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2000 Rigged Elections - Clinton Curtis' Sworn TestimonyThis video is of Clint Curtis testifying in court he was paid to hack voting machine #passedapolygraph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=AXyl_YNA8Hs
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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)Both Florida and Ohio are discussed. And did he just accuse the former speaker of the Florida House of Reps of hiring him to write a program to hack the 2000 election? I can't believe this is the first time I am hearing about these hearings.
(on edit - last statement sounds harsher than I intend - I followed stories like these closely in 2000 and 2004, so it should seem familiar to me, but - heck - aging and all that.) Still, context of the hearing would be helpful.
Madam45for2923
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Clinton Eugene Curtis, a computer programmer from Florida, testified before a congressional panel that there are computer programs that can be used to secretly fix elections. He explains how he created a prototype for Florida Congressman Tom Feeny that would flip the vote 51%-49% in favor of a specified candidate.
This happened all the way back in 2001 but you might not have heard anything about this claim unless you searched for it. I've seen a Wired News report on this topic and a few local Florida newspaper stories but otherwise, no real media coverage has been provided. You'd think claims of election rigging software would be splattered all over the News yet as it turns out, our news media prefers to point out voting fraud in other nations but not here in THE UNITED STATES.
Mr Curtis a Software programmer who worked for NASA, Exxon Mobil & the US Department of Transportation in a sworn-oath deposition testifies that US elections are rigged by inserting software into the voting system. The timing of this deposition was just after George W Bush being re-elected president of the United States. We are not surprised that this never made it into the main stream media.
Mr Curtis goes on to name US Representatives who attempted to pay him to rig their election vote counts.
Transcript of sworn testimony by computer programmer Clint Curtis, before the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Democrats of the Judiciary Committee, December 13, 2004, as seen on video above follows at the link below.
salin
(48,955 posts)That is a big deal. And that explains why the questions focused on Ohio as well as Florida.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)December 2004
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A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG group is investigating allegations made by a Florida programmer that are whipping up a frenzy among bloggers and people who believe Republicans stole the recent election.
Programmer Clint Curtis claims that four years ago Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Florida) asked his then-employer to write software to alter votes on electronic voting machines in Florida.
He said his employer told him the code would be used "to control the vote" in West Palm Beach, Florida. But a fellow employee disputed the programmer's claims and said the meetings he described never took place.
Many questions have been raised about Curtis, the 46-year-old programmer, who said he doesn't know if anyone ever placed the prototype code on voting machines. But this hasn't stopped frustrated voters and bloggers from seizing his story. Daily Kos mentioned the allegations, and Brad Friedman of The Brad Blog has written extensively about them.
Staff members for Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) met with Curtis last week to discuss the election allegations. Representatives for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) inquired about other allegations from Curtis that his former company spied on NASA.
The FBI in Tallahassee, Florida, has set up a meeting with Curtis, and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, said it was trying to corroborate his claims about possible election fraud and NASA spying.
The group hopes that even if the election allegations aren't proven, they will inspire legislators to pass a law requiring voting software to be open to public inspection to help deter fraud and restore public confidence in the election process. The software code used in voting machines is considered proprietary and it is protected from public examination an issue voting activists have been trying to address.
"I think Mr. Curtis helps make that issue a little more difficult to shunt aside," said CREW Executive Director Melani Sloan. "You don't even have to believe what he says (in order to be concerned about voting machines), just that he created a program. If he can do it, anyone can."
In September 2000, Curtis was working for Yang Enterprises in Oviedo, Florida, a software design firm that contracts with NASA, ExxonMobil and the Florida Department of Transportation, among other clients. According to Curtis, Feeney met with him and Lee Yang, the company's president, to request the voting software.
At the time, Feeney was Yang's corporate attorney and a registered lobbyist for the company as well as a member of Florida's legislature. A month later, he would become speaker of Florida's House of Representatives. In 2002 he was elected to Congress.
More in link: https://www.wired.com/2004/12/more-questions-for-florida/
salin
(48,955 posts)A blast from the past. Haven't seen Brad Blog referred to in a long time. Just looked, and am glad to see it is still forging ahead.
malaise
(269,328 posts)We knew - we always knew
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)It clearly wasn't a court proceeding based on how people are behaving and using cameras all over.
The nameplates on the desks I can see seem to have been blocked with paper or something.
There is no context as to what this is at all...
Anyone?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Also saw someone say video had few views. Could not believe. Brought it here.
questionseverything
(9,666 posts)Transcript of sworn testimony by computer programmer Clint Curtis, before the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Democrats of the Judiciary Committee, December 13, 2004, as seen on video above follows below.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)convincing denials from the parties accused, and yet it received next to no attention from the major media outlets. just like now, the media and all other powers-that-be seem to be determined to protect the status quo. 2000 was so clearly stolen/rigged and yet the dem leadership couldn't have cared less, as far as i could tell.
Madam45for2923
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crosinski
(413 posts)Our congress, and our our media, were saving us from doubt about our eclections by burying this story. They're still trying to do that by minimizing the effect Russia had on 2016.
If we ever make it through this, we need to insist that our press tell us the truth as they are bound to do by the constitution. They haven't done their job, and we haven't held them accountable.