[VoteRescue] TTC, Diebold Cover-Up and Election techie jobs

[Karen Renick]

/_From Independent Texans:_  (The following is a plea from one of our 
partners in our coalition, "Texans for REAL Elections":)/

*Dr. Pat Choate is speaking on Saturday, September 6, at 3 pm at 
BookPeople in Austin*

Dear Friends:

I have simply bit off more than I could chew -- with campaigns in East 
Texas, Austin and DFW -- including 8 candidates, and one ballot measure! 
 So, I'm asking for your last minute help to reach people you know in or 
close enough to Austin to get to this very important event this Saturday. 

Dr. Pat Choate is speaking on Saturday at 3 pm at BookPeople (603 W. 
Lamar -- at 6th & Lamar) in Austin about his newly released book, 
"Dangerous Business:  The Risks of Globalization for America,".  There 
is a full chapter in the book about the Texas road debacle.  Pat is 
making the radio circuit rounds and meeting with press on Friday in 
Austin.  David and Linda Stall of CorridorWatch.org, leading experts on 
the TTC and privatized tolls, who rarely speak in Austin, will also be 
speaking at the event at BookPeople with Pat on Saturday.

Can you commit to coming and bringing others with you on Saturday?  Can 
you get a notice out to your list about this important event?

Are you able to video this event?

These are national and state experts on the Trans-Texas Corridor and 
road privatization toll road schemes of the current administrations in 
Washington and Austin (Rick Perry!).  

What can you do to help!?

Independently yours,

Linda Curtis
*/Independent Texans/*
*/http://IndyTexans.org/*
PO Box 14294
Austin, TX 78761
512-535-0989 home office
512-383-8484 Austin office
512-657-2089 cell


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/_Thanks to Paul Davis of Texans for Accountable Government for sending 
us this!  _

(Great YouTube report on Diebold, except for the "solutions" proposed at 
the end which are WRONG!  The RIGHT solution is voter-marked paper 
ballots manually counted at the precinct level and all results 
immediately posted at the precinct polling place with enhanced security 
measures to ensure an unbroken chain of custody publicly viewed from 
start to finish.)
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*Diebold Coverup, Says SAIC Report And Stephen Spoonamore*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dj8EeaFyY4y4&feature=3Demail

Diebold caught in cover-up. It released a redacted SAIC report about its 
voting machines which was much different from the unredacted version. 
Stephen Spoonamore confronted the MD Board of Elections with this cover up.


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_/From Black Box Voting:/_/  (The widest possible distribution is 
needed. Please spread this in blogs, etc.)/

*Apply for temporary tech ELECTION SUPPORT jobs*

This post will no doubt produce howls of objection for the vendors that
read it. Black Box Voting is encouraging all individuals with a technical
background to search and apply for temporary tech ELECTION SUPPORT jobs
for the November 2008 election.

Hiring is underway for temporary technicians to help with voting machines
this fall. Vendor dependence is undermining the structure of US elections,
as described here in the new report by VotersUnite.org:

http://www.votersunite.org/info/ReclaimElections.pdf

We want to see You, the People, enter into the vendor mix directly.

HOW TO FIND TEMPORARY ELECTION TECH POSITIONS:

In a presidential election year, voting machine vendors will hire and
train thousands of technicians staffed around the country. For example,
anywhere that Election Systems & Software has a machine, they are under
contract to provide an on-site support tech. Hart Intercivic, Premier
(Diebold), and Sequoia also use Election Day support technicians.

Temporary election tech support jobs have been spotted on hotjobs.com,
rollouts.com, and local tech temp firms like (in 2006) DecisionOne. The
tech services firm may be a subcontractor for the big four voting machine
companies. Sometimes you'll find the positions advertised by your local
county.

Sites like Rollouts.com have you register in their E-tech database. They
search for techs based on skill set and area. There isn't much in the way
of a skill set needed for the election projects.

QUIETLY APPLY FOR THE JOBS

Anyone with tech skills interested in safeguarding the November election
is encouraged to register at technical recruiting sites and apply for any
election-related projects.

CONSIDER ASKING FOR TIME OFF ON YOUR FULL TIME JOB TO DO THIS.  This
November, there may be no better way to watch the behind-the-scenes
process than to be a stagehand, so to speak.

It is not the vendor, and not the government, that has the right to
elections information, it is the PUBLIC. Citizens have inalienable rights
to sovereignty over the government they created and pay for. These rights
cannot be honored without mechanisms to see all information related to
elections, and ultimately, to have control processes that honor citizen
sovereignty.

That said, it ain't gonna happen this November. Therefore it is entirely
appropriate, patriotic, and important, for citizens to apply for temporary
positions as voting machine technicians to provide inside public oversight
for the process.

There will be nondisclosure agreements, which are not appropriate at all
for public elections, but it's a reality now that vendors are trespassing
on citizen right to know. There may be issues that arise which the public
clearly has a right to know. When that happens, a decision must be made

YOU WON'T BE THE FIRST

We have already been in communications with other patriotic volunteers who
have successfully obtained these positions in the past, and are doing this
for November.

THERE ARE ALWAYS WAYS TO DEAL WITH IMPORTANT ISSUES IF THEY ENDANGER THE
PUBLIC GOOD. You, the People, are needed on the inside of the elections
industry this November

This is a public service bulletin from Black Box Voting.

Black Box Voting Tool Kit 2008 - free download here:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit2008.pdf

Empower more election watchdog actions:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/donate.html
Black Box Voting
330 SW 43rd St Suite K
PMB 547
Renton WA 98057


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