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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:59:06 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Steven Hertzberg <stevenstevensteven () gmail com> Date: June 13, 2006 10:27:43 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: dewayne () warpspeed comSubject: RE: [IP] Why do They want to keep him from testing the voting machines?
Nothing wrong with a standardized statewide testing regime, as long as the
testing is appropriate to the mission. The problem with the testing conducted by the Independent TestingAuthorities (ITA's), who currently certify voting machines on a national and
statewide basis, is that the tests are insufficient to capture real life security threats and functional weaknesses within the voting systems. Unfortunately, the standards that the ITA's must test to are in need of further development. But if Florida is attempting to limit the scope of testing through thispolicy action, then this legislative move should be opposed. Our focus is not on Florida at the moment, so it is hard for me to comment specifically
on the current situation. ________________________________ Steven Hertzberg www.hertzberg.org -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:41 PM To: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: [IP] Why do They want to keep him from testing the voting machines?
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: June 13, 2006 9:05:39 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Why do They want to keep him from testing the voting
machines? Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This item comes from reader Randall. DLH] From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com> Date: June 12, 2006 6:36:50 AM PDT To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, JMG <johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com> Subject: Why do They want to keep him from testing the voting machines? <http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=345838> Monday, June 12, 2006 at 9:34 AM EDTSancho Will Fight Proposed Rules That Would Limit Testing Of Voting Systems
In Florida By Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA June 11, 2006According to an article in the Tallahassee Democrat, Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho (pictured at right) will challenge a new proposed rule
that would severely restrict the ability of election supervisors from testing the equipment they use to administer elections. Sancho has noproblem with notifying the state of testing but doesn't feel the the state should be able to refuse his right to test equipment or dictate the terms of
testing."I don't, for the life of me, understand why they want to do something like this," Sancho said Saturday. "I have no problem with notifying them, but I
don't think I need their approval."Last year, Sancho allowed computer security experts to demonstrate in a test
election that election results could be altered undetectably. The demonstration sent shock waves across the country and resulted in manystates issuing increased security procedures in an attempt to mitigate the
security vulnerabilities it revealed. The article reported that: Sancho said he will attend a public hearing in the R.A. Gray Building at 1:30 p.m. Monday to discuss a pending rule change. He said the new rule would require a representative of theDepartment of State to be present whenever a county runs a test
on voting machines.Sancho has had long-running disputes with big national companies that make elections equipment. He contends that county elections
offices should be allowed to test their balloting machinery anytime they think there might be bugs. Sancho said the hearing Monday is only the first step in the rule-making process, but he intends to fight it all the way. <http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=1384&Itemid=113> Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as stevenstevensteven () gmail com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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