Kucinich's internet site at the US House of Representatives (English)

Press Release about problems with US voting system

This is interesting stuff, especially if you're outside the US, and have watched the rather pharasaical actions of the US government trying to guarantee democratic processes in other countries' voting systems.

Here are some excerpts, mostly on Diebold:

"The state of Ohio selected Diebold as one of four possible vendors for computerized voting machines. But in August 2003, the company's partisan conflicts of interest prompted public suspicion that the voting machine manufacturer was partisan. In August 2003, after returning from President Bush's Crawford, TX ranch, Diebold's chief executive wrote a fundraising letter where he stated he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."

There are also links to some of the Diebold memos, which "expose internal Diebold documents that show that it knew of flawed programs and made insecure changes to programs."

"...voting software, produced by Diebold, has already been purchased by two states. According to this study, some of the most serious of numerous flaws permit a person to:

-vote multiple times,

-view ballots already cast on a machine,

-modify party affiliation on ballots,

-cause votes to be miscounted,

-create, delete and modify votes on voting machine, and

-tamper with audit logs and election results.

"The potential voting problems, if we continue to use these untested software programs and voting machines, will make the disaster of Florida in 2000 look mild," stated Kucinich. "Private voting machines, free from oversight or transparency, only serve the private interest. I am proud to join today with over 50 colleges in this act of exposing Diebold. It is only through transparency and public awareness that we can reverse this dangerous trend of insecure voting."

Dennis obviously gets the internet; he even has a page on polka, bowling, and kielbasa. Let's hope that candidate Kucinich avoids flying in small airplanes while on the campaign trail.

Willy Smith reporting from Costa Rica