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information freezing, registering, transmitting, hubbing,bypassing, forgetting, transforming, was Re: Avi Rubin on electronic elections in MD: rough going
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:52:04 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: pat hache <tercasa () prodigy net mx> Date: September 13, 2006 11:26:59 PM JST To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: information freezing, registering, transmitting, hubbing,bypassing, forgetting, transforming, was Re: [IP] Avi Rubin on electronic elections in MD: rough going
Hello.Those first hand comments about the reality of electronic registration or transmission (to which place?) of the vote information emitted in polling places are interesting. using internet links to a command center somewhere ( where?) induces the implementation of any kind of subtle, even secret feedback from those receivers , so to control, eventually, part of the way those are working, freezing, registering, transmitting, hubbing,bypassing, forgetting, transforming, a.s.o, the results of the vote process. Who has access to those machine software, and the way those might transfer information , and to where officially --- and unofficially...
remembering Florida, Ohio ballots in the Us, and more recently difficult Mexico voting sessions (even if presidential elections in Mexico are not yet electronically performed, just eletronically digested at "some" upper level - but where we still don't know exactly, here), i wonder if electronic machines will not kill democratic process by subtle or brutal manipulation of wich nobody really knows - or will reveal - the origins.
Progress in voting ? machines for voting "registration" are just an easy way to blurr and adapt the voting results to some discreet interests. including the diebold or their likes voting machines producers getting public money or funds to bypass the voting process in accordance to executable forces they even finance to stay elected.
Patrice Herbiet (Sovet). 52-55 - 17.100.160 fax 17.36.90.90 Mexico City On 13 sept. 06, at 00:19, David Farber wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com> Date: September 13, 2006 1:37:15 PM JST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Avi Rubin on electronic elections in MD: rough going Reply-To: joehall () pobox comhttp://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2006/09/my-day-at-polls-maryland- primary-06.html
(or, in a tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/gngb5 ) My day at the polls - Maryland primary '06 by Avi Rubin (JHU, ACCURATE) (internal links omitted. -JLH).............. (part) So, this day at the polls was different from my two experiences in 2004. I felt more like an experienced veteran than a wide eyed newbie. The novelty that I felt in 2002 was gone, and I felt seasoned. Even the chief judges often came to me asking advice on how to handle various crises that arose. Several other suggested that I should apply to be a chief judge in the next election cycle, and I will probably do that. The least pleasant part of the day was a nagging concern that something would go terribly wrong, and that we would have no way to recover. I believe that fully electronic systems, such as the precinct we had today, are too fragile. The smallest thing can lead to a disaster. We had a long line of "customers" who were mostly patient, but somewhat irritated, and I felt like we were not always in a position to offer them decent customer service. When our poll books crashed, and the lines grew, I had a sense of dread that we might end up finishing the day without a completed election. As an election judge I put aside my personal beliefs that these machines are easy to rig in an undetectable way, and become more worried that the election process would completely fail. I don't think it would have taken much for that to have happened. One other things struck me. In 2004, most voters seemed happy with the machines. This time around, many of them complained about a lack of a paper trail. Some of them clearly knew who I was and my position on this, but others clearly did not. I did not hear one voter say they were happy with the machines, and a dozen or so expressed strong feelings against them. I am way too tired now (it's past 11 pm) to write any kind of philosophical ending to this already too long blog entry. I hope that we got it right in my precinct, but I know that there is no way to know for sure. We cannot do recounts. Finally, I have to say a few words about my fellow poll workers. We all worked from 6 a.m. to past 10 p.m. These volunteers were cheerful, pleasant, and diligent. They were there to serve the public, and they acted like it. I greatly admire them, and while the election technology selection and testing processes in this country makes me sick, I take great hope and inspiration from a day in the trenches with these people. -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD Student, UC Berkeley, School of Information <http://josephhall.org/> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as tercasa () prodigy net mx To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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