Thursday, March 09, 2006
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS LAUNCHED AGAINST DIEBOLD IN FLORIDA!
The Brad Blog - 3-8-06
Leon County Election Supervisor Alleges 'Breach of Contract' After Security Test Revealed Hackable Elections Possible on Diebold Optical-Scan Systems! The E-Voting Monolith and 'Competitors' All Refuse to do Business with County Unless the Elected Ion Sancho is 'Removed from Office'.
Ion Sancho, the Election Supervisor of Leon County, Florida who exposed a number of security flaws in Electronic Voting Machines made by the Diebold corporation of North Canton, Ohio, has today launched legal "breach of contract" proceedings against the company. The action has been filed on behalf of the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office.
"According to our contract with Diebold," Sancho explained, "we have to give them 30 days notice. And so we are requiring them to answer by March 21, as to how they intend to repair the breach."
The most infamous of the security evaluations held last year by Sancho was a "hack test" in December of Diebold's optical scan voting system. That mock election test revealed that election results could be completely flipped on Diebold's optical-scan system without a trace of the hack being left behind.
Sancho had exposed a flaw in the Electronic Voting Machine Company giant that has had earthquake-like repercussions across the entire electoral system in the United States.
After the startling December 2005 "hack test", Sancho vowed he would would never use Diebold equipment in another Leon County election. The state's capitol, Tallahassee, happens to be in Leon County.
But, Sancho's attempts to contract with another vendor have now all failed. Of the three vendors certified to sell election equipment in Florida -- Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia -- all three have now refused to do business with him.
Now the Republicans in Florida, all the way up to Governor Jeb Bush's office, have taken notice of the situation and instead of lauding Sancho for his actions, have decided to bring political pressure down on the elected Sancho.
The attacks from the state have come even while the state of Florida itself sent a late-night "Technical Advisory" to every Election Supervisor in Florida warning them to take make "security enhancements" to avoid the type of election fraud revealed possible by Sancho's tests.
"As an elected official of the voters of Leon County, I have the constitutional responsibility to do everything in my power to make sure the equipement is accurate and reliable," Sancho said. "In fact I'd be negligent if I didn't do everything I could to establish their reliability," he said, especially in light of Diebold's "on-the-record admissions" of attempting to circumvent law and lie about facts in California and elsewhere around the country.
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The Brad Blog - 3-8-06
Leon County Election Supervisor Alleges 'Breach of Contract' After Security Test Revealed Hackable Elections Possible on Diebold Optical-Scan Systems! The E-Voting Monolith and 'Competitors' All Refuse to do Business with County Unless the Elected Ion Sancho is 'Removed from Office'.
Ion Sancho, the Election Supervisor of Leon County, Florida who exposed a number of security flaws in Electronic Voting Machines made by the Diebold corporation of North Canton, Ohio, has today launched legal "breach of contract" proceedings against the company. The action has been filed on behalf of the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office.
"According to our contract with Diebold," Sancho explained, "we have to give them 30 days notice. And so we are requiring them to answer by March 21, as to how they intend to repair the breach."
The most infamous of the security evaluations held last year by Sancho was a "hack test" in December of Diebold's optical scan voting system. That mock election test revealed that election results could be completely flipped on Diebold's optical-scan system without a trace of the hack being left behind.
Sancho had exposed a flaw in the Electronic Voting Machine Company giant that has had earthquake-like repercussions across the entire electoral system in the United States.
After the startling December 2005 "hack test", Sancho vowed he would would never use Diebold equipment in another Leon County election. The state's capitol, Tallahassee, happens to be in Leon County.
But, Sancho's attempts to contract with another vendor have now all failed. Of the three vendors certified to sell election equipment in Florida -- Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia -- all three have now refused to do business with him.
Now the Republicans in Florida, all the way up to Governor Jeb Bush's office, have taken notice of the situation and instead of lauding Sancho for his actions, have decided to bring political pressure down on the elected Sancho.
The attacks from the state have come even while the state of Florida itself sent a late-night "Technical Advisory" to every Election Supervisor in Florida warning them to take make "security enhancements" to avoid the type of election fraud revealed possible by Sancho's tests.
"As an elected official of the voters of Leon County, I have the constitutional responsibility to do everything in my power to make sure the equipement is accurate and reliable," Sancho said. "In fact I'd be negligent if I didn't do everything I could to establish their reliability," he said, especially in light of Diebold's "on-the-record admissions" of attempting to circumvent law and lie about facts in California and elsewhere around the country.
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