Oh, Brother… Easily Hacked Voting Systems to be Used in MA Special Election for US Senate
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on January 19, 2010
Hackers' Heaven: Senate candidate Scott Brown has blessing of Massachusetts State Police and Boston Herald, but vote tampering could be a problem
Hold on to your seats tightly… the Massachusetts Senate election could be a bumpy ride with potential vote tampering and ballot stuffing. The voting systems are reported to be easily hacked into. Guess MSNBC’s left-wing lunatic Ed Schultz could actually fulfill his dream of voting 20 times for a Democrat candidate.
From The Gouverneur Times, Easily Hacked Voting Systems to be Used in MA Special Election for the U.S. Senate:
BOSTON, MA – Next Tuesday’s Special Election for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts looks to be coming down to the wire. Surprising pundits in what had previously been thought to be a cakewalk for State Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate hoping to fill the seat of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, Republican state Senator Scott Brown has come on strong in the final days of the campaign.
But as the election looms, tempers flare, money is poured into the contest from all sides, and Democrats sweat out what should have been a safe seat for them – a Democrat named Kennedy has held that particular seat for more than the last 50 years – questions about whether the election results can be trusted have already emerged in a race where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
As the 60th “filibuster-proof” Democratic U.S. Senate seat hangs in the balance – and the party’s healthcare reform bill and other key legislative hopes along with it – fears are mounting that the final vote tallies could be as questionable as they were in the recent NY-23 Special Election for the U.S. House. Perhaps even more so.
The electronic voting systems used in Massachusetts are notoriously plagued with problems and vulnerabilities, and are in violation of federal voting system standards. Moreover, they are sold, programmed, and maintained by a company with a disturbing criminal background.
The outcome couldn’t be more important, and the race, according to a number of pre-election polls, couldn’t be closer. Coakley began running in September, 2009 with a strong lead over Brown, her main opponent. But that trend has significantly changed in the last month leaving Coakley with a thin 2 point margin over Brown, according to a recent poll from Republican pollster Rasmussen. Another more recent survey, from a Democratic-leaning outfit, gives Coakley a more comfortable 8 point edge over Brown.
Still, the very real possibility that a Republican could win the seat has many in Washington sweating on the eve of the Special Election. All three candidates – Joseph Kennedy (no relation to Ted), a Libertarian running on the Independent Party ticket could also throw a wrench into the works – and their supporters are pulling out all the last minutes stops. But could we see another repeat of last November’s U.S. House Special Election in New York, where questions still persist about the tabulation of the race and the failed and faulty voting systems that voters were forced to use?
The Diebold electronic voting machines to be used in more than 90% of the state’s districts are the same demonstrably unreliable ballot scanning systems that were seen being hacked in the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Hacking Democracy. The rest of the machines used in the Bay State are made by Sequoia Voting System, Inc., the same manufacturer whose machines were “misconfigured,” to switch votes in Erie County, NY’s Nov. 3, 2009 election and which have failed, and even been hacked, in a number of cases around the country.
Making matters worse, the company who sells, services and programs the Diebold optical-scan paper ballot systems to be used next week, LHS Associates, has a disturbing criminal background, and has admitted to tampering illegally with voting systems during past elections.
More on Brown-Coakley race:
Jim Hoft, Big Government: Barack Obama Slams Scott Brown and His Truck… It’s a GM Truck
Mcnorman’s Weblog: Ed Shultz On Voter Fraud and White House Nugget On Massachusetts Election? Update: POTUS is NOT Martha in drag!
Publius, Big Government: Tuesday Open Thread: America Rising Edition
Nice Deb: Well, Well, Scott Brown Wasn’t Stiffed By The Republican Party, After All and Video: MA Voter Registration fraud? and Tonight’s Coakley Rally In Framinham, MA: 3/4 Empty and BDS Meets PDS: John Kerry Combines Bush Derangement With Pick-Up Truck Derangement and Oooh…Ow: Dem Apparatchik Makes Unfortunate Analogy and Ed Schultz On MA Senate Race: “I’d Cheat To Keep These Bastards Out” and Scenes From Obama’s Massachusetts Stump Speech
On My Watch — The writings of SamHenry: Obama Packs Up His Lies and Heads to Massachusetts
The Powers That Be: If ‘Marcia’ Coakley Loses? Bush’s Fault
Big Hollywood: Open — Go Brown! Go! Go! Go! — Thread
Michelle Malkin: The uniter: Scott Brown’s center-right-indie coalition and “I’d cheat to keep these bastards out. I would.”
Gateway Pundit: Health Care Stocks Rally Today As Scott Brown Surges in Polls and Rep. Weiner: If Brown Wins You Can Make a Good Argument Health Care Might Be Dead (Video) and MSNBC Hacks Suffer Meltdown After Tingles Shares the Sad News “It Looks Like Brown” (Video) and Shovel Ready. Martha Coakley’s Phone Bank Is Empty – Needs Workers (Video) and Former Quincy Mayor & Lifelong Dem Endorses Scott Brown and Kennedy Doesn’t Even Know Martha Coakley’s Name and Pathetic. Coakley Says She Was Joking About Curt Schilling Being a Yankee Fan and Breaking: Joe Lieberman May Endorse Scott Brown and Honest Dem Ed Schultz Says “I’d Cheat” to Keep Scott Brown Out of the Senate (Audio) and BREAKING: Scott Brown Files Complaint Against Dem Party- CLAIMS DEFAMATION …Update: Penalty is $1,000 or Up to 6 Mos. in Jail and Ouch. Coakley’s Husband’s Old Work Buddies Endorse Scott Brown- Slam Martha Coakley and Just Awful– Coakley Uses Image of World Trade Center in Attack Ad to Symbolize Greed and Leading Mass Blue Blog: “Yes It Sucks But Vote For Coakley Anyway”
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Lying P.O.S. and What Don’t You Understand About “It’s Cold Outside”? and Look Who’s Claiming Obama’s Mother Was Not Married and Coakley Supporters Fabricate Birther Accusation Against Brown and Brown Massacres Coakley Online
Diary of a Mad Conservative: Another Quote of the day – Barney Frank
Pundit & Pundette: John Kerry decries “dangerous atmosphere”
Frugal Café Blog Zone: MA Election Day: Palin Tweets Support Message to Scott Brown, Curt Schilling & Doug Flutie Stump for Brown (video) and Slick Willy & Martha Coakley… Both in Sexual Controversies and Vile Coakley Mailer: Lies about Brown Denying Medical Treatment for Rape Victims, Criminal Charges Filed (video) and Expect a Miracle in Massachusetts: Government’s Pundits & Puppets Wrong Again… Massachusetts Miracle, & More Brown Videos and Distressed Starship USS Coakley: Even MA Union Members Are Voting for Scott Brown, Obama is MIA… Is Coakley Going Down in Flames? and Martha, Martha, Martha… You Need to Keep your Left-wing Thugs at Bay until AFTER the Election
HillBuzz: Question of the Day: What will the MSM and the Left do when Hottie McAwesome wins tomorrow? and Question of the Day: Why are you so angry at Martha Coakley?
Are You Freaking Stupid?: Patrick Kennedy Goes To Boston To Help Marcia Coakley. Wait. Marcia?? Who The Hell Is Marcia?
Patterico’s Pontifications: The “Whole World” is Watching Massachusetts; UPDATE WITH VIDEO: White House Thinks Coakley Will Lose?
GayPatriot: If you live in Massachusetts, Vote for Scott Brown Today: Help make it the Day ObamaCare Dies and Coakley Doesn’t Know “What the Hell is Going On” in Massachusetts, Says Curt Schilling and Coakley’s Negative Voicemail Campaign and The Political Cost of Democrats’ Nasty Massachusetts Campaign
All American Blogger: Patrick Kennedy Loves Marcia Coakley, Whoever That Is
Dancing Czars: How an Election is Stolen and Is Martha Coakley Capable of being Senator of Any State? Where is the Out Rage? Coakley on Schilling: A Yankee Fan?
Tarheel Pundit: My Prius Is Voting for Scott Brown!
VotingFemale Speaks!: Camp Obama projects Coakley loss in Mass Special Election; UPDATE: CNN SCRUBBED their report! and Coakley to Mass Voters: “Curt Schilling (Scott Brown supporter) is a Yankees Fan”; That’s equiv to telling voters Obama is a Republican; On What PLANET do you live???!!! and Obama? Come stump for Coakley and you will See… a Boston Tea Party just for Thee; UPDATE: Obama’s Boston Tea Party On, lets ROLL and SEIU flips Obama the Purple Finger of Fate; campaigns for Scott Brown (no, I’m not kidding)
Motor City Times: News Roundup: Unions Get Exemption From Insurance Tax, How To Speak Democrat & Obama’s Ad for Martha Coakley
The Conservative Pup: “It’s The People’s Seat”
Riehl World View: Democrats Underestimated America’s Anger
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