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Date: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:24 pm
Subject: Status of BlackBoxVoting Investigations BRECKING NEWS
A fraud audit is not the same as a recount. It does not presume innocence.
It does not make the assumption that if there is an anomaly with a benign
explanation, it's okay to stop investigating. Any embezzler (or vote
manipulator) worth his salt will build in an explanation that makes it sound
like it could be an honest mistake, or a "glitch." Any investigator worth
his salt knows you have to look deeper.
Forensic auditing begins with indicators, like oddball statistics,
mismatched records, or secretive, obstructive behavior. The next step is to
obtain diagnostic documents. Later steps may include pulling all the ballots
for hand recounts.
Bev Harris, founder of Black Box Voting, has interfaced with law
enforcement, including the FBI, state attorneys-general, the IRS, local
police, and banking authorities, in several previous investigations during
her work as an investigative writer. Her methods for isolating fraud have
resulted in convictions or settlements from embezzlers and financial
fraudsters. Black Box Voting is the first publicly funded, independent
consumer protection group to investigate this election using forensic
auditing methods.
Irresponsible media
You may have seen recent stories in the media (ABC News, Salon.com), and at
other voting integrity Web sites like VerifiedVoting.org, telling you there
is no reason to believe suspicions of fraud in the 2004 election. In fact,
no member of the media nor any organization has done any real forensic
auditing to determine whether there was or was not fraud. Trust in our
electoral process is critical to our democracy. We need the right kind of
investigation into anomalies, using appropriate methods.
"Feel-good" statements, dismissive of real concerns into voting integrity,
are not responsible. The truth is what it is. We might see something very
uncomfortable unfold during these investigations. Or, maybe not. It's still
too early to tell, but the evidence is mounting.
Snoopy 50-year-old women
Think of this like an assets investigation in a bad divorce: One party may
have things to hide, the other party (we, the voters) wants to find out the
truth. If you are looking for hidden assets owned by your ex, you don't call
in a computer scientist from a university. You enlist the help of private
investigators, accountants, lawyers, and your plain old common sense. In
fact, snoopy 50-year-old women have proved invaluable in investigating
voting machines.
This is not a computer problem. It is not something a reporter who spends
four hours researching a story can pronounce judgment on. We have been
surprised to see prominent scientists announcing "results" before the data
is in. We don't know what happened on Nov. 2. We will find out.
Here's what Black Box Voting is doing to investigate appropriately:
We are doing forensic analysis of the available evidence. We are targeting
specific locations based on criteria indicative of fraud.
Why we can't disclose our documents yet
Initially, we hoped to have everything public all the time. This resulted in
butt-covering behavior on the part public officials, which hampered our
investigations. Therefore, we adjusted our methods to keep critical
investigations under wraps. That's just the way it has to be right now.
Isn't it too late?
We are dealing with well financed people who are trying to run out the
clock. They probably will succeed in that. However, we probably will succeed
in proving fraud. What we have going for us is this:
- Public outrage: We read your letters and hear your anguish on the phone.
Do not let go of those emotions. Your job is to focus those emotions into
stubborn, relentless, nonstop pressure to make sure that there will be
consequences for any and all electoral fraud.
- Law enforcement. There are still plenty of honest cops. Also, in our
experience, different law enforcement agencies don't always get along, and
where one fails us, another may not.
- We have the courts. (Somewhat.) Not all judges are unfriendly. They vote
too. We can follow the example of tobacco industry lawsuits, launching many
lawsuits, then sharing discovery and strategy until at last, we prevail.
- We have the media (barely). Network TV has not yet been able to get its
brain around the story of electoral betrayal in a 2-minute news byte. For
the time being, you must be your own "network TV." Don't count on TV to
spread the word. Instead count on America's spirit of self reliance. We will
prevail. Be the media.
- We have the Internet. Use it to share information at every level --
instant messaging, e-mailing, listservs, blogs, forums, Web sites,
announcements, online media, online documents, film and video clips, audio
clips, and any way that you can imagine to use it effectively. The Internet
allows us to respond without boundaries, quickly, in unpredictable ways.
- We have truth.
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BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: Black Box Voting has launched a fraud
audit into Florida. Three investigators (Bev Harris, Andy Stephenson, and
Kathleen Wynne) are in Florida right now. We will initiate hand counts on
selected counties that have not fully complied with our Nov. 2 Freedom of
Information request by Monday (Diebold counties) or Tuesday (other
counties).
BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: We have reports that both David Cobb
(Green Party) and Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party) will be filing for
official recounts in Ohio. Black Box Voting is also launching a fraud audit
in Ohio. Gotta be replaced: Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. Please
invoke the following name change on Blackwell immediately, as he is 2004's
Katherine Harris. He should now be referred to at all times as "Katherine
Blackwell." Please retain this moniker for any future runs for governor. How
to be your own media. Spread the word. Latest Katherine Blackwell outrage:
Failure to properly account for provisional ballots, and refusing to allow
citizens to see the pollbooks.
BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: Black Box Voting is implementing fraud
diagnostics on the state of New Mexico. Information we recently received is
indicative of widespread vote manipulation. We are not going to publicize
the specifics here.
BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: Black Box Voting is requesting legal
assistance for a specific county in Georgia. Indications of corrupt voting
processes, with possible criminal actions by local officials.
BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: Black Box Voting is launching a fraud
investigation on Pima County Arizona.
BREAKING -- SATURDAY NOV 13 2004: Black Box Voting is launching a fraud
investigation on the state of Nevada. Pro bono legal help certified to
practice in Nevada, needed immediately. Multiple irregularities. Need people
to take affidavits from election workers, statewide.
BREAKING -- FRIDAY NOV 12 2004: Ralph Nader to audit Diebold machines in New
Hampshire. According to Nader, the current situation with voting machines
warrants investigation. Several elements make voting machines "probative"
for investigation, according to Nader, a consumer affairs lawyer:
proprietary ownership, secret code, vested interests, a high-value reward,
and lack of any real consequences, or likelihood of getting caught, for vote
manipulation. "We are told that shenanigans are just politics," said Nader
at a press conference on Nov. 10. "Well, it's not politics. It's taking away
people's votes."
SUNDAY Nov. 7 2004: Freedom of Information requests at
http://www.blackboxvoting.org have unearthed two Ciber certification reports
indicating that security and tamperability was NOT TESTED and that several
state elections directors, a secretary of state, and computer consultant Dr.
Britain Williams signed off on the report anyway, certifying it. Scroll down
for more.
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