Somehow, none of the articles ever mention that the Wisconsin State Elections Board decertified unverifiable touchscreen systems after I convinced them a year ago. Too far ahead of the curve, I guess.
Nixon tried to use IRS data against political enemies. More often than not, the Civil Service level IRS employees found ways to stifle his efforts. Things like "Sorry sir, I can't seem to find the file for Abbie Hoffman. Check back in a couple days.
I've been posting to hightraffic poilitical blogs (dkos) lately, and as a result am getting LOTS of spam with political buzzwords attached, what mjprobst has called "positive phrase attack.
An exerpt: district reapportionment incumbent poll Iraq entitlement Dean Bush. Budget reduction delay. Gephart Iowa Florida control. (Then on to refinance my mortgage.)
If there was no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in financial data before the new Statute, it would not have been neccessary to pass new law to give Law Enforcement access. I sugest your friend look into another career. I'd never hire him as my Attorney.
Nebraska State Patrol has OCR for plates near Fremont on Interstate 80. So far a test program. So far used primarily to spot longhaul drug mules. With all traffic moving parallel, it's technically trivial.
They need warrants to intercept content of your calls. Location data is, "outside of the envelope," and thus available on law enforcement request, without probable cause.
Here in WI, I take my absentee ballot to the City Clerk, where it's placed under a (admittedly not perfect) physical seal. They are only unsealed under the watchful eye of observers from, by statute "both major parties."
Hm... the Libertarians obtained "major party" status in the last Governor election. Does "both" now mean all 3?
For some reason we never get mentioned in the articles on touchscreen voting, perhaps because we were too far ahead of the curve.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and in April they revoked the certifications.
The old lever machines had an even simpler logic system. Votor counted. Votes counted. Sums collected. In the case of write-ins, the number of write-ins for a given office counted. "overvoting" was prevented.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
If you read the article, you must have missed the reference to Choicepoint, who will screen their ALREADY EXISTING DATABASE before issuing a "safe" rating. All Brill is providing is the Sales and PR front.
The real player here is Choicepoint, whose database will be used to determine who gets an ID. That's right, the same folks Katherine Harris hired to purge the Florida voter rolls of "convicted felons" in 2000, striking thousands of mostly Black electors for having the same, or similar, names as actual felons.
With a government-issued ID you'd have clear standing to challenge a denial of "trusted" status in Federal Court. As private sector decisions, standing to bring a Civil Rights action is ambiguous.
Not if it means passing chicago anywhere near rush hour. Best then is I-74 West from Indianapolis to Normal Illinois, then 39 North to the outskirts of Madison. No tolls, and way fewer State Patrol speedtraps this way too.
For electric generation, gassifying stalks looks a lot better than seed oil. You get more burnable material/acre, and less soil depletion. Seed oils are interesting because of their density, important in automotive fuel, but not when you convert to electicity near the point of cultivation.
Our diversity IS our political strength.
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This was reflected in the successful effort to stop the censorship provisions of the 2001 Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act, where liberal leaning geeks were able to reach Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, while Libertarian/Conservatives pulled in just enough Republican Reps to bury it.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
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Judge Tauro sits on the US District Court for Massachusets, which is not the same thing as a "Massachusets Court."
If his ruling holds, the RIAA would have to act thru the hundred odd US District courts, not quite the same burden as applying in every local court.
They of course fail to mention that if the technology were available, a judge
could easily grant a warrant to allow authorities to observe your movements without notifying you.
It's worst than that. Under Federal law, there's no requirement for a Warrant. There may still be time to get a Warrant requirement into your State's law. See my other comment
While the Feds have mandated location tracking for 911, it was left to the States to pay for it. as legislatures take this up, they can be pushed to place legal limitations on use, including clear opt-in for non-911 use, and liability for telcomms who leak, or make unauthorized use. Particular attention should be paid to archiving of the locater data absent opt-in.
State legislatures also have the power to set Statutory standards for law enforcement access to location data.
18 USC 842(p)(2) - Unlawful Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, etc...
In the search warrant are several quotes from raisethefist.com in which information about explosives is provided along side some comments that encourage this knowledge be used against police officers.
Here's the exact quote from 18 USC 842 (p)(2)(A):
to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by any means information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction, with the intent that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence;
"Freedoms of speech and press do not permit a State to forbid advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action."
Missing from the Sherman case is imminence, the intent that the bombmaking information be used in furtherance of a particular crime.
Held: Appellant's language did not fall within any of the "narrowly limited classes of speech" that the States may punish without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and since the evidence showed that the words he used were not directed to any person or group and there was no evidence that they were intended and likely to produce imminent disorder, application of the statute to appellant violated his rights of free speech.
It's invalid because it was issued without giving him an opportunity to contest. From CARROLL v. COMMISIONERS OFPRINCESS ANNE, 393 U.S. 175 (1968)
"The 10-day order here must be set aside because of a basic infirmity in the procedure by which it was obtained. It was issued ex parte, without notice to petitioners and without any effort, however informal, to invite or permit their participation in the proceedings. There is a place in our jurisprudence for ex parte issuance, without notice, of temporary restraining orders of short duration; but there is no place within the area of basic freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment for such orders where no showing is made that it is impossible to serve or to notify the opposing parties and to give them an opportunity to participate."...
" In the latter case, this Court disapproved a seizure of books under a Kansas statute on the basis of ex parte scrutiny by a judge. The Court held that the statute was unconstitutional. MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, speaking for a plurality of the Court, condemned the statute for "not first affording [the seller of the books] an adversary hearing." Id., at 211. "
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
Here in Madison, WI the lever and wheel systems were in use til 1992, when i ran a write-in race for Sheriff. As no-one had run as a serious write-in in 22 years, the paper rolls for write-ins had not been changed, became brittle, and would tear as it was drawn thru the machine.
Only 2 techs were qualified to change the rolls, so many machines were down throughout the campus area, my polling strength. Combined with a heavy turnout, this led to lines up to 4 1/2 hours long (and a great party in the Salvation Army gym, which the lines snaked thru. The pizza joint accross the street delivered hundreds of pies to voters hungry to oust the Bush I regime.)
Instead of spending a hundred bucks on new paper rolls, the city spent a million and a half to go to Optical Scanner systems.
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Somehow, none of the articles ever mention that the Wisconsin State Elections Board decertified unverifiable touchscreen systems after I convinced them a year ago. Too far ahead of the curve, I guess.
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Nixon tried to use IRS data against political enemies. More often than not, the Civil Service level IRS employees found ways to stifle his efforts. Things like "Sorry sir, I can't seem to find the file for Abbie Hoffman. Check back in a couple days.
Matrix removes that level of human review.
I've been posting to hightraffic poilitical blogs (dkos) lately, and as a result am getting LOTS of spam with political buzzwords attached, what mjprobst has called "positive phrase attack.
An exerpt: district reapportionment incumbent poll Iraq entitlement Dean Bush. Budget reduction delay. Gephart Iowa Florida control. (Then on to refinance my mortgage.)
If there was no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in financial data before the new Statute, it would not have been neccessary to pass new law to give Law Enforcement access. I sugest your friend look into another career. I'd never hire him as my Attorney.
Nebraska State Patrol has OCR for plates near Fremont on Interstate 80. So far a test program. So far used primarily to spot longhaul drug mules. With all traffic moving parallel, it's technically trivial.
They need warrants to intercept content of your calls. Location data is, "outside of the envelope," and thus available on law enforcement request, without probable cause.
Here in WI, I take my absentee ballot to the City Clerk, where it's placed under a (admittedly not perfect) physical seal. They are only unsealed under the watchful eye of observers from, by statute "both major parties."
Hm... the Libertarians obtained "major party" status in the last Governor election. Does "both" now mean all 3?
For some reason we never get mentioned in the articles on touchscreen voting, perhaps because we were too far ahead of the curve.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and in April they revoked the certifications.
The old lever machines had an even simpler logic system. Votor counted. Votes counted. Sums collected. In the case of write-ins, the number of write-ins for a given office counted. "overvoting" was prevented.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
If you read the article, you must have missed the reference to Choicepoint, who will screen their ALREADY EXISTING DATABASE before issuing a "safe" rating. All Brill is providing is the Sales and PR front.
The real player here is Choicepoint, whose database will be used to determine who gets an ID. That's right, the same folks Katherine Harris hired to purge the Florida voter rolls of "convicted felons" in 2000, striking thousands of mostly Black electors for having the same, or similar, names as actual felons.
(I'll trust the replies to provide links.)
With a government-issued ID you'd have clear standing to challenge a denial of "trusted" status in Federal Court. As private sector decisions, standing to bring a Civil Rights action is ambiguous.
Not if it means passing chicago anywhere near rush hour. Best then is I-74 West from Indianapolis to Normal Illinois, then 39 North to the outskirts of Madison. No tolls, and way fewer State Patrol speedtraps this way too.
For electric generation, gassifying stalks looks a lot better than seed oil. You get more burnable material/acre, and less soil depletion. Seed oils are interesting because of their density, important in automotive fuel, but not when you convert to electicity near the point of cultivation.
This was reflected in the successful effort to stop the censorship provisions of the 2001 Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act, where liberal leaning geeks were able to reach Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, while Libertarian/Conservatives pulled in just enough Republican Reps to bury it.
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
Judge Tauro sits on the US District Court for Massachusets, which is not the same thing as a "Massachusets Court."
If his ruling holds, the RIAA would have to act thru the hundred odd US District courts, not quite the same burden as applying in every local court.
While the Feds have mandated location tracking for 911, it was left to the States to pay for it. as legislatures take this up, they can be pushed to place legal limitations on use, including clear opt-in for non-911 use, and liability for telcomms who leak, or make unauthorized use. Particular attention should be paid to archiving of the locater data absent opt-in.
State legislatures also have the power to set Statutory standards for law enforcement access to location data.
I reply:
From BRANDENBURG v. OHIO, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
"Freedoms of speech and press do not permit a State to forbid advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action."
Missing from the Sherman case is imminence, the intent that the bombmaking information be used in furtherance of a particular crime.
See alsoHESS v. INDIANA, 414 U.S. 105 (1973)
Held: Appellant's language did not fall within any of the "narrowly limited classes of speech" that the States may punish without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and since the evidence showed that the words he used were not directed to any person or group and there was no evidence that they were intended and likely to produce imminent disorder, application of the statute to appellant violated his rights of free speech.
Kohl's got $300 million in the bank from the sale of his family grocery chain. Dude's weird, but not buyable.
Watch this space, I'll be running against him in '06.
It's invalid because it was issued without giving him an opportunity to contest. From
CARROLL v. COMMISIONERS OFPRINCESS ANNE, 393 U.S. 175 (1968)
"The 10-day order here must be set aside because of a basic infirmity in the procedure by which it was obtained. It was issued ex parte, without notice to petitioners and without any effort, however informal, to invite or permit their participation in the proceedings. There is a place in our jurisprudence for ex parte issuance, without notice, of temporary restraining orders of short duration; but there is no place within the area of basic freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment for such orders where no showing is made that it is impossible to serve or to notify the opposing parties and to give them an opportunity to participate."...
and citing A Quantity of Books v. Kansas, [393 U.S. 175, 182] Ê 378 U.S. 205 (1964)."
" In the latter case, this Court disapproved a seizure of books under a Kansas statute on the basis of ex parte scrutiny by a judge. The Court held that the statute was unconstitutional. MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, speaking for a plurality of the Court, condemned the statute for "not first affording [the seller of the books] an adversary hearing." Id., at 211. "
In January, 2002 the State Elections Board approved two closed source touch screen voting systems, the ES&S Votronic DRE and the GBS Accu-Touch EBS 100 DRE.
This spring I raised the system integrity issues with the Board, and persuaded them to revoke the certifications.
Here in Madison, WI the lever and wheel systems were in use til 1992, when i ran a write-in race for Sheriff. As no-one had run as a serious write-in in 22 years, the paper rolls for write-ins had not been changed, became brittle, and would tear as it was drawn thru the machine.
Only 2 techs were qualified to change the rolls, so many machines were down throughout the campus area, my polling strength. Combined with a heavy turnout, this led to lines up to 4 1/2 hours long (and a great party in the Salvation Army gym, which the lines snaked thru. The pizza joint accross the street delivered hundreds of pies to voters hungry to oust the Bush I regime.)
Instead of spending a hundred bucks on new paper rolls, the city spent a million and a half to go to Optical Scanner systems.