Comments on: Bowen wins JFK award http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Sat, 18 May 2013 21:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RR http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-753 RR Wed, 21 May 2008 16:26:59 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-753 There are lots of ways to cheat in an election count. Electronic voting machines are not inherently flawed; some election officials are character-flawed. Old-fashioned polling fraud is inspired by the political climate of the place, not the technology.

]]> By: RR http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-762 RR Wed, 21 May 2008 16:26:59 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-762 There are lots of ways to cheat in an election count. Electronic voting machines are not inherently flawed; some election officials are character-flawed. Old-fashioned polling fraud is inspired by the political climate of the place, not the technology.

]]> By: Teresa Blakely http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Teresa Blakely Wed, 21 May 2008 01:32:28 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-754 I am grateful to both Bowen and Brunner for their willingness to do the right thing by investigating and openly challenging the continued use of unaudited electronic voting machines.
Countless credible research studies have demonstrated that electronic voting machines are fundamentally and irretrievably flawed. In the absence of meaningful federal oversight these brave state election officials challenged the bad old boy network of dishonest voting machine vendors and complicit Boards of Elections. Hopefully the California media outlets will support Bowen’s efforts and publicize the dangers posed to our democracy by unaudited electronic voting machines. In Columbus Ohio the Editorial Board of our only major newspaper, the Republican owned Columbus Dispatch advocates a position representative of the voting machine industry. The Dispatch Editorial Board has abandoned any pretense of civic duty or journalistic integrity by consistently downplaying the security risks posed by electronic voting machines. I would like to nominate the Columbus Dispatch for a Cowardice in Journalism award for its unpatriotic attacks on Jennifer Brunner as she attempts to secure the integrity of our vote.

Teresa Blakely

]]> By: Teresa Blakely http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Teresa Blakely Wed, 21 May 2008 01:32:28 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-763 I am grateful to both Bowen and Brunner for their willingness to do the right thing by investigating and openly challenging the continued use of unaudited electronic voting machines.
Countless credible research studies have demonstrated that electronic voting machines are fundamentally and irretrievably flawed. In the absence of meaningful federal oversight these brave state election officials challenged the bad old boy network of dishonest voting machine vendors and complicit Boards of Elections. Hopefully the California media outlets will support Bowen’s efforts and publicize the dangers posed to our democracy by unaudited electronic voting machines. In Columbus Ohio the Editorial Board of our only major newspaper, the Republican owned Columbus Dispatch advocates a position representative of the voting machine industry. The Dispatch Editorial Board has abandoned any pretense of civic duty or journalistic integrity by consistently downplaying the security risks posed by electronic voting machines. I would like to nominate the Columbus Dispatch for a Cowardice in Journalism award for its unpatriotic attacks on Jennifer Brunner as she attempts to secure the integrity of our vote.

Teresa Blakely

]]> By: RR http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-752 RR Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:52:38 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-752 MS Bowen is courageous, jeopardizing her career by acting boldly regardless of hostile public opinion? Cut me a break!

]]> By: RR http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-760 RR Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:52:38 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/2008/03/18/bowen-wins/#comment-760 MS Bowen is courageous, jeopardizing her career by acting boldly regardless of hostile public opinion? Cut me a break!

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