We ordinary mortals can stubbornly alter the conversational terrain to discuss what is a true democratic system and what is psuedo-democracy. We can expose the hidden agenda opportunity if our leaders try to sell us on systems that provide them with a Plan B. "If necessary."
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[1]'It is so highly effective that nobody questions the results of the elections,' Clinton said.
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) suggested in testimony before the Senate Rules Committee July 25 that the election system used in India in 2004 produced the voter confidence in the election process the Congress is seeking to achieve by federal legislation. Clinton was the lead-off witness in the hearing on S. 1487, the Ballot Integrity Act of 2007, and is co-sponsor of S. 804, the Count Every Vote Act, an election reform package requiring a voter-verifiable paper ballot and a paper audit trail.
electionlawblog.org/archives/ear-clinton.doc
For Clinton's Rules Committee testimony see: http:/rules.senate.gov/hearing. For additional information on the electoral system in India and on its electronic voting machine see the Indian Election Commission website: www.eci.gov.in.
[2] J. Alex Halderman on manipulating votes with the Indian e-voting machines
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/06/indias-e-voting-mach.html
also: Electronic voting machines in India, the world's largest democracy, are vulnerable to fraud...
Even brief access to the paperless machines could allow criminals to alter election results, the seven-month investigation reveals. Great Lakes Innovations and Technology Report: India's Black Box Voting Vulnerable To Attack
http://www.wwj.com/UM-Research--India-s-Black-Box-Voting-Vulnerable-T/6983830
[3] Frantic effort to ensure Philippine vote continues (Reuters) Khaleej Times Online - 5 May 2010 -
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/M ay/international_May229.xml§ion=international
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PERMISSION TO EXCERPT OR REPRINT GRANTED, WITH LINK TO http://www.blackboxvoting.org
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Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) suggested in testimony before the Senate Rules Committee July 25 that the election system used in India in 2004 produced the voter confidence in the election process the Congress is seeking to achieve by federal legislation. Clinton was the lead-off witness in the hearing on S. 1487, the Ballot Integrity Act of 2007, and is co-sponsor of S. 804, the Count Every Vote Act, an election reform package requiring a voter-verifiable paper ballot and a paper audit trail.
electionlawblog.org/archives/ear-clinton.doc
For Clinton's Rules Committee testimony see: http:/rules.senate.gov/hearing. For additional information on the electoral system in India and on its electronic voting machine see the Indian Election Commission website: www.eci.gov.in.
[2] J. Alex Halderman on manipulating votes with the Indian e-voting machines
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/06/indias-e-voting-mach.html
also: Electronic voting machines in India, the world's largest democracy, are vulnerable to fraud...
Even brief access to the paperless machines could allow criminals to alter election results, the seven-month investigation reveals. Great Lakes Innovations and Technology Report: India's Black Box Voting Vulnerable To Attack
http://www.wwj.com/UM-Research--India-s-Black-Box-Voting-Vulnerable-T/6983830
[3] Frantic effort to ensure Philippine vote continues (Reuters) Khaleej Times Online - 5 May 2010 -
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/M ay/international_May229.xml§ion=international
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