Transcript Citizens Gone Wild

Citizens Gone Wild:
Taking Control of Our Democracy
Nancy Tobi - Democracy For New Hampshire,
Election Defense Alliance
So, America, Who is
Counting Our Votes?
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Nationally: 80% ballots counted by
corporate owned and programmed
computers using secret vote counting
software*
New Hampshire: 81% ballots counted by
corporate owned and programmed
computers using secret vote counting
software**
*Election Data Services
**http://www.sos.nh.gov/voting%20machines2006.htm
The Granite State
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All voters use paper ballots
Two approved vote counting systems:
– Hand count (19%)
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Community counters
Publicly observable
Checks and balances
– Diebold count (81%)
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Black box counting
Secret counting
Corporate controlled
Diebold Cities & Towns in
the Granite State
Albany
East Kingston
Kingston
Northwood
Alton
Eaton
Laconia
Nottingham
Auburn
Effingham
Lee
Ossipee
Barrington
Epping
Londonderry
Plaistow
Barnstead
Exeter
Madbury
Portsmouth
Bartlett
Farmington
Madison
Raymond
Bedford
Freedom
Manchester
Rye
Belmont
Fremont
Meredith
Rochester
Brentwood
Gilford
Merrimack
Rollinsford*
Brookfield
Gilmanton
Middleton
Sandown
Candia
Goffstown
Milton
Sandwich
Center Harbor
Greenland
Moultonborough
Seabrook
Chatham
Hale's Location
New Castle
Somersworth
Chester
Hampstead
New Durham
South Hampton
Conway
Hampton
New Hampton
Strafford
Danville
Hampton Falls
Newfields
Stratham
Deerfield
Hart's Location
Newington
Tamworth
Derry*
Hooksett
Newmarket
Tuftonboro
Dover
Jackson
Newton
Wakefield
Durham
Kensington
North Hampton
Wolfeboro
Who’s Counting 81% of
NH’s Votes?
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Diebold Election
Systems
Management:
2003 CEO Wally
O’Dell pens a memo
pledging “to help
Ohio deliver its
electoral votes to
the President."
Diebold’s Accuvote
Management Team
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Diebold Election Systems
Accuvote Team:
Software Developer, Jeffrey
Dean: Convicted
embezzler, specialized in
sophisticated alteration of
computer records whose
scam involved former
Watergate burglary
mastermind, Egil “Bud”
Krogh
Manager, Ballot
Printing/Design, John Elder:
Convicted cocaine trafficker
Diebold’s New England
Vendor: LHS Associates
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Business #1, Programming Elections: With
their first line of business, LHS Associates alone has
access to and control over the secret vote
counting software that counts 81% of NH's
votes.
Business #2, Collecting Census Data: With
their second line of business, LHS Associates
performs what is known as "data mining". They
collect census data, information about who lives
where, what are their incomes, their professions,
their habits, their properties, their family histories.
Data Mining and Political
Activities
The legitimate intersection: Political Campaigns
Find out where the
opposition votes are, Find out
where the supporters are
Campaign
Canvass, advertise, campaign
Use your resources wisely based
On your knowledge of the
demographics
Data Mining and Political
Activities
The not so legitimate intersection: Election Programming
Find out where the
opposition votes are
Fraud
Program the vote to
deal with it
Florida 2000 Presidential Election: ChoicePoint, a data mining company,
helped out George Bush's campaign by systematically stripping out
(purging) 94,000 eligible voters - all identified as Democrat-leaning - from
the voter registration rolls. They were denied their right to vote in that
election.