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From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:alkolwicz@qwest.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 8:09 AM
To: 'Jonathan Tee'
Cc: Colorado Voter Group (ColoradoVoter@googlegroups.com)
Subject: More questions regarding CDOS voting equipment certification

Hello Jonathan,

Has the certification underway at CDOS detected the vulnerabilities documented in the California report (see below)? We believe that this is a legitimate question that deserves an answer.

It is our expectation that the certification process must be transparent in order to maximize the quality of the results. We have submitted many questions regarding the certification process that have gone unanswered. We are disappointed in the closed nature of this process.

How does CDOS propose to resolve this disconnect between “expected” and “actual”?


Overview by UC Principal Investigator Matt Bishop
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_overview.pdf

Diebold Elections Systems, Inc.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_diebold.pdf

Hart Intercivic
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_hart.pdf

Sequoia Voting Systems
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_sequoia.pdf

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vsr.htm

Al Kolwicz
Colorado Voter Group

From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:alkolwicz@qwest.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:26 PM
To: 'Jonathan Tee'
Subject: FW: More questions regarding CDOS voting equipment certification

MORE

Articles for reference:

• San Diego Union Tribune, Review shows S.D. Voting machines can be breached,

• Californian/NC Times, State: E-voting open to hacking, http://nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/28/news/californian/23_19_227_27_07.txt

• New York Times Scientists’ Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/us/28vote.html

• PC World (ran in Washington Post) California Report Slams E-voting Systems, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/28/AR2007072800059.html?sub=AR

• San Francisco Chronicle, State Vote Machines Lose Test To Hacker, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/28/MNGP6R8TJO1.DTL&hw=bowen&sn=001&sc=1000