] Texas Safe Voting reviewed the videotapes of the January ] 2004 closed meetings used to review voting systems for ] certification (the videos were acquired by open records ] requests). ] ] What we saw may shock you. Here's a two minute clip, in ] Windows and Quicktime format. The clips show how the ] state of Texas examines voting machines for ] certification. ] ] A group of examiners reviews voting systems, and makes ] certification recommendations to the Secretary of State. ] You might think that these examiners would conduct a ] comprehensive testing process, assessing the voting ] machines against a set of detailed critieria and ] discussing the underlying code. ] ] But there was nothing on the videotapes that resembled a ] testing process. The examiners didn't start with a set of ] criteria to test against. They didn't even start with a ] comparison the new machines to the older versions. ] Instead, the Diebold representatives gave a demo. ] Reviewers voted on the machines and looked at the final ] output. A few of the committee members watched closely, ] while others chatted together. This is a _must_ see. Texas Safe Voting - Leaked Video of Texas Certification of Diebold Machines |