Experts Warn of Potential 2008 Election Cyber Heist

This centralized collection of all incoming statewide tabulations would make it extremely easy for a single operator, or a preprogrammed single "force balancing computer" to change the results in any way desired by the team controlling Computer C. In this case GOP partisan operatives. Again, if this out of state system had ANY digital access to the Secretary of State's system it would be cause for immediate investigation by any of my banking clients. [Velvet Revolution]

The second tale of why the court needs to lift the stay now in place comes from Richard Hayes Phillips, who says that while Brunner's position to oppose the stay until after this year's presidential election is "well taken," he does not find it persuasive, given that four years have elapsed since the 2004 election occurred.  Additionally,  the "crimes" he declares were part of it and that Brunner, who rode in on a high horse of election system reform, is responsible for administering the upcoming election.

In a very compelling document, Phillips argues forcefully that now would be a "good time to hold accountable those who were responsible for rigging a presidential election." He then proceeds to list 22 separate events, from Oct. 13, 2004 to July 27, 2007, that should have triggered an investigation by the Ohio Secretary of State or the Ohio Attorney General, two state agencies with authority and resources to launch hearings or investigations.

The Hayes affidavit asserts that after reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents, ballots and other election records, "it is my conclusion that there is so much evidence of ballot alteration, ballot substitution, ballot box stuffing, ballot destruction, vote switching, tabulator rigging, and old fashioned voter suppression, that the results of the 2004 presidential election, would have been reversed" had there been a real investigation. [Velvet Revolution]

The Three Amigos of Ohio election law (Arnebeck, Fitrakis and Eckart) told Judge Marbley that lifting the stay now would "likely produce information that the public should have before voting in the next election. It would provide a clear signal that the rule of law will apply, and there will be accountability for criminal conduct." A major objection raised before to lifting the stay was about resources being drained from various agencies. Arnebeck, Fitrakis and Eckart countered that they could "accomplish without a significant drain on the resources of either the Ohio Secretary of State or Ohio Attorney General's office."

Local Views, Background Archives

One of the Three Amigos, Bob Fitrakis, a professor of political science at Columbus State University and editor of the Columbus FreePress, wrote a round-up article about the 10 things that can go wrong with the 2008 election. Fitrakis has run as a candidate for congress and governor.

Important background articles on this topic can be found at ePluribus Media, a powerful citizen journalism site known for vetting and fact checking and its revelations about big issues like the politiziation of the US Dept. of Justice under John Ashcroft and then Alberto Gonzales.

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Originally posted at OhioNewsBureau. John Michael Spinelli is a former Ohio Statehouse government and political reporter and business columnist. He now serves as the OhioNews Bureau Chief for ePluribus Media Journal. Find ONB archives here.

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