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Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 06:50 PM by bj2110
I haven't seen any reference to this article published in the print version of today's St. Pete Times. Forgive me if this is a dupe. It was buried in a back section, but I thought it was superb. I also can't find an online copy of this anywhere, can anyone else find it? I've googled & checked the Times website, but with no luck.
Regardless, the article starts with describing the effort of a few Pinellas county citizens who got a chance to test out a few select touchscreen voting machines a few weeks back. They pre-loaded a bunch of pre-determined votes & checked the machine count against their own. It matched exactly. However, Smith then goes directly into the paperless record and that this method is unacceptable. He mentions many of the Ohio irregularities and the partisan nature of many election officials. He even goes on at length regarding Feeney, Curtis & Yang. This wasn't painted as conspiracist or dismissed in any way. Sounds like he even interviewed Curtis. The conclusion was that the system is broke and needs to be investigated. I was impressed. I don't remember seeing much about the Conyers hearings or the Arnebeck lawsuit, but it sounds like this guy has been exposed to (and even reported on) many of the things discussed daily here at DU.
Hopefully this will be online soon. Let me know if anyone else can find this.
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