New England voting machine firm has executive criminal record

Black Box Voting | Jan. 9, 2008 (Special Report)

They program every single voting machine in New Hampshire, Connecticut, almost all of Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. But did state officials in five New England states ever do a criminal background check on this company's executives? Do the laws of these five states even ALLOW them to hire convicted criminals for services paid for by the state? What about over 500 local towns and municipalities? Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Democrats, Republicans, Election Reform, Democratic Nomination, Republican Nomination, Midterm Elections, Elections
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 9, 2008 - 10:45 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The history of scandals and test failures in balloting machines and counting machines has been horrendous. This story goes to the heart of trusting the democratic process. When votes are still counted in secret by proprietary programs and machinery that has been proven to be easily hackable, then democracy is not safe. The current investigation goes to the surprising and questionable reported primary votes in New Hampshire.

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