http://wedonotconsent.blogspot.com/2006/06/eureka-t-s-balances-facts-with.htmlEureka T-S Balances Facts With Official BlatherThis "he-said, she said" reporting is so old (see below). I want a sit-down with Times-Standard editor Charles Winkler, and others around here. They can't keep offsetting the position of the election integrity community with moving lips from the elections department and expect this to wash. Sending machines home is a violation of chain of custody provisions because the memory cards are not secure and the equipment can be in the possession of fewer than two people. The tamper seals are effectively useless. Cards can be tampered with even when sealed in the machines, and the machines have other means of access besides the card ports. These are
verifiable facts (.pdf). The media seem as disinterested in doing the verifying here as they do when it comes to determining the accuracy of the vote count. And have we had enough of the excuses from the elections department saying there is not enough people or space to do the hand counting? If they thought it was important enough they would make it work. Clearly this is not their aim. If the elections department is not going to prioritize a transparent, secure and verifiably accurate count, what exactly do we have them for? If newspapers are going to print that procedures are legal, because the state says so, without regard for the information showing
the state is behaving lawlessly, then what do we have either the state or the media for? They are acting as one.
http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3958659 (
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Article Launched: 06/20/2006 04:15:18 AM PDT
Election critic challenges county
James Faulk The Times-Standard
But election official cites safeguards, established procedures
EUREKA -- Citing the fact that Humboldt County's voting machines were sent home with election officials before the vote, a local election advocate claims the results cannot be trusted.
Dave Berman of the Voter Confidence Committee has long maintained that the voting machines used by the county are illegal, and that they were improperly certified by the secretary of state.
(snip)
Humboldt County Elections Officer Lindsey McWilliams said the county has two choices -- either let the voting machines sit unsupervised in the polling places for days, or let elections officials take them home before dispersing them to the various precincts prior to the vote.
"We find it to be more secure and trustworthy to give them to an election official who is responsible for its safety and security and who also charges the battery before taking it to the polls,"” said McWilliams.
(snip)
"The handling procedures require that the devices have security seals attached and that's what we've done,"” he said. "We've got logs of it."”
MORE... The good thing is the article does conclude with a mention of the CEPN press release and the San Diego situation, although it does not specifically convey the No Confidence position.
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