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Jonathan Simon is author of "CODE RED: Computerized Elections and The War on American Democracy" and was executive director of Election Defense Alliance from 2006-16.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Trump Is Sandbagging to Send Election to the House; Election Integrity Should Not Help Him
Is Trump's campaign of lawsuits aimed at running out the clock on election certification past deadlines so Biden fails to reach 270 electoral votes and the election will be thrown into the House of Representatives? Some Election integrity advocates see Trumps criticism of the electoral system as an opportunity to raise the visibility of the issue. That's a mistake
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 8, 2014 Gerrymandering, Media Control, Black Box Voting -- We've Lost our Democracy
Our democracy has been hijacked. We are watching Rove's oft-stated plan for Permanent Republican Rule come to fruition. Rigging was an essential component of its development , but--at least on the US House, presidency, and state legislative fronts--at this point it should be pretty much self-perpetuating.
SHARE Monday, November 21, 2011 The Occupy Movement, Rigged Elections, and the Bastille Line
If our democracy is to be saved from generations of oppression or bloody revolution, an end must come to rigged elections. The only way that is going to happen is by replacing our secret and corrupted computerized vote counting with publicly observable human vote counting. It's time to OCCUPY ELECTIONS, to storm not the Bastille but county and town clerks' offices with signed commitments to work as vote counters and observers
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 18, 2010 Preliminary election assessment from Election Defense Alliance
There are signs that real-time calibrating of votes needed to "win" targeted races is becoming easier, and the vote processing infrastructure to enable such exploits proliferating. EDA is attempting to investigate these developments, which make it possible to steal more elections while stealing fewer votes, leaving barely a numerical footprint.
(19 comments) SHARE Monday, June 9, 2008 The Democratic Primaries 2008: Managing Electoral Dynamics Via Covert Vote-Count Manipulation
We present evidence of manipulation of the results of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination contest, through . . . covert means targeted at the electronic vote tabulation process itself. The effect has been to prolong the nomination battle and sharpen its negativity, boosting McCain and making plausible his "victory" in November through continued exploitation of the security vulnerabilities in American voting systems.
SHARE Thursday, November 23, 2006 Election Forum: Election Integrity vs. HR 550
I have long cautioned that Congress was a poor place to look for serious electoral reform ("if it works, it won't pass; if it passes, it won't work") and I don't believe that the shift in party control, particularly with Hoyer at the helm, does much if anything to change this equation. (Ed. note: this piece was in response to a letter from another voting activist.)
SHARE Monday, October 9, 2006 Independent Exit Polls (IEP) 2006: The EDA Plan and How You Can Help
Our democracy is very near the point of no return: the 2006 midterm elections are a crucial turning point. If we are to have any exit polls as safeguards, it will be because you understand, as do we, that nothing less than our democracy is at stake.
Please act now.