Georgia: 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right Before theElection

Hi Everyone,

I've transferred my question to the Non-tech list.

I can appreciate the sentiment that "this would never have happened if they
were using an iSeries...", and fair enough. However, technical issues
aside, aren't you guys, as Americans, (and I'm asking as a non-American),
completely horrified by the potential abuse of democratic process?

I was sent this by a journalist friend of mine (see attached text file). It
talks about the Georgia elction, but also talks about a Republican Senator
Chuck Hegel from Nebraska, who also apparently won in an upset, but who
also happens to be a part owner of the company that has exlcusive control
of voting machines in Nebraska.

(See attached file: UNTITLED.TXT)

I believe someone in another mail made a comment about the technologically
challenged country over the pond where they still mark bits of paper with
crosses? Well I say thank God we're still technologically challenged over
the other side of the Pacific as well !

Thanks

Adam Driver
Technical Consultant
Kaz Computer Services
Level 7
66 Wentworth Ave
Sydney NSW 2010
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9844 0386
Fax: +61 2 9844 0333

A division of Kaz Group Limited - visit our website at www.kaz.com.au





message: 3
date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:51:35 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
from: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Georgia: 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right
             Before            the Election

I am trying to see how this situation could be turned this into a business
opportunity for the iSeries.  I can't picture a viable iSeries solution.



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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------

From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, February 14, 2003 13:31:02
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Georgia: 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right
Before
the Election

Mechanical voting machines offered some interesting opportunities too. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:35 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Georgia: 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix,
> Right Before
> the Election
>
>
>
> Saw this on another list, thought it might be of interest to
> programmers.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Georgia:
> 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right Before the Election.
>
> Black Box Voting
> Did anyone look at the source code?
> None of your business!
> No one certified the patches "No one is explaining the files
> in a folder
> called "rob-georgia"
>
> Read the whole story.
>
> http://www.blackboxvoting.com/georgia-fix.html
>
> <SNIP>
.

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