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TRAVIS WRITES (June 30, 2023)
Subject: the end of voting integrity in Saskatchewan
Funny – just yesterday I was telling a friend that Saskatchewan was one of the last places with a trustworthy voting system.
Soon to be a thing of the past though.
I was watching the Toronto mayor’s election on Monday and people were showing just how easy it was to get 2 or 3 ballots.
I realize I’m not allowed to be correct about anything (despite having about a .950 batting average) and that anyone who gets information from me will take the opposite view “just because”.
Enjoy the decline.
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THE CBC REPORT
Elections CEO seeks approval to ‘modernize’ voting for 2024 in Sask. | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/election-ceo-polling-changes-1.6893082
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From: Sandra Finley, June 30, 2023
To: Travis
Thanks for the heads-up. In reply:
11 postings, numbered, are APPENDED. And I added 1 new one.
EXCERPT FROM POSTING #11
I have been concerned about ELECTRONIC VOTING since the day in 2009 when I heard that Elections Canada is promoting electronic voting (e-voting). What flashed in my mind was the election fraud in Florida through which George Bush became president of the U.S..
All of us are aware of the insecurity of computer systems.
Not everyone knows the story of Diebold Election Systems which morphed into Global Election Systems and is now called Premier Election Solutions. (Why do corporations change their names? . . to avoid linkage to bad deeds.)
NEW POSTING, ADDED TODAY (2023-06-30):
2008-03-07 Defense Contractor to Buy Diebold (Premier) Election Systems
Return to EXCERPT:
Not everyone has seen the documentary, “Murder, Spies & Voting Lies“. (available on Netflix.)
Today (Sept, 2011) I sent an email to Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer, Marc Mayrand. I want to know the status of the electronic voting project in Canada. I am hoping that the time, money and ego invested in e-voting in Canada will not cause deafness.
CONTENTS
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- THE EXPERIENCE WITH E-VOTING FRAUD IN FLORIDA, “Murder, Spies & Voting Lies“. (See also: 2003-10-24 Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud)
- JANUARY 2010, WORKSHOP “INTERNET VOTING – WHAT CAN CANADA LEARN?”, CONDUCTED BY THE “STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE CLUSTER, CANADA – EUROPE TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE” (ELECTIONS CANADA WEB-SITE)
- CHANGES TO EXISTING LEGISLATION WOULD NEED TO BE “SWEEPING AND WIDESPREAD”
- ELECTRONIC VOTING IN CANADA, GOOD INFORMATION ON WIKIPEDIA
- “THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE COMPUTER, NOT WITH THE FACT THAT THE COMPUTER IS BEING USED IN A VOTING SYSTEM”
- (BACKGROUND) JUNE 2009, ELECTIONS CANADA BACKS ONLINE VOTING
APPENDED
1. 2012-03-27 Cyber attack on NDP leadership vote involved more than 10,000 computers
2. 2015-10-08 Calls for Electronic Voting. Election fraud. Canadians beware. Response to CBC.
3. 2013-04-30 Irregularities widespread in Canadian elections, report finds
4. 2012-11 How to rig an election, Harper’s Magazine, Victoria Collier
5. 2012-11-05 Electronic voting, U.S. Election, use of software patches in key swing stateElectronic voting, “Hacking Democracy” HBO documentary. Plus Michael Geist.
6. 2009-06-26 Elections Canada backs online voting, Toronto Star
7. 2012-03-24 Letter to Chief Electoral Officer, Follow-up on Project on Electronic Voting in Canada
8. 2003-10-24 Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud
9. 2011-09-07 E-voting: Letter to Elections Canada and reply
10. E-voting in Canada: Online Voting and Hostile Deployment Environments by Christopher Parsons
11. 2011-09-03 Election fraud in the U.S., “Murder, Spies & Voting Lies”. E-voting in Canada.