Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Counties

Keep in mind the sage words of Mark Twain:

"If voting was important they wouldn't let us do it"

Because you need something to use as ammo when your Candidate doesn't win so youl have more to cry about ..

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Lol

why is no one discussing this on ats more?
they build the machines any way.

I have been of the opinion that all voting software code should be made open source, and then just guard the machines like they should be guarded. Give as few people as possible access, but do so in a manner with some redundancy, having many people overlooking what is going on...They have to know what they are doing though, so they can spot fishy behavior. It is MUCH harder to bribe multiple people, as opposed to one or two people.

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"uncertified 'experimental' software patches" being installed at the last minute on electronic vote tabulation systems in 39 Ohio counties

thats the problem right there, whos to say what is and what is not "certified". the people voting, the people who make the machines, or the people who write the code for machaines. this is a pop up industry new as of 15 years ago or so. there is no real certifaication for any of this BS machine voting accept by the people who are paying for the machines, the people who make the machines. there arent enough "other voting machine" companies to k really know if anything is "certified" lol.

like cars, there are many makers/mechanics, if something goes wrong, you can take it to a mechanic and say hey whats up with this car verse that car. with out mechanics you are stuck going back to bmw, and paying 2500$ for a spark plug. (sarc) but you get the idea. the only people regulating this are the people getting paid to make the machines in first place so we are stuck trusting their words on "certified". let alone there are only two makers in this country and they are both brothers/half brothers or something, wow shocker there lol.

doesnt matter either way, you vote doesnt mean jack$%^& as long as there are lobbyist, and electoral votes.

Yeah - highly suspect.

Not like it matters. The second act of the big show began when Ron Paul was eliminated.

Originally posted by GrantedBail
I read this story a few days ago from a post on another website. I waited until someone like BradBlog verified the story and received more information. I think it is a BIG DEAL

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Last week, Bob Fitrakis and Gerry Bello at FreePress.org reported an important story concerning what they described as "uncertified 'experimental' software patches" being installed at the last minute on electronic vote tabulation systems in 39 Ohio counties.

The story included a copy of the contract [PDF] between Republican Ohio Sec. of State Jon Husted's office and ES&S, the nation's largest e-voting system manufacturer, for a new, last minute piece of software created to the custom specifications of the Sec. of State. The contract itself describes the software as "High-level enhancements to ES&S' election reporting software that extend beyond the current features and functionality of the software to facilitate a custom-developed State Election Results Reporting File."

A subsequent story at The Free Press the following day included text said to be from a November 1 memo sent from the OH SoS Election Counsel Brandi Laser Seske to a number of state election officials confirming the use of the new, uncertified software on Ohio's tabulator systems. The memo claims that "its function is to aid in the reporting of results" by converting them "into a format that can be read by the Secretary of State's election night reporting system."

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I'm not sure. We should give Tagg a call and find out. LOL

even before voting machines it was a joke, hell here in australia we are still forced to vote with PENCIL. for the love of god sheeple how stupid can you be?