MERA Publications
Michigan Legislative Proposals
Michigan Voting Systems
State Audit Legislation
- ElectionAudits.Org - information about how
we can and should audit our elections. Sponsors include the Brennan Center for Justice,
Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota, Common Cause, Florida Voters Coalition, and
Verified Voting Foundation.
- State Audit
Legislation Reference Guide - searchable database of state audit laws.
Election Day Registration
Citizen Action Manuals
Books
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What Happened in Ohio:
A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election
by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, and Harvey Wasserman (Paperback - Oct 20, 2006)
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What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential Election
by Congressman John Conyers, Anita Miller, and Gore Vidal (Paperback - May 2005)
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Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election
by Richard Hayes Phillips. Canterbury Press, 2008
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Loser Take All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000, 2008
by Mark Crispin Miller. IG Publishing, 2008
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Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count
by Steve Freeman and Joel Bleifuss (Paperback - Jun 19, 2006)
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Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America
by Andrew Gumbel (Paperback - Jun 22, 2005)
- Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud, An American Political Tradition - 1742-2004 by Tracy Campbell. Avalon Publishing Group, 2005
- The Democracy Index: Why our Election System is Failing and How to Fix It by Heather K. Gerkin. Princeton University Press, 2009
Election Reform: State Organizations
MERA Election Integrity Project 2006
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Voting Systems Security
Audio/Video Segments, DVDs & Photos
- Stephen Spoonamore,
former CEO Cybrinth, on Diebold Electronic Voting Machines, 10/15/06
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- Debra
Bowen, CA Secretary of State, July 27, 2008 interviewed by Bruce Fealk, Michigan Progress.
- Jennifer
Brunner, OH Secretary of State, July 26, 2008 interviewed by Bruce Fealk, Michigan Progress.
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Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections
a feature length documentary DVD by David Earnhardt (June, 2008). How the
election fraud that changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to
even greater fraud in 2006 - and now looms as an unbridled threat to
the outcome of the 2008 election.
- Dan Rather Reports "The Trouble with Touch
Screens" DVD #227, August, 2007. From scientists involved in
testing the equipment, to manufacturers in third world countries who shipped these defective
voting machines to the United States, Dan Rather Reports presents new information showing
that these defective machines may have altered the outcome of multiple elections.
- Hacking Democracy The documentary,
broadcast on HBO throughout November & December 2006, exposes the dangers of voting machines
used during America's mid term and presidential elections.
- Photo Demonstration Hack: Bypassing the seal on a Diebold AV-OS in Michigan
- 15 minute demonstration hack of a Diebold voting system ("GEM" software)
Jim March, BlackBoxVoting, June 23, 2006.
See Jim's blog also.
After an election,
Diebold's GEM software is used to compile election results. So when it is hacked, as here,
it doesn't change any of the precinct numbers, just the compiled totals.
That makes the hack invisible unless the totals are checked manually (i.e. audited).
- Demonstration Diebold Hack
Sept 14, 06 by Princeton Computer Scientists. Edward Felten and two graduate students describe how they tested a
Diebold AccuVote-TS machine, found ways to quickly upload malicious programs and even developed
a computer virus able to spread such programs between machines.
- Block the Vote Saturday Sept 2, 2006. PBS “Now”
- Down for the Count Saturday Sept 9, 2006. PBS “Now”
A two part series from NOW on threats to our voting system. Includes footage on problems in Michigan.
- Brave New Ballot Sept 9, 06, NPR Diane Rehm
Avi Rubin (Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University) discusses his 2003 report on
serious security flaws in electronic voting machines, the controversy it stirred up,
and the state of electronic voting security as elections approach.
- The Landes Report: Caught on Tape, The Fix Is In - 13 minutes
National Web Sites
Misc. Documents
Misc. Michigan Web Sites
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