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Citizens Gone Wild: Taking Control of Our Democracy Nancy Tobi - Democracy For New Hampshire, Election Defense Alliance So, America, Who is Counting Our Votes? Nationally: 80% ballots counted by corporate owned and programmed computers using secret vote counting software* New Hampshire: 81% ballots counted by corporate owned and programmed computers using secret vote counting software** *Election Data Services **http://www.sos.nh.gov/voting%20machines2006.htm The Granite State All voters use paper ballots Two approved vote counting systems: – Hand count (19%) Community counters Publicly observable Checks and balances – Diebold count (81%) Black box counting Secret counting Corporate controlled Diebold Cities & Towns in the Granite State Albany East Kingston Kingston Northwood Alton Eaton Laconia Nottingham Auburn Effingham Lee Ossipee Barrington Epping Londonderry Plaistow Barnstead Exeter Madbury Portsmouth Bartlett Farmington Madison Raymond Bedford Freedom Manchester Rye Belmont Fremont Meredith Rochester Brentwood Gilford Merrimack Rollinsford* Brookfield Gilmanton Middleton Sandown Candia Goffstown Milton Sandwich Center Harbor Greenland Moultonborough Seabrook Chatham Hale's Location New Castle Somersworth Chester Hampstead New Durham South Hampton Conway Hampton New Hampton Strafford Danville Hampton Falls Newfields Stratham Deerfield Hart's Location Newington Tamworth Derry* Hooksett Newmarket Tuftonboro Dover Jackson Newton Wakefield Durham Kensington North Hampton Wolfeboro Who’s Counting 81% of NH’s Votes? Diebold Election Systems Management: 2003 CEO Wally O’Dell pens a memo pledging “to help Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President." Diebold’s Accuvote Management Team Diebold Election Systems Accuvote Team: Software Developer, Jeffrey Dean: Convicted embezzler, specialized in sophisticated alteration of computer records whose scam involved former Watergate burglary mastermind, Egil “Bud” Krogh Manager, Ballot Printing/Design, John Elder: Convicted cocaine trafficker Diebold’s New England Vendor: LHS Associates Business #1, Programming Elections: With their first line of business, LHS Associates alone has access to and control over the secret vote counting software that counts 81% of NH's votes. Business #2, Collecting Census Data: With their second line of business, LHS Associates performs what is known as "data mining". They collect census data, information about who lives where, what are their incomes, their professions, their habits, their properties, their family histories. Data Mining and Political Activities The legitimate intersection: Political Campaigns Find out where the opposition votes are, Find out where the supporters are Campaign Canvass, advertise, campaign Use your resources wisely based On your knowledge of the demographics Data Mining and Political Activities The not so legitimate intersection: Election Programming Find out where the opposition votes are Fraud Program the vote to deal with it Florida 2000 Presidential Election: ChoicePoint, a data mining company, helped out George Bush's campaign by systematically stripping out (purging) 94,000 eligible voters - all identified as Democrat-leaning - from the voter registration rolls. They were denied their right to vote in that election.
