SITE MAP ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Introduction

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”

  --Thomas Jefferson

 

 

Chapter 1

THREE STAGES OF TRUTH

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."  - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

Mythology

Shaken Confidence

Threshold Concept

 

 

Chapter 1

CONSPIRACY THEORISTS 

"In Politics, nothing happens by accident.  If it happens, it was planned that way.”

                                      - Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

 

 

Chapter 2

WHO’S GUARDING  THE GUARDS?
The Cast: Groups and individuals involved in election integrity 

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted - was once eccentric."   

- Bertrand Russell; Author, Mathematician & Philosopher

 

 

Chapter 3

GLITCHES, HITCHES, ANOMALIES AND IRREGULARITIES
The Case: Examples of Election problems reported 

“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” --Alice Kahn

 

 

Chapter 4

TECHNOLOGY

“Any voting system can be open to fraud, but electronic, digital technology makes it easier to affect vast numbers

with little effort, and in no time.”   -- Rebecca Mercuri

      A. Touchscreens vs. Optical Scan

B. Tabulators

1. About GEMS - How GEMS work; How Database 2 works
2. Aren’t they required by law to be certified?

 

 

Chapter 5

BLIND TRUST

Examination of transparency and security in elections worldwide

"The worst thing about being blind would be the inability to see if there were bugs in your food."

                                               - Jerry Seinfeld

 

 

Chapter 6

PENTAGON, CIA & CYBER WARS 

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

          - Benjamin Franklin

 

 

Chapter 7

WHY? 

A rhetorical musing in search of rationale

"...to take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery...sacrificing America's democratic heritage."

                                                                                    - Thomas Jefferson, on the Right to Vote

 

 

Chapter 8

THE COMPANIES

 

Election Systems & Software (ES&S)

Diebold

Sequoia Voting Systems

Triad Systems

Hart Intercivic

Vote Here

Accenture

TruVote

 

“It doesn’t matter how good the computers are, if the people running them are corrupt, then you have a corrupt system.”

 

 

Chapter 9

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION (EAC)

“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”

-- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962

 

 

Chapter 10

EXIT POLLS  

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers...

"This was no mere mistake.  Exit polls cannot be as wrong across the board as they were on election night."

                                                 - Dick Morris, Political Consultant

 

 

Chapter 11

THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS TO STEAL ELECTIONS

"I want to be invisible.  I do guerilla warfare.  I paint my face and travel at night.  You don't know it's over

until you're in a body bag.  You don't know until election night..."

                               - Ralph Reed, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

 

 

Chapter 12

PAPER TRAIL OF TEARS

Pros, Cons and Tricks with Paper

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

--Plato

 

 

Chapter 13

BUT, WHAT CAN I DO?

Dozens of Suggestions and Links to get on board in the Election Reform Movement

“Before the beginning of great brilliance and beauty there first must be a period of complete chaos.” 

I-Ching

 

 

Chapter 14

UPDATES

Actions & Reactions

 

 

Chapter 15

CONCLUSION

 

 

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