Culver Crows But Iowa Sleeps
The Hursti hack in Florida last month woke up some state election departments. But apparently not in Iowa.
When it was reported that Mr. Hursti had stolen an election in full view of the election workers, many states realized that they owned voting machines just like the Diebold equipment that had been compromised in Florida. Some of them spoke right up, including Maryland’s Election Administrator Linda Lamone. She wrote to Diebold for an explanation, even asking for daily briefings from the company, saying ” . . .this matter is of great concern to election officials in the state . . .”
What was our top election official doing? Running for Governor, seeking publicity by praising local officials for purchasing very similar Diebold equipment for their own counties. He also crowed about how
Iowa continues to lead the nation on HAVA. Elections officials across the state have shown extraordinary dedication to what was an ambitious project, and it has paid off.
Not so fast, Mr. Secretary.
Has Chet Culver asked Diebold to explain the Hursti hack to him? Have they complied? Has he discussed with them the similarities between Florida’s machines and ours? Has he warned local officials who may not understand the problem as well as they should? Wouldn’t that be worthy of a press release?
February 7th, 2006 at 8:34 am
You do not ask Diebold to explain it to you.
You ask Harri Hursti, Jim March, Herbert Thompson, Dr. David Dill, or maybe even someone from Iowa such as Doug Jones.
February 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I am very concerned with the contents of the enclosed information. I do know that Chet Culver campaigned for for political gain during the last election and he should be billed for the Iowa Tax Dollars that he spent on his frivolous education on voting machines. I would suggest that this organization file a Federal Complaint against Chet Culver.
Paul Jackson
Sioux City, Iowa 51106