[Peace-discuss] "Find a computer that fears going to jail."

[Chuck Minne]

Frmo Black Box Voting
  
Seven candidates, from two different political parties, have joined 
together to fight the Kentucky machine. One ordinary citizen has 
galvanized this action and stopped this very important case from being 
dismissed.

When Glenda Young called Black Box Voting she was a woman with a 
mission. "I need a lawyer," she said. "Can you help?"

Her plain spoken Southern drawl was laced with urgency and 
determination. "I believe that a great injustice has been done. When 
seven candidates join together from different parties to contest an 
election because they believe it was not honest, something's terribly 
wrong."

After questioning her, Kathleen Wynne of Black Box Voting was 
sufficiently concerned about procedural violations in the election that 
she took it upon herself to contact several attorneys on Glenda's 
behalf. The first attorney to understand the urgency and importance of 
this case was Paul Lehto, a formidable advocate for clean elections from 
Everett, Washington.

The candidates had already filed a case with local counsel, and a motion 
had been filed to dismiss. Lehto wasted no time catching a plane to 
Kentucky. After meeting with candidates, who provided hair-raising 
accounts of election irregularities, Lehto stepped in to fight the 
dismissal with the aid of local attorney Leroy Gilbert.

According to Lehto & Gilbert's legal brief:
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quote:
The Court must recall at all times that the voting here in question 
involves invisible electronic ballots which have not been inspected at 
any time by any party hereto, even the County Clerk has not counted 
them. Rather, the electronic ballots have been purported to be counted 
in secret by trade secret counting software owned by the vendors.

There is no reason at all or basis for confidence in the electronic 
counting until verified by the plaintiffs not only because the Clerk 
himself is a defendant-candidate here, but also because it is the nature 
of the computer to do precisely as it is told without reference to any 
laws, morals or ethics.
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Lehto explains: "Computers do what they're told -- without regard to 
laws, ethics or morals, and THAT's the problem. They can put computers 
into elections when they find a computer that fears going to jail."

A copy of the plaintiff's supplemental response to the motion to dismiss 
can be seen here:
http://www.bbvdocs.org/legal/kentucky-dismissal.pdf

Here is a copy of Lehto and Gilbert's offer of proof for the motion to 
dismiss:
http://www.bbvdocs.org/legal/lehto-dismissal-response.pdf

Copy of original petition:
http://www.bbvdocs.org/legal/kentucky-original.pdf

Glenda Young is a prime example of the backbone of America. One person 
CAN make a difference. When she called Black Box Voting, we realized 
that she was as serious as a heart attack. It was clear that there was 
no way she was going to back down, whether we helped her or not. This is 
the kind of tenacity it's going to take to reclaim our elections.

"I never believed this would happen in my own back yard," Young says. 
"It is up to us as the people of America to take a stand."

Lehto explains:

"For all the talking points of elections officials about pre-election 
testing, post-LAT testing, parallel testing, ITA certification, etc., 
the ONLY relevant question is WHAT WAS THE MACHINE TOLD TO DO ON 
ELECTION DAY ITSELF?

"We don't doubt that the machines CAN count correctly...We wonder what 
they were told to do on election day that causes either a malfunction 
(because computers are so complicated and literal) or causes a fraud 
(because computers will do ANYTHING)."

The evidenciary phase of this case has not been opened yet, but when 
candidates from two parties join together to file a joint lawsuit, red 
flags go up like the Fourth of July.

Seven candidates. Two lawyers. One ordinary citizen with firm resolve.

This is an example of what you can accomplish. Now, to expand on this: 
We cannot overstate the importance of getting involved and gathering 
real evidence. Evidence = photographs, audio recordings, video, and 
public records.

There are no small elections. Every election represents the integrity of 
the machinery and the procedures for the jurisdiction itself. If there 
is a problem with a local race, you can't have confidence in any race 
above it.

"We're counting the votes. Get over it."

To discuss this article, click here: 
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/32958.html

Be part of the solution: Please sign up for the NATIONAL HAND COUNT 
REGISTRY: 
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-profile.cgi?action=register

Make November elections the biggest evidence gathering action ever. 
EVIDENCE = videotape, audiotape and photos. Come prepared. This time, 
focus on the COUNTING not just the voting.
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/30499.html

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