Jim March
Member
Leaving tomorrow AM for home though. Here's the fallout:
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/47342.html
It actually reads better as a PDF, as the embedded graphic layout is much better:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/hammertime.pdf
Upshot: we have credible reports of voting machines running in Virginia that are fake. That is, the vendor shipped radically altered parts into the field contrary to what was in the certified, tested system. It's the first allegation of that sort...all previous discussions on bad certifications have involved software swaps, not hardware.
Pictures of the differences leaked:
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/73/differences_in_machines-44965.pdf
To prove it, we'd have to compare the certified parts list with what's in the field...but it turns out that due to multiple snafus, the paperwork for the original test lab certification isn't on file in ANY government office and therefore there's no way to confirm the authenticity of systems in the field.
On paper the certification process for commercial airliners and voting machines is broadly similar. In practice, the difference in professionalism is just stark. If there was a merest whiff of a hint of bad parts in a 747, papers WOULD be checked.
With voting machines, papers CAN'T be?
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/47342.html
It actually reads better as a PDF, as the embedded graphic layout is much better:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/hammertime.pdf
Upshot: we have credible reports of voting machines running in Virginia that are fake. That is, the vendor shipped radically altered parts into the field contrary to what was in the certified, tested system. It's the first allegation of that sort...all previous discussions on bad certifications have involved software swaps, not hardware.
Pictures of the differences leaked:
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/73/differences_in_machines-44965.pdf
To prove it, we'd have to compare the certified parts list with what's in the field...but it turns out that due to multiple snafus, the paperwork for the original test lab certification isn't on file in ANY government office and therefore there's no way to confirm the authenticity of systems in the field.
On paper the certification process for commercial airliners and voting machines is broadly similar. In practice, the difference in professionalism is just stark. If there was a merest whiff of a hint of bad parts in a 747, papers WOULD be checked.
With voting machines, papers CAN'T be?