Reply #5: Don't trust ANYTHING that CA SoS McPherson says. [View All]

They "tested" Diebold TSx machines in August. The machines had a 30% failure rate -- but a couple months later, that scumbag McPherson was saying that he was considering re-certifying them. Add that to his unpublicized public hearing, etc ad nauseam.

I consider this announcement much the same way that I considered Ahhnold saying that he was going to review Tookie Williams' case.
"Don't worry about a thing" ... and then the axe falls.

Take this line:
"pending further testing and certification by Federal authorities"

How many nanoseconds do you suppose the feds would take to certify these crappy machines?

Any machines used in CA elections are supposed to be certified by the state. Does McPherson have the right to hand that responsibility off to the feds?

California's Election Code Section 19202 allows for interested parties to apply to test voting machines and components.
BBV.org applied back in June, but they've been stonewalled. McPherson is in violation of that section of the Election Code.
The last thing he wants is to have another test in California, which would reveal more Diebold problems.
He has allowed Diebold to draw up the conditions of any tests and wants them to be held in secret.

I would take McPherson's letter as more of a warning rather than good news. We need to stay vigilant.