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Here is the visual basic code in question.

"Do they mean this fella?"

I think they do. I strongly suspect that either somebody's throwing out a red herring to discredit attempts to properly count the votes, or that this guy just likes the spotlight.

He made available what he claims was his demo program and the VB source for it, but when I downloaded the source to investigate, the form containing the actual program code was not there. Now why would a programmer trying to break such a huge story place a zip file online as evidence to support his whistle-blower stance... and leave out the actual code?

I've also downloaded the binary and plan to run it through a VB decompiler to see if I can find out what he's up to.

But the most important thing to remember here is that the even if his code works, all we've got is a guy making unsubstantiated claims. They bear penalty of perjury if they're wrong, but these claims have not been substantiated in any way yet.

Full disclosure: I do believe there were systematic abuses of the voting system. I just don't think this guy's 'evidence' is very strong.

"Do they mean this fella?"

I think they do. I strongly suspect that either somebody's throwing out a red herring to discredit attempts to properly count the votes, or that this guy just likes the spotlight.

He made available what he claims was his demo program and the VB source for it, but when I downloaded the source to investigate, the form containing the actual program code was not there. Now why would a programmer trying to break such a huge story place a zip file online as evidence to support his whistle-blower stance... and leave out the actual code?

I've also downloaded the binary and plan to run it through a VB decompiler to see if I can find out what he's up to.

But the most important thing to remember here is that the even if his code works, all we've got is a guy making unsubstantiated claims. They bear penalty of perjury if they're wrong, but these claims have not been substantiated in any way yet.

Full disclosure: I do believe there were systematic abuses of the voting system. I just don't think this guy's 'evidence' is very strong.

It's no surprise that a politician asked for the thing, or even that he found someone to write it. Politicians have never been the shining example of morality that they tell us they are. That's just the nature of the job. As Douglas Adams said, "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President..."

That doesn't mean his prototype got used, of course. It just means that (a) such a beast is possible (which we already knew), and (b) politicians want it (which we already knew).

Now, if he'd been an employee of Diebold instead, THAT would be news.

Somehow I don't think that a Republican candidate would be inclined to hire a left-wing nutjob conspiracy theorist and fraud to do this kind of work for him.

But then politicians have been known to do dumb things from time to time...

Do they mean this fella?

I saw this link a few days ago. Unfortunately he removed much of his more hilarious tin-foil hat content. The guy would actually do screen prints of sorta-related newspaper stories, then black out the names to make it look scandalous.

His demonstration program is underwhelming. You could make the same kind of thing to show any program could be trojaned.

Don't get me wrong, the e-voting situation is crazy and needs substantial reform, examination, and a general fixin'. But this guy is just another conspiracy guy trying to sell a book.

Stuff like this does NOT help address the real problems in e-voting.

Non-linkified because I'm going home from work soon and I want to go there sooner.

the affidavit: http://www.rawstory.com/images/pdfs/CC_Affidavit_1 20604.pdf

his website (basically a big rant with a link): http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/

his vote changing program: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/votefraudprogram. htm

code: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/VoteFraudCode.zip

That took me to the count of 63 seconds to linkify. That includes 2 previews for the forgotten [BR] tags and removing the spaces you added to the links.

But I trust you fully enjoyed those 63 seconds of quality time at home.


Colin

Non-linkified because I'm going home from work soon and I want to go there sooner.

the affidavit: http://www.rawstory.com/images/pdfs/CC_Affidavit_1 20604.pdf

his website (basically a big rant with a link): http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/

his vote changing program: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/votefraudprogram. htm

code: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/VoteFraudCode.zip

That took me to the count of 63 seconds to linkify. That includes 2 previews for the forgotten [BR] tags and removing the spaces you added to the links.

But I trust you fully enjoyed those 63 seconds of quality time at home.


Colin

Non-linkified because I'm going home from work soon and I want to go there sooner.

the affidavit: http://www.rawstory.com/images/pdfs/CC_Affidavit_1 20604.pdf

his website (basically a big rant with a link): http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/

his vote changing program: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/votefraudprogram. htm

code: http://www.justaflyonthewall.com/VoteFraudCode.zip

That took me to the count of 63 seconds to linkify. That includes 2 previews for the forgotten [BR] tags and removing the spaces you added to the links.

But I trust you fully enjoyed those 63 seconds of quality time at home.


Colin