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Message-ID: <41180DB8.8010600@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: bkfsec at sdf.lonestar.org (Barry Fitzgerald)
Subject: waa waa (was Finally the truth slips out)
Security List wrote:
>Appointed? If you do not believe in the U.S.
>constitution and the supreme court then I could see
>how one might suggest that Mr. Bush was appointed. If
>you do believe in it then you must know that his
>"appointment" was the only legal solution to the
>issue. Many major papers investigated the vote
>counting in FL and they all concluded that Mr. Bush
>did win if the votes were counted correctly. Never
>mind the thousands of military votes the Dems had
>thrown out which were legal. Come on people. Do your
>research if you are going to try and make a point.
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To bring this back to a security issue, your statement hinges on your
operational definition of "counted correctly". I can guarantee you that
many informed people are going to disagree with your personal
operational definition of "counted correctly". So, the key here is what
is the baseline for counting and verifying votes?
This is the single largest issue with touch-screen voting and the
security of modern elections: verifying the integrity and authenticity
of the vote.
Many of the so-called "legal military votes" were given the soldiers
already filled out. Some (a significant portion) did not have the valid
authentication requirements (SSN, full name, etc). Some soldiers
reported that absentee ballots were never actually sent by them, but
rather filled out by commanders and sent unsigned.
The litmus test for verification is always the completion of the shared
secret, whatever form that takes.
A properly functional login system doesn't say "well, the person may not
have put in their password, but I'll let them in anyway!". That's a
sign of a flawed system.
And if this were not a controversial subject that most people can't
seperate emotion fromn logic on, you'd agree with me on this.
There are terrible flaws in the electoral system and these issues have
to be validly addressed. These issues will continue to shed doubt on
elections, regardless of the outcome.
-Barry
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