do pay attention murky. she has been ordered by a federal judge to follow Ohio law, which she has not been doing. let me repeat this murky so do try to follow. she has been trying to steal the election in Ohio for your boy, and she got caught.
On Oct 15, 3:02 am, "[ the last patriotic Republican ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you are trying to make a joke right ? > > On Oct 14, 6:52 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > brunner is doing her best to steal this election for nobama. to her > > dismay she has been caught. > > > On Oct 14, 6:00 am, "[ the last patriotic Republican ]" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty > > > Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter > > > Challengeshttp://www.truthout.org/101308VA > > > Ohio is a key swing state that ended up deciding the outcome of the > > > 2004 election. But the state was riddled with voting problems, ranging > > > from breakdowns in electronic voting machines to accusations of > > > widespread voter disenfranchisement. We speak to Democrat Jennifer > > > Brunner, who was elected secretary of state of Ohio in November 2006. > > > > Juan Gonzalez: Ohio is a key swing state that ended up deciding > > > the outcome of the 2004 election. But the state was riddled with > > > voting problems, ranging from breakdowns in electronic voting machines > > > to accusations of widespread voter disenfranchisement. > > > > Amy Goodman: Democrat Jennifer Brunner was elected Secretary of > > > State in Ohio in November of 2006. She replaced Republican Kenneth > > > Blackwell. Since then, she has faced fire from virtually every side- > > > Republicans operatives, voting machine companies, voting rights groups > > > and more-as she has worked to resolve some of the voting problems from > > > four years ago. > > > > Most recently, the GOP asked a federal judge on Sunday to force > > > Secretary of State Brunner to match voter registration information, > > > such as a driver's license number, against information in the state > > > Bureau of Motor Vehicles database. Republicans filed the complaint > > > Sunday as an extension of a previous action against a week-long period > > > in which Ohioans could register and vote on that same day. > > > > Juan Gonzalez: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner joins us > > > on the telephone now. Welcome to Democracy Now! > > > > Jennifer Brunner: Thank you, Juan. Good morning, Amy. > > > > Amy Goodman: It's good to have you with us. Why don't you talk-to > > > start off by talking about what this latest controversy is, this > > > lawsuit? > > > > Jennifer Brunner: This is currently pending in the federal > > > district court in the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus, and the > > > judge will be hearing arguments on this this morning at 11:00. The > > > Republican Party had this lawsuit in place when they were fighting the- > > > what we call the overlap voting, which is when absentee voting > > > started, before the close of voter registration, which allowed people > > > to go to an early voting site, register to vote, request an absentee > > > ballot, and vote it on the spot. > > > > In that original lawsuit, they were denied relief, first by the > > > federal judge, and then again by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. > > > But what they did was to try to renew a motion for a temporary > > > restraining order and now push this effort. And what really concerns > > > me is that the way these papers are pled, they're looking for a list > > > of all the mismatches by October 12th, and this is in light of the > > > fact that at this point in time we are informed that the Social > > > Security Administration will be shutting down its computers for the > > > comparisons from the 10th to the 13th for maintenance over the holiday > > > weekend. And they want that in time to-the Republican Party wants it > > > in time to be able to file challenges twenty days before the election, > > > to require ID, which is already required in Ohio, and also to push > > > people into provisional voting. > > > > Juan Gonzalez: Well, I'd like to ask you, you've been now > > > Secretary of State-you replaced the infamous and controversial Kenneth > > > Blackwell. And in the first year, you had a report called "EVEREST" > > > that looked at the situation in the voting system of Ohio. Could you > > > tell us about some of the main concerns that you had out of that > > > report? > > > > Jennifer Brunner: We focused on four areas. We focused on > > > security; reliability of the equipment and the systems; the > > > configuration, whether all of the systems throughout the state were > > > configured to the same software level; and also whether or not > > > procedures that local officials used were mitigating some of the > > > concerns that we found. > > > > Unfortunately, all of the equipment failed-I hate to say the word > > > "miserably," but it was a very big disappointment when we compared the > > > equipment, which is essentially computer-based equipment, to general > > > standards for security in the computer industry, computers that we > > > would use for banking, for travel, for communication. The type of > > > security that would be required was just not engineered in this > > > equipment. Not to say that it can't count correctly, but there were so > > > many risks presented that we took this to the legislature, asked the > > > legislature to fund us for all-paper ballot systems throughout the > > > state. But unfortunately, I think in part due to budget problems in > > > Ohio, but also due to the partisan nature of how that body is > > > operating, they were silent on providing us with any relief. > > > > So, what we did instead was to move forward with a bipartisan team > > > of election officials, devise best practices for security during every > > > step of the voting process, and then we have required security plans > > > from every board of elections. So we're making the best of it. In the > > > process, we discovered that the Diebold system, as memory cards from > > > the individual voting machines were being uploaded into the server in > > > one county, votes were dropping. So we are in the middle of litigation > > > against Diebold for that. > > > > Amy Goodman: We're talking to the Secretary of State of the swing > > > state of Ohio, Jennifer Brunner. More than 666,000 new voters have > > > been added to the voter rolls. How are you going to deal with the > > > numbers? The famous pictures of the past, with people waiting hour > > > after hour in the pouring rain-of course, that's going to lead to > > > people leaving the polling place before they vote. You're going to-how > > > are you dealing with close to 700,000 new voters? > > > > Jennifer Brunner: What we did was to look at what happened in Ohio > > > in 2004. In counties like Franklin County and Columbus and where > > > Kenyan College is, in Knox County, there was an inadequate number of > > > voting machines to serve those voters. So we have given the boards of > > > elections guidelines for what they need for the adequate distribution > > > of voting machines, but-and we've also said to the boards, you need to > > > actually publish to the public by the middle of October how many > > > voting machines you will have per precinct, and if you're not meeting > > > the guidelines, explain why. > > > > But we're not leaving it there. We have fifty-three of our eighty- > > > eight counties who use the touch-screen machines, which we understand, > > > aside from security issues, poses a straight supply-and-demand > > > concern. So we have backup paper ballots in the amount of 25 percent > > > of the number of people who voted in those precincts in the last > > > presidential election. And those boards of elections using the DREs > > > also have to provide to us a way that voters can move in two lines, > > > rather than one, to sign into their poll books and opt for a paper > > > ballot if they prefer not to vote on the electronic voting machine. We > > > think that's going to alleviate the congestion. > > > > And in addition, this is the first time Ohio had had absentee > > > voting for anyone who prefers to do that without any reason at all. So > > > we're seeing record numbers of people voting early, and a conservative > > > estimate is that 25 percent of Ohio's registered voters, or the number > > > of voters voting, will have voted before Election Day. > > > > Juan Gonzalez: The New York Post today has a front-page article > > > that touches in part on situations going on in Ohio, claiming that the > > > group ACORN has been involved in fraudulent voter registration at > > > apparently massive levels, according to some of their reports. What is > > > your concern about these allegations of fraud in voter registration > > > and people voting more than once? > > > > Jennifer Brunner: We have things built into our law so that > > > anytime someone registers, even if they register and vote on the same > > > day, a notification card is sent to them at their address. If that > > > card comes back, that certainly puts that registration into question. > > > The poll book is marked, and if that person were to show up at the > > > polling place, Ohio law now requires that Ohioans show ID, although > > > our ID law is much more liberal than, for instance, Indiana's. > > > > So-and then also our boards of elections do enter those voter > > > registration applications into a database that automatically is sent > > > to the Secretary of State's database. We're connected with T1 lines. > > > We run that, of course, through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, who > > > sends it on to the Social Security Administration if it can't get a > > > match on driver's license. > > > > So, we think there are some excellent safeguards built into the > > > law, but our own experience with ACORN in Ohio is there have been some > > > problems in the past, but the person who we work with, when there are > > > questions from ACORN is Katy Gall, who is a very experienced and > > > conscientious, and we've had nothing but good experiences working with > > > her. > > > > Amy Goodman: Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, what is Ohio's > > > laws on > > ... > > read more ยป --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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