Line Blog held a prize competition for $100,000 for whoever can most effectively and creatively dramatize the significance of the federal debt crisis. Any creative product was eligible: videos, songs, paintings, screenplays, Power Point presentations, essays, performance art, or anything else. Several entries have gotten a lot of attention and a lot of views or listens. But unquestionably, the most popular so far is Doorbell. If you haven’t yet seen it, here it is.

The Doorbell

Short answer – in the future in Oregon, EVERYTHING and nothing.
The company “Everyone Counts” is the company who actually creates the online balloting system for absentee/military voting. This system is being tried on a trial basis in Oregon. As a software quality engineer and engineering manager for 30 years, I know a little bit about computer security, and computer systems. The electronic election system is SO UNSECURE that fraud will be a foregone conclusion. Of course, with the liberal stranglehold on this state, and our illustrious Kate Brown as secretary of State, I betcha that the security around Electronic voting for the Oscars (premiering in 2013) will be a whole lot more secure than the system that is being used for our military and handicapped Oregon citizens!

If Ron Paul supporters really believe that holding the GOP at gunpoint is going to be effective, and force the GOP to make Ron Paul their candidate, or they’ll take their toys and go home, they really don’t care about America, do they? Not saying that their candidate doesn’t have merit, because I can hold my nose and say that yes, some of the things Paul says do have relevance. BUT – can you imagine the furor if Romney supporters said “I won’t vote Republican unless my candidate gets the vote”??? I can’t imagine anything that would make obama happier than blackmail by members (??) of the republican party.

“This is just housekeeping legislation.” The Oregon Legislative House Rules Committee is looking at HB 4174. One of the things covered in this bill is related to election security: Secretary of State Kate Brown’s continuing attempt to set aside ORS 254.483. She says this law, mandating the destruction of unused ballots at 8 PM on Election Day, is poorly written, confusing, and left over from election laws in force prior to the institution of vote by mail. The elections offices do not follow this law currently. Blank ballots are kept in the elections office throughout an election cycle.

While I applaud Kate Brown for wanting to be a good housekeeper, I feel obligated to point out a few things regarding our election practices.
A few years ago, several of us started focusing our efforts on observing the election procedures in Multnomah County. We enlisted the help of several Oregonians including Andrew Nisbet and his associate Robert McCullough of McCullough Research. McCullough Research discovered and investigated the Enron scandal from its office in Portland, Oregon. In 2010, they were kind enough to come and evaluate the electronic security of election practices in Multnomah County as a public service. Their report can be read here. After their evaluation, they let the Multnomah County Elections Division know of their concerns. Since then, we have presented these findings to County Commissioners, the County Auditor, and State Legislators.

Oregon law provides a check to insure our elections are fair: a public test of the counting machines. Tabulation of the ballots is supposed to be electronically isolated from outside influences. The system is, except for the fact that an untested USB drive collects the report from the Unity Machine USB port each time the election results are updated. That USB drive is taken to the outer office and put in one of the untested PCs in the office. The results of the election are then disseminated to the public through the media and reported to the Secretary of State’s office. The same procedure is repeated each time there is an update. We observed a box of USB drives in the ballot counting room, just sitting on a shelf next to the Unity Machine. Are the USB drives reused? These USB drives and the outside PCs (which are connected to the Internet) are not part of the public test that establishes the security of the election. Robert McCullough advised me that this does not meet industry standard for security. He said “It is similar to leaving keys to a convertible car in the ignition, parking it outside on the curb, and walking away. No one may have stolen it yet, but it is vulnerable.”

ORS 254.074 says the Secretary of State must approve of the ‘secret security plan’ for the Elections Office or the election will not go forward. It is her duty to see that the process is secure. Much of the plan is unavailable to the public as it is part of a ”secret security plan’. If there are breaches in the security, the Secretary of State is not obligated to tell the public. (sub section 3)

If the Unity Machine were to become compromised by malware, as McCullough reports is possible, and if someone were to call for a recount, we would see if the results in the precinct boxes matched the Unity Machine report. That is a valid check. Except…. in a regular election in Multnomah County, there are tens of thousands of extra blank ballots at the elections office because ORS 254.483 is being purposefully ignored. Could these ballots be utilized for mischief, to alter the precinct box count? Additionally, another 30-40 thousand returned undeliverable ballots are kept as ‘archival documents’ for as long as 7 months after an election, each with a blank ballot inside. These ballots left in play leave our elections vulnerable to fraud.

Oregon Legislators must retain ORS 254.483 as the law. The Secretary of State needs to be required to follow it. Our Unity Machine needs to be isolated electronically, USB drives removed and software inspected with both political parties present and able to see the software. There is a simple solution for obtaining the election results: a printer. Scan the printed results into the office PCs for dissemination to the public and the Secretary of State’s office. Shred all blank ballots in the Election office at 8 PM on election night as the law requires. It’s time for some REAL housekeeping.

http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/254.html

254.074 County elections security plan. (1) Each county clerk shall file a county elections security plan with the Secretary of State not later than:

(a) January 31 of each calendar year; and
(b) One business day after any revision is made to the county elections security plan.

(2) A county elections security plan shall include, but is not limited to:

(a) A written security agreement entered into with any vendor handling ballots;
(b) Security procedures for transporting ballots;
(c) Security procedures at official places of deposit for ballots;
(d) Security procedures for processing ballots;
(e) Security procedures governing election observers;
(f) Security procedures for ballots located in county elections work areas, buildings and storage areas;
(g) Security procedures for vote tally systems, including computer access to vote tally systems;
(h) Security procedures for scanning ballots into a vote tally system before the date of the election, if applicable; and
(i) Post-election ballot security.

(3) A security plan developed and filed under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505.

(4) A county clerk may not scan ballots as described in ORS 254.478 unless the Secretary of State reviews and approves a security plan under this section. [2001 c.965 §48; 2009 c.592 §2]

254.483 Procedures after 8 p.m. on election day; unused ballots. Immediately after 8 p.m. on the day of an election:

(1) The county clerk shall destroy all unused absentee and regular ballots in the county clerk’s possession.
(2) Each county shall provide for the security of, and shall account for, unused ballots. [Formerly 254.475; 2007 c.154 §43]

You know the problem is with “the party”, and “the establishment”, so it’s just the way it is. Nothing you can do.

YOU’RE WRONG. You can get involved. No, not by running for public office. Well, not really. Become an elected Precinct Committee Person (PCP). In Oregon, a county is divided into smaller “chunks” based roughly on the number of voters in that area. A Committee Person is someone elected by the Republican voters in that area, who lives either in that area, or in an adjacent precinct.

A PCP is not, in this case, a street drug. A PCP is the entry level position for the citizen activist to REALLY start getting involved and making a difference.

So you look at me like I’m out of my mind. “Are you kidding? I don’t want to CAMPAIGN for anything.”

Do you know three registered Republicans in your precinct who would vote for you? Well, then, in most cases, you’re in. That’s all it takes. And one of those people can be you.

Once you’re elected, you’re an official of your county GOP. You’ll be asked to attend several meetings a year – usually about one a quarter. Since you’re an elected PCP, you have a vote at those meetings. There is a lot of opportunity to influence your local and state parties at this point. Roll up your sleeves, and dig in. Now’s when it gets exciting!

As an elected PCP, I vote in all county party elections for leadership, including all the delegates to the Oregon State GOP convention.

Quit complaining, get involved! The filing deadline to get on the 2012 May ballot in Oregon is March 6th. You can get the form at PCP Form Link. Print out several to share with like-minded friends and family. Get them into your local elections office, and start on that road to getting involved!

Actually it is quite plain now that Rob wants to become both a Movie Mogul and  another RINO politician.  I now stand corrected now as the video’s below prove.

NO COMPROMISE, Please help eliminate RINO’s. Remember RINO elimination starts with YOU!

Introduction

Portland Development Commission – like that’s worked before…

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 – The Vision

Part 6 – The Plan

Part 7 – The Pandering

Part 8 – And DON’T fund the Winterhawks!

Part 9 – FREE TRADE ZONE???

Part 10 – Questions, answers, and telling me to turn the camera off.

The Forest Grove News-Times, Feb 2, 2011

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