Tune in to Voice
of the
Voters this Wednesday, May 2 at 8PM to
listen to an hour devoted to three American
heroes - whistleblowers, who, based on their
experiences on the ground, will paint a
comprehensive picture of electronic voting in
America, the deceptive practices of
corporations, the often misguided
relationships between election officials and
electronic voting machine vendors, the
various system inadequacies and how the voice
of the citizen is left out of the elections
process.
Steve Heller became known as the
"Diebold Whistleblower" when in January 2004,
he stole and exposed legal documents
providing smoking gun evidence about Diebold
Election Systems' nefarious activities in the
State of California. Partly as a result of
Heller's actions, in April 2004, former
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley
de-certified Diebold in California for what
he called their "fraudulent," "despicable,"
and "deceitful behavior."
From Utah, Bruce Funk , who with
Harry Hursti, was able to prove the
insecurity of Diebold machines and the fact
that votes could be made to disappear without
evidence. He is the Emery County Clerk,
who, under pressure, resigned his position
rather than preside over elections that used
Diebold machinery.
This week's special guest host, Ion
Sancho is the Supervisor of Elections in
Leon County, Florida, and the first elected
official in the country to call for and carry
out independent testing of electronic voting
machines in his county. He is a legend in
voting rights circles. In December of 2005,
Mr. Sancho stepped onto the national stage
when he became the first elected official in
the country to call for and carry out
independent testing of his county's
electronic voting machines. From
BlackBoxVoting.org:
Due to contractual non-performance and
security design issues, Leon County (Florida)
supervisor of elections Ion Sancho has
announced that he will never again use
Diebold in an election. He has requested
funds to replace the Diebold system from the
county. On Tuesday, the most serious "hack"
demonstration to date took place in Leon
County. The Diebold machines succumbed
quickly to alteration of the votes.
Stephen Heller, Bruce Funk and Ion Sancho
each have direct personal experience with
Diebold and the scars to prove it. This
week's Voice of the Voters will raise serious
questions about our current elections
process and those who are controlling it.
The bottom line for America: present day
electronic voting machines (and supporting
systems) are so fatally flawed that they
cannot be secured. Find out why from three
people who know and who want America to know
all about it this week on Voice of the
Voters. We must:
* STOP having the election system of
this Country determined by private parties
needs for profits and political parties needs
for control/victories versus citizens rights
and needs for open independently verifiable,
fair and elections which can be proven to
original intent of the voter
* ASK WHY are we continuing to use
touchscreen-voting systems, which do not
allow an independent, fully observable
process? The uses of touchscreen voting runs
counter to right of people to know what is
really happening!
* STOP secrecy and private decisions;
check "power" of political appointees to
determine the direction of our election
support system and make decisions with little
or no oversight
As always, John Gideon, Executive Director
of Voters Unite will give Voice of the Voters
listeners a round-up of all the week's voting
news.
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Voice of the Voters is an hour
devoted to
voting rights, election reform and voter-verified
paper ballots. Ultimately it is an
exploration of Representative Democracy
itself and the
responsibilities of citizens and their elected
representatives. It airs every Wednesday
night at 8:00 PM ET on 1360 AM and on the Internet.
(http://wnjc.duxpond.com/)
Listeners can call in
questions
live at 856-227-1360 and submit questions in
advance
at the SaveOurVote
website.
Voice of the Voters now also available
as a podcast at iTunes.com under "Voice of
the Voters" in the News & Politics
category
Archived shows are available here.
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