These are links that go to the heart of the right wing's efforts to destroy democracy in this country. Counting votes, everyone's votes, is the basis of democracy. There seems to be an effort, using computerized voting machines, to be creative in the final vote tally. And don't forget that the last Presidential election was rife with fraud. Greg Palast has been serializing the first chapter of his book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. (Just in case you might have forgotten.)

Yolanda Flanagan sent me this audio interview with Bev Harris. Bev has been at the forefront in bringing this travesty to light. The interview is a good overview of the problem. This page also has links to articles by Bev and links to her sites. A must listen.

Black Box Voting - Bev Harris Radio Interviews

Bev Harris talks with Dennis Bernstein about her discovery of rigable voting machines and questionable software code, including software code that might be used to associate votes with the personally identifiable information of voters. The latter is something she is still investigating, but the main thrust of her story is beginning to be picked up by the alternative media.
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Here are some more articles:

The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away

The Voting Rights Struggle of Our Time

Beyond Voting Machines: HAVA and Real Election Reform

Diebold voting machines shown to be easy to subvert

Some hardcore cryptography and computer security folks at John Hopkins have analyzed the source code for Diebold voting machines.

They found gaping security holes, impossibly stupid procedures, and voting machines that were trivial to break into.

Am I exaggerating? No, unfortunately, I'm no. Some of the following is quite technical, however I'll attempt to explain it in non-geek terms for you earth people out there.
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