[Texgreen] Re: Electronic Voting Experts to Testify at Capitol Wednesday

[Craig Miller]

Thanks for letting me know about this!

craig




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---- On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Karin Ascot (karin@ascot.name) wrote:

 

 

Press Advisory  June 22, 2008   

 

Contacts: 

Vickie Karp, 512/775-3737                                                 

Abbe DeLozier:  512/736-5802     

Karen Renick:  512/496-7408

 

Attn:  Political Assignments Desk                 

 

 

National Experts to Give Evidence of Hacking Electronic Voting Machines

at Austin, TX Capitol Hearing, Wednesday, June 25th. 2008

 

VoteRescue and its Coalition Bring in Compelling Witnesses

And Host Two Related Events

 

Who:  VoteRescue and its Coalition, Texans for REAL Elections, bringing in
experts to testify

 

What:  National experts and former election officials debunk the myth of
electronic voting security and accessibility for the disabled, and will
present documented testimony before the House Committee on Elections'
Interim Hearing 

 

When:  Wednesday, June 25th, 9 a.m. PLUS two other events that day - media
invited

 

Where:  Austin, Texas, Capitol Building, 11th & Congress, Rm. E2.028

 

Witnesses will include:

 

Bruce Funk:   Emery County Utah election official who in 2006 invited in the
Black Box Voting "hacking team" to examine his Diebold touch screen machines
with printers added.  They discovered "the worst security holes ever found"
in electronic voting systems.

 

Clint Curtis:   Programmer from Florida who designed "vote-flipping"
software while employed at Yang Enterprises in 2000; became a whistleblower
who gave a deposition about this in court. (Clint was invited by the State
to testify)

 

Jim March:  Technology expert, Black Box Voting Board member, co-plaintiff
in the 2004 California lawsuit against Diebold for running uncertified
software in their machines, which Diebold lost. Jim will discuss the
ineffectiveness of the federal certification process of electronic voting
systems.

 

Noel Runyan:  Expert on evaluation of accessibility of  electronic voting
systems for the disabled.  Wrote the 2007 report for the University of
California stating that NONE of the e-voting systems currently in use
fulfill the HAVA mandate for the disabled.

 

VoteRescue media contacts can arrange private interviews during the Hearing
with our experts.

 

 

The link to watch the Hearing live, if you cannot attend, is:

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.php

 

 

TWO RELATED EVENTS, PRESS INVITED:  COME MEET THE EXPERTS!

 

Breakfast event, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m, June 25th, prior to the Hearing, in
Capitol Room E2.002 A

Reception, June 25th, 5:00 p.m. (or at close of Hearing) until 8:00 p.m.
light dinner fare, wine & soft drinks served, Capitol Room E2.002 A  

 

 
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