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Karl Rove sees Ohio and McCain as key
Bush adviser says he and McCain made peace long ago
by WKSU's M.L. SCHULTZE


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Karl Rove appealed to state pride, Republican pride and pride in John McCain when he spoke to the Ohio delegates breakfast at the Republican National Convention this morning. From Minneapolis, WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more ...
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Karl Rove claims the Ohio GOP is in a better organizational position to win the swing state than it was four years ago.
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Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:27PM
Rove’s focus on Ohio in 2008 - Red Flag. The bigger question for journalists and concerned voters – Is McCain using the same cyber folks that Blackwell used in Ohio in 2004? What other states are using TRIAD, Smartech and Govtech or companies affiliated with them? Where are those states tabulating their votes – in their states or offsite on a server like Smartech’s in Chattanooga, TN? Is anybody checking their systems. This does not seem like an open process of counting our votes.


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:25PM
In the middle of the Nov. 2004 election night, Ohio servers were suddenly switched to Smartech’s servers for tabulation in Chattanooga, TN. These were the same servers used by major GOP websites including the website that lost emails of Karl Rove from the white house – Gwb43.com.


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:24PM
These posts are being truncated. I'm trying to list links that others may find helpful.
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/06/06/con06219.html


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:21PM
Solutions


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:19PM
2) In the movie www.freeforall.tv, GOP Sec. of State Blackwell used GOP leaning website development and programming firms: GovTech Solutions


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:18PM
For more information about the issues of election security see these videos:

1) GOP cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore claims that vote flipping software has been used in elections since 2000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBLfgos5b8


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:17PM
In 2004, Rove was very confident about overcoming the “get out the vote” campaigns by Democrats in Ohio because the electronic manipulation of votes in Ohio was far easier to do without much of a trace. Especially since Ohio TRIAD computer servicemen switched out hard drives on election day, night, or shortly thereafter, removing a lot of potential opportunity to reconstruct hard drives that had the little telltale signs of flipped or stolen votes of unsuspecting voters. They maintain computer systems in Ohio’s 41 out of 88 counties. See:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lyn-lear/paging-frank-rich-gao-c_b_11483.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/16/103837/16

Poof, with no paper trail those ballots can easily be changed in a blink of an eye. The eternal sunshine memory removal of computer hard drives – just change the hard drive – no memory left to reveal any fingerprints!

For more information about the issues of election security see these videos:

1) GOP cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore claims that vote flipping software has been used in elections since 2000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBLfgos5b8


Posted by: ElectionConcerns (U.S.) on September 2, 2008 8:15PM
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