E-Voting Machines / Vote Integrity

''The researchers likened their report to a beeping smoke alarm and called on Florida officials to examine the data and the voting systems in counties that used touch-screen voting machines to provide an explanation for the anomalies. The researchers examined the same numbers and variables in Ohio, but found no discrepancies there.''

University researchers challenge Bush win in Florida - Computer World - Article - 2004-11-18
'''Something went awry with electronic voting in Florida,' says the lead researcher''

Voting Machines and Change in Support for Bush in the 2004 Florida Elections - University of California at Berkeley - Link - 2004-11-18
''Study released Thursday indicates the probability is that electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000 - 260,000 or more in excess votes to Bush in Florida''


'Stinking Evidence' of Possible Election Fraud Found in Florida - Common Dreams - Article - 2004-11-18
''There was something odd about the poll tapes.''

Exit Polls and Voter Fraud: A User-Friendly Explanation - Op Ed News - Article - 2004-11-18
IMTV - Important information.


Was it Hacked? - Orlando Weekly - Article - 2004-11-18
''Despite mainstream media attempts to kill the story, talk radio and the Internet are abuzz with suggestions that John Kerry was elected president on Nov. 2 – but Republican election officials made it difficult for millions of Democrats to vote while employees of four secretive, GOP-bankrolled corporations rigged electronic voting machines and then hacked central tabulating computers to steal the election for George W. Bush.''


Voting Trends of the 29 Democratic Florida Counties in Question - Independent Media TV - Picture - 2004-11-19

Source: State of Florida

This graph is in relation to these 29 Counties reported on by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC.

''Baker County, Florida, on the Georgia border for instance. 69 percent of voter registered Democrats. 24 percent Republicans. Yet President Bush got 7,738. And Senator Kerry, just 2,180. In Holmes County, in the panhandle, seven Democrats for every two Republicans in the district. Bush beat Kerry 6,410 to 1,810. In Dixie County, 77.5 percent registered Democrats, Bush 4,433, Kerry 1,959. Lafayette County, 83 percent Democratic, Bush, 2,460. Kerry, 845. In Liberty County, Bristol, Florida, 88 percent of registered voters there are Democrat. 8 percent Republican. Bush, 1,927. Kerry, 1,070.''

''Five examples in 29 counties with decided Democratic margins that suddenly voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Bush. In Florida counties where optical scanning of paper ballots was not used, no such violent swings were reported. Counties with heavy Democratic registration voted Democratic, counties with heavy Republican registration voted Republican.''


Call To Action: IMTV Needs 1984, 1988 Florida Election Results By County - Independent Media TV - Article - 2004-11-19
IMTV - We are currently investigating trends of the 29 counties that spiked in support for Bush in 2000 and 2004 using the Electronic Optical Scanners made by Diebold, ES & S, and Sequoia.

We need help finding election results for Florida by county from 1984 and 1988. This will help to futher investigate this situation.

If you find this information, preferrably from a reliable source, please send it to editor@independent-media.tv

Oh Brother, Ohio, and O'Reilly - MSNBC - Article - 2004-11-16
IMTV - Nader and failed Florida congressional candidate Jeff Fisher possibly working to get a recound in Florida?

Vote Recount to Settle Doubts? - Wired.Com - Article - 2004-11-17
''A vote recount in New Hampshire on Thursday could shed light on anomalies with election results in that state, voting activists say. And if the recount finds problems with voting machines there, it could open the way for recounts in other states, such as Florida.''

''A vote recount in New Hampshire on Thursday could shed light on anomalies with election results in that state, voting activists say. And if the recount finds problems with voting machines there, it could open the way for recounts in other states, such as Florida.''

VOTE FRAUD: Volusia County on lockdown - Black Box Voting.org - Other - Article - 2004-11-16



Media accused of ignoring election irregularities - Boston Globe, The - Article - 2004-11-17
''Two weeks after Election Day, explosive allegations about a media coverup are percolating.''

''There's the widely circulated e-mail about a CBS producer who complained that a news industry "lock-down" has prevented journalists from investigating voting problems that cropped up on Nov 2. There's the rumor that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who has devoted serious air time to discussing Election Day irregularities, was fired for broaching the topic. There's the assertion by Bev Harris, executive director of Black Box Voting Inc., that she had received calls from network employees saying they had been told to lay off the sensitive subject of voting fraud.''

Ohio Finds Possible Double Votes, Counts - Associated Press - Article - 2004-11-18
''Election officials in one Ohio county found that about 2,600 ballots were double-counted, and two other counties have discovered possible cases of people voting twice in the presidential election.''

Voting results' accuracy questioned; democracy demands that we do so - Madison Capitol Times - Article - 2004-11-16
''Was the 2004 presidential election stolen? Possibly.''

''Will it be overturned? Probably not.''


Lingering Suspicions of Election Fraud - UPI - Article - 2004-11-15
''To start, voting analyses of selected Florida and Ohio precincts conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's Steven Freeman and independent investigator Faun Otter have revealed surprisingly high percentages for Bush. Those skeptical about the results further suggest spoiled ballots and provisional votes, which may have a disproportionate impact on the results in the areas with high concentrations of minority voters, could have made the difference.''

Columbus, Ohio voters waited hours as election officials held back 68 machines - Free Press.Org - Article - 2004-11-16
''One telling piece of evidence was entered into the record at the Saturday, November 13 public hearing on election irregularities and voter suppression held by nonpartisan voter rights organizations. Cliff Arnebeck, a Common Cause attorney, introduced into the record the Franklin County Board of Elections spreadsheet detailing the allocation of e-voting computer machines for the 2004 election. The Board of Elections’ own document records that, while voters waited in lines ranging from 2-7 hours at polling places, 68 electronic voting machines remained in storage and were never used on Election Day.''

The Perfect Election Day Crime - Tom Paine - Article - 2004-11-12
''In Ohio,questions persist about intentional or accidental voting mishaps. Which voting problem cost Kerry the most votes may never be known. Kerry's fate aside, Air America's Steven Rosenfeld's investigation found the inadequate supply of polling machines in Ohio shows a system badly in need of reform.''

Computer Glitch Changes Election Result - Associated Press - Article - 2004-11-12
''A hand recount of ballots cast using optical scanning technology gave a Democrat enough extra votes to bump a Republican from victory in a county commissioner's race.''


Media ignoring election fraud - South Florida Sun Sentinel - Article - 2004-11-15

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