Turn on Nightline, ABC - electronic voting on 12:10 AM 3/3/04

[SaddenedDem]

Coming up after the commercial.

[ParanoidPat]

1. Thanks SD!

I'll kick this in three hours for the left coast. :)

[Wonk]

2. BBV awareness has gone mainstream, finally. CNN yesterday, now ABC.

:bounce:

[ParanoidPat]

5. Bev will be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning!

Don't forget the 10,000 word feature in Vanity Fair out 3/10. :)
They can't stuff that genie back in the bottle now! :evilgrin:

[althecat]

38. The GA Crowd issued a Press Release about this...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0403/S00048.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004
Faith-Based Paperless Voting on Trial

Growing Scrutiny Spurs Movement for a Transparent Elections

As voters go to the polls today to choose the Presidential nominees for the Democrat Party and to advise the Assembly on the the future design of Georgia's flag, more and more voters and media professionals join those who are scrutinizing Georgia's elections. This evening, ABC's Nightline will broadcast its report on the subject featuring interviews with Secretary of State Cathy Cox and with Roxanne Jekot, a Cumming Georgia programmer and an activist for transparent elections who reviewed the source code for Georgia's proprietary voting machine software which was left on an unsecured ftp site by Diebold, Incorporated.

"Concern for the transparency and integrity of Georgia elections continues to grow," said Hugh Esco, chair of the Voter Choice Coalition and political coordinator of the Georgia Green Party. The Green Party office phone started ringing early this morning with reports of anomolies and problems from the Diebold machines. "We're pleased that this important issue has finally begun to gain some of the attention it deserves."

"I look forward to the hearing on Thursday when we can point the legislators to the election laws which already require voter verified paper ballots," said Ms. Jekot, referring to Thursday's 4:00 pm meeting of the Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee to which SB-500 has been assigned. The Committee is expected to see demonstrations of Diebold's election machines (used in Georgia) as well as those of a competitor's machines which already provides a paper ballot for verification by the voter and the auditing of the electronic count. Paper Ballot activists hope the Committee will be ready to take action on SB-500 once they've seen what is possible.

"Nightline" is carried by ABC affiliates across Georgia, starting at 11:30 pm.

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0403/S00048.htm


Fox have already done several items... as have CBS I beleive... so that's the lot... Network TV is on board this train... (Or is NBC still in the wilderness on this one - on edit) all we need now is a full head of steam...

Diebold will never know what hit em...

It's funny to think that it was only a year ago that the files appeared and the discussions started here... The official 1 year anniversary of this voyage isn't till July 8th...

Al

[Digit]

3. We need paper backup!

It is worse than I even imagined!

[ParanoidPat]

8. Hi Digit! Welcome to DU!

You don't know the half of it! Have you read this? :evilgrin:

:kick:BLACK BOX VOTING - Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century:kick:

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9*
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13*
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Appendix
Footnotes
Index

* graphics, allow time to load

Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. :)

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Welcome to DU, Digit!

When did you find out about the problem?

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org

[aquart]

4. I just caught the tag end.

"...votes will not be verifiable."

Hoo hah.

[SaddenedDem]

6. Rob Behler of rob-georgia fame!

No way they could hold a legitimate election on these machines!

Go ROB!

[SaddenedDem]

7. Cathy Cox admits it's a REPRINT not a RECOUNT

She looked terrified didn't she?

[ParanoidPat]

12. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I can't wait to see this! :evilgrin:

Methinks she should have listened to you SaddenedDem! :) :toast:

[Jax]

31. Thank You Eloriel!

Jax

[SaddenedDem]

9. Anyone know who that Democratic pollster was?

He surprised me....."we MUST have a paper backup."

[SaddenedDem]

10. Hey, didn't you love the objective AJC reporter?

Carlos Campos maintains his journalistic objectivity by stating "there no proof there was election manipulation in Georgia in 2002."

[Kelvin Mace]

13. What a jackass!

This is the fool who did this article:

http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org

[SaddenedDem]

14. Cox Enterprises owns the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Think there's a relationship to Cathy Cox (the GA Secretary of State)?

[Kelvin Mace]

15. That question keeps coming up

no one has answered it yet. How about some helpful GA DUer giving Cathy's office a call?

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org

[Andy_Stephenson]

16. I'll call her

She hates hearing from me.

[ParanoidPat]

17. ROFLMAO! Do a Google search for......

....."Cathy Cox", "Cox Enterprises" and click on the second link! :)

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! :evilgrin:

[Andy_Stephenson]

30. Lord she is busy

Mercy...No wonder she has no idea about the voting machines.

[Zan_of_Texas]

18. Woo Woo Georgia

Way to go on BBV!

It was nice to see a little gang of folks telling it on my screen in my living room for a change. It seemed like the Nightline people kinda got it, too.

As for Cox, Cathy and Cox Enterprises, it seems like a tantalizing possibility. I spent a fair amount of time working on it, and couldn't quite nail it to say one way or the other.

Probably need to revisit it.

[SaddenedDem]

19. Urgent plea for West Coasters

We have a senate hearing for voter verified paper ballots this Thursday. I would love to get CDs of this Nightline piece to every senator.

Can a west coast DUer capture it for me? (And, of course, you'll have to tell me how to make copies of the thing onto CDs for the Senators if you do. I know how to write a CD-R, but how do I save the file to disk to get it to CD?)

[Andy_Stephenson]

20. If Wonk is listening in

Wonk record this

[Wonk]

22. Caught the tail end of it, tuned in too late to capture it, sorry.

Got the two CNN pieces on it yesterday, though. Check the Media forum.

[ParanoidPat]

21. Do you want just the audio, (MP3) or the video as well?

I'll be recording it and ripping it to CD. :)
Check with Wonk as well. It may turn up on Global Free Press.

[SaddenedDem]

23. Video, please.

That will fit on one regular CD-R, right? Probably?

[ParanoidPat]

26. I'm not sure how long the segment runs but I'm sure it will fit.

You can probably get both programs in Quicktime, WMA and MP3 on one disk with the BBV book! :)

[Andy_Stephenson]

24. I want a copy as well!

please!...My VCR died. :(

[ParanoidPat]

25. I think David set up an FTP account for me a while ago.....

.....I'll get with him and upload it to the BBV server when it's done.
I'll do the same with the GMA show in the morning. :)
That would be the quickest way to get it to everyone.

[SaddenedDem]

27. Thank you! You'll post a link, correct?

And, sorry, but can you tell me what "WMA" stands for? I get Quicktime and MP3, but you lost me on WMA.

[ParanoidPat]

28. Windows Media!

For use with Windows Media Player. Actually IIRC, WMA is the wrong format, that's Windows Media Audio, what I meant was .MPG MPEG 4 video. :) I'll PM you tomorrow when it's done.

[Andy_Stephenson]

29. I like Quicktime...or Wonks new super duper

VP3

[ParanoidPat]

32. Nightline just started but.....

.....looks like it's a Kerry vs. Bush* special! Is this how it began on the East Coast???

[Wonk]

34. The BBV segment is at the end of the show.

A vp3 version would be super :D

To install the vp3 codec just try playing any vp3 file (see DU's Media forum for some) and quicktime player will prompt you to install it. It's quite painless, and seriously has the best video quality of any codec that I've seen for the bitrate, including mpeg4.

[ParanoidPat]

37. Thanks Wonk.....

.....I'll download the codec first thing in the AM. :)

[maggrwaggr]

33. Quicktime, goddamnit! Quicktime!

why anyone would want anything other than quicktime is WAY beyond me.

[ParanoidPat]

36. Don't worry, I'll do both for the Quicktime impaired!

:evilgrin:

[Stephanie]

35. I feel sick that I forgot to tape this.

Will ABC have it online?

[ParanoidPat]

39. I don't know but you can check......

......here! http://abcnews.go.com/Sections/Nightline/

Check back tomorrow, I'll post where the link is to the QT and MPEG files.

[ParanoidPat]

40. UP NEXT!

:evilgrin:

[althecat]

42. Here's a link to a text story on BBV on the ABC website (not ABC)

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040302_874.html

Actually on looking a bit closer I see it is actually an AP report... so expect to see this in your paper tomorrow...

Technical Problems Reported in E-Voting
Scattered Technical Problems Reported As Electronic Voting Debuts in Super Tuesday Contests

The Associated Press



SAN JOSE, Calif. March 2 — Electronic voting made its debut in cities and towns from Maryland to California on Tuesday as election officials beefed up security for the record number of voters expected to cast E-ballots for the first time.
Scattered technical problems were reported in the early hours as voters in 10 states, including California, New York and Ohio, went to the Super Tuesday polls to choose a Democratic presidential nominee and decide primary contests for congressional and state races.


They also have this report

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040302_2852.html
-Voting Machines Run Into Some Problems
Scattered Problems Reported With Electronic Voting Machines, Largely Attributed to Human Error

The Associated Press

*****

Is interesting how they are running this from a news editing perspective... Super Tuesday is the main course and BBV is the desert...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/Vote2004/politics2004_subindex.html

[althecat]

41. Thanks Pat... it does sound pretty cool

I watched Wonk's version of the ABC clip last night... this is very muchly fun...

Go BBV...

[Stephanie]

43. Thanks!

Will do.

[ParanoidPat]

44. That was short but oh so sweet!

I'll get it ripped ASAP! :)

[GregD]

45. They only covered the problem, not the solution

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/Nightline/Nightline_email_form.html

Send them a note -

They told us how ugly the problem is...

They told us that legislation (HAVA) put us into this position...

Tell them we need help talking to the public about legislative solutions. We need HR2239/S1980 passed NOW!

I want to freaking go fishing, relax, have a life again. Let's win this and move on with our lives!