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Source Code Access Denied in Disputed Race

Posted by Zonk on from the why-not-clear-things-up dept.

MrMetlHed writes "A judge ruled Friday that congressional aspirant Christine Jennings has no right to examine the source code that runs the electronic voting machines at the center of a disputed Southwest Florida congressional race. From the article: 'The ruling Friday from Judge Gary prevents for now the Jennings camp from being able to use the programming code to try to show voting machines used in Sarasota County malfunctioned. Jennings claims that an unusually large number of undervotes (ballots that didn't show a vote) recorded in the race implies the machines lost the votes.'"

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  1. Re:A little Stalin seems fitting... by MarcAntony · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well said. Another post pointed out the business connection. This is business and the Republicans exercising their fascism. While we're on the topic of democracy, I would like to point out that the former Soviet Union didn't treat people who burned the Soviet flag very well. I suspect the Chinese don't either....

  2. Maybe there just aren't any left? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, there are plenty of us left, but we dont have any sayso in the matter. Only the 'elite' have the power now and the 'common man' is just a nuisance these days.

    And if we DO speak out, we might just get put on a list and get investigated and perhaps 'detained' for a while, as a deterrent to speaking out of line in the future. Which could easily ruin your career/family/etc for life.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
    1. Re:Maybe there just aren't any left? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      There are already a lot of anecdotals to backup your supposition, for instance, people who constantly get tagged at the airport for extra security looks, who also apparently are only political activists of the third party or anti current regime nature who are more public than most. And the state increasingly is making it illegal to film or photograph their agents, even when it looks like they could be committing crimes, and weakening whistleblower protections for insiders who are still honest. And *hoods*, for real, local pig forces have been caught hooding "detainees" when they are arrested.

      Really, you could see all this coming when they started the massive militarization of the police forces, when combat ready ex military became their number one recruits (as opposed to civilian only police science majors) and all local forces got swat teams and heavy weapons and armored vehicles. And now they aren't even making any pretense of even using civilian police, we have a north american command for the military, the government clearly thinks posse comitatus is not relevant, and a lot of talk of combining canada and mexico into our system including using their police and military in "emergency" situations.

      The evidence for constantly skewed elections is overwhelming, and the forced use of the machines has been orchestrated from the highest levels on down, very few localities were insisting on switching to computerized voting they have been coerced into it by fed mandate. "Help America Vote" act for instance.

  3. Re:Outrageous by NineNine · · Score: 1, Troll

    It boggles the mind that any democracy-loving representative can stand for this.

    The United States Ministry of Language would like you to know that we live in a "Freedom-loving" country. We love "Freedom" according to President Bush. "Freedom" != "Democracy"

  4. Re:Outrageous by sgt_doom · · Score: 0, Troll
    Recently, an honorably discharged, multi-tour combat veteran was murdered by the Chicago police as he was called back to active duty to serve in the "surge of troops" in Baghdad.

    He had refused to go on another (I forget whether it would have been his third or fourth) tour of combat. This is what this dispicable, vile country has come to - and the primary reason the only American candidate running for prez (hopefully he will) is Dennis Kucinich. HE, and really only he (exception: Russ Feingold, maybe Byrd and perhaps one or two others - definitely not Obama, Edwards, or Hillary from their voting records - they despise the middle-class and America and live only for corporate control and the forever offshoring of American jobs) is the only remaining possibility to put this completely amoral (amoral as in wanton killing for profit - negative on human rights, helping one's fellow human, and sex) society back on track.