><p>Oh well, they got one right. That&#39;s about par.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28228-prof-steve-freeman-why-your-interest-in-election-integrity 2008-06-14T15:31:54Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzIwysb9tIk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzIwysb9tIk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28228-prof-steve-freeman-why-your-interest-in-election-integrity"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30361" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>I interviewed Professor Steve Freeman in Los Angeles on October 5, 2007. (Part 5 of 5)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28228-prof-steve-freeman-why-your-interest-in-election-integrity">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28139-double-bubble-trouble 2008-09-06T00:37:08Z WhyTuesday <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UEDztj0xbE8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UEDztj0xbE8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28139-double-bubble-trouble"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30262" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>LOS ANGELES, CA - On Super Tuesday 2008, Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? drops by Los Angeles City Hall for an exclusive interview with Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo about widespread voting trouble in Los Angeles.</p> <p>For more: <br />http://www.whytuesday.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28139-double-bubble-trouble">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27561-who-s-responsible-new-hampshire-chain-of-custody-sham 2008-06-11T21:31:22Z chucksheen <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHL_YMBolRs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHL_YMBolRs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27561-who-s-responsible-new-hampshire-chain-of-custody-sham"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29616" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/27561-who-s-responsible-new-hampshire-chain-of-custody-sham">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25162-dobbs-unbelievable-sc-voting-machines-lack-paper-trail 2008-06-15T21:31:24Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqlRWMkxk0k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqlRWMkxk0k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25162-dobbs-unbelievable-sc-voting-machines-lack-paper-trail"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27197" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Democracy at Risk, January 16, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25162-dobbs-unbelievable-sc-voting-machines-lack-paper-trail">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24488-dennis-kucinich-calls-for-a-recount 2008-01-12T20:51:00Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24488-dennis-kucinich-calls-for-a-recount"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/26505" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Gotta hand it to Kucinich to <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/11/kucinich-calls-for-new-hampshire-recount/">stir things up a little</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Democrat <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/dennis.kucinich.html"><strong>Dennis Kucinich</strong></a>, who won less than 2 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, said Thursday <strong>he wants a recount to ensure that all ballots in his party&#39;s contest were counted.</strong> </p><p>The Ohio congressman cited <strong>&quot;serious and credible reports, allegations and rumors&quot; about the integrity of Tuesday results</strong>.</p>Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlon said Kucinich is entitled to a statewide recount. But, under New Hampshire law, <strong>Kucinich will have to pay for it. </strong></blockquote> <p>He&#39;s trying to raise money to do just that. He doesn&#39;t expect significant changes in the total, but wants assurance that &quot;100 percent of the voters had 100 percent of their votes counted.&quot;</p><p>And good for him. Keeping everyone on their toes is a good thing, especially after so much election fraud in the past.</p><blockquote><p>Kucinich alluded to online reports alleging <strong>disparities around the state between hand-counted ballots, which tended to favor Sen. Barack Obama, and machine-counted ones that tended to favor Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton</strong>. He also noted the <strong>difference between pre-election polls, </strong>which indicated Obama would win, and Clinton&#39;s triumph by a 39 percent to 37 percent margin. </p></blockquote><p>Scanlon says New Hampshire&#39;s voting machines are not linked in any way, which reduces the likelihood of tampering with results on a statewide level. The results can also be checked against paper ballots. He says their system is nothing like those in Ohio or Florida.</p><p>To me, nothing is more welcome than this kind of vigilance.&nbsp; No more stolen elections. Ever.</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24014-silvestro-the-cat-the-new-hampshire-election 2008-03-22T21:54:51Z Mugsy <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23379--your-vote-may-be-lost-destroyed-miscounted-wrongly-attributed-or-hacked-don-t-forget-to-vote-now 2008-01-12T20:47:47Z GottaLaff <div class="post_content"> <p>A<strong> </strong><a href="http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/2008/01/exclusive-scary-nyt-story-on-faulty.html"><strong>scary &#39;NYT&#39; story on faulty voting machines</strong></a> is coming out on Sunday.&nbsp; Small sample:<br /><blockquote>&quot;[W]hat scares election observers is this: <strong>What happens if the next presidential election is extremely close and decided by a handful of votes cast on machines that crashed?&quot;</strong></blockquote><p>One more:</p><blockquote><p> &quot;<strong>I could have tampered with the machines in any way I wanted, with very little chance of being detected or caught.</strong>&quot; </p></blockquote><p>Welcome to the 2008 presidential election.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22080-cnn-democracy-at-risk-ohio-e-voting-machines-flawed 2008-06-15T03:29:50Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GyGuC8hcadw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GyGuC8hcadw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22080-cnn-democracy-at-risk-ohio-e-voting-machines-flawed"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23593" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>12.17.07</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22080-cnn-democracy-at-risk-ohio-e-voting-machines-flawed">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21889-want-to-tamper-with-votes-in-ohio-here-s-how 2008-03-20T19:18:23Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21889-want-to-tamper-with-votes-in-ohio-here-s-how"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/21642" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Hey KKKarl! Here&#39;s your <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4008511">big chance</a>! </p><blockquote><p><strong> Got a PDA and a magnet? You could switch votes cast in an Ohio election by connecting your PDA to the voting machine</strong>.</p><p> A study conducted over a two-month period this year found that <strong>Ohio&#39;s voting systems are seriously flawed</strong>. An 86-page report released by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says, &quot;<strong>The findings in this study indicate that the computer-based voting systems in use in Ohio do not meet computer industry security standards</strong>, and are <strong>susceptible to breaches</strong> of security that may <strong>jeopardize the integrity of the voting process</strong>.&quot; </p></blockquote><p>Great news, eh Bushies?&nbsp; All that talk of President Obama or Clinton...or even Edwards? Fuggedaboutit.</p><blockquote><p> Her findings have <strong>broad implications</strong>. With the election less than a year away, <strong>Ohio is an important swing state</strong>, decisive in returning President Bush to office in 2004. </p><p>A team of researchers from Microsolve Inc., Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania found <strong>critical security failures in all five voting systems used across the state</strong>.</p></blockquote><p>Oh, it gets worse, if that&#39;s even possible:</p><blockquote><p><strong> The software is problematic, as well. The report found that servers crashed easily</strong>. Crashes in 2007 delayed results for hours. </p></blockquote><p>Brunner recommends that all touch-screen machines in Ohio be replaced with optical scan paper ballot machines. </p><blockquote><p>When asked why flawed systems were put into operation, she replied, <strong>&quot;I&#39;m dealing with the system that I inherited.</strong>&quot; </p></blockquote><p>As will the next president of the United States. Things are broken all over.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15567-calif-votes-counted-by-machines-running-windows-software 2008-06-09T15:30:42Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PWwjGdj6Wk0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PWwjGdj6Wk0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15567-calif-votes-counted-by-machines-running-windows-software"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15401" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>From KESQ in Palm Springs. Vote counting machines running Windows software. More good news.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15567-calif-votes-counted-by-machines-running-windows-software">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10264-dan-rather-discusses-voting-machine-failures-on-cnn 2008-06-17T21:30:31Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/398EALWr_OM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/398EALWr_OM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/10264-dan-rather-discusses-voting-machine-failures-on-cnn"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/10417" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>08/14/07</p> </div> <a href="/blog/10264-dan-rather-discusses-voting-machine-failures-on-cnn">Watch the video</a>