National Election Experts to Give Evidence of Hacking Electronic Voting Machines

at Austin , TX Capitol Hearing, Wednesday, June 25^th. 2008

VoteRescue and its Coalition Bring in Compelling Witnesses

And Host Two Related Events

Who:  Austin-based election protection group VoteRescue and its Coalition, Texans for REAL Elections, bringing in experts to testify

What:  National experts and former election officials debunk the myth of electronic voting security and accessibility for the disabled, and will present documented testimony before the House Committee on Elections’ Interim Hearing 

When:  Wednesday, June 25^th, 9 a.m. PLUS two other events that day – media invited

Where:  Austin , Texas , Capitol Building , 11^th & Congress, Rm. E2.028

Witnesses will include:

Bruce Funk:   23 year veteran Emery County Utah election official who in 2006 invited in the Black Box Voting “hacking team” to examine his touch screen machines with printers added.  They discovered “the worst security holes ever found” in electronic voting systems.

Clint Curtis:   Computer programmer from Florida who designed “vote-flipping” software while employed at Yang Enterprises in 2000; became a whistleblower who gave a deposition about this in court. (Clint was invited by the State to testify)

Jim March:  Technology expert, Black Box Voting Board member, co-plaintiff  in the 2004 California lawsuit against Diebold for running uncertified software in their machines, which Diebold lost. Jim will discuss the ineffectiveness of the federal certification process of electronic voting systems.

Noel Runyan:  Expert on evaluation of accessibility of  electronic voting systems for the disabled.  Wrote the 2007 report for the University of California stating that NONE of the e-voting systems currently in use:  Hart, Sequoia, or Diebold/Premier, fulfill the HAVA mandate for the disabled.  He has also confirmed

this for ES&S.

VoteRescue media contacts can arrange private interviews during the Hearing with our experts.

The link to watch the Hearing live, if you cannot attend, is:  http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.php

TWO RELATED EVENTS for County Clerks/Election Administrators,

PRESS INVITED:  COME MEET THE EXPERTS!

Breakfast event, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m, June 25^th, prior to the Hearing, in Capitol Room E2.002 A

Reception, June 25^th, 5:00 p.m. (or at close of Hearing) until 8:00 p.m. light dinner fare, wine & soft drinks served, Capitol Room E2.002 A   

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