Comments on: Kucinich The Magical Elf asks for New Hampshire recount – I think he's right http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/ Progressive, Militant, Angry, Liberal Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rmwarnick http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1580 rmwarnick Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:07 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/11/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1580 Oops, I meant "Hursti Hack." It's named after Harry Hursti, a computer hacker from Finland who demonstrated how to flip vote totals undetectably using the same machines they have in New Hampshire. Oops, I meant “Hursti Hack.” It’s named after Harry Hursti, a computer hacker from Finland who demonstrated how to flip vote totals undetectably using the same machines they have in New Hampshire.

]]> By: rmwarnick http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1579 rmwarnick Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:59:25 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/11/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1579 From <a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bruce_o__080110_obama_clinton_3a_remar.htm" rel="nofollow">OpEd News:</a> "Analysts at the Election Defense Alliance (EDA) have confirmed that based on the official results on the New Hampshire Secretary of state web site, there is a remarkable relationship between Obama and Clinton votes, when you look at votes tabulated by op-scan v. votes tabulated by hand: Clinton Optical scan 91,717 52.95% Obama Optical scan 81,495 47.05% Clinton Hand-counted 20,889 47.05% Obama Hand-counted 23,509 52.95% The percentages appear to be swapped. That seems highly unusual, to say the least." If you saw the HBO documentary <a href="http://hackingdemocracy.com/" rel="nofollow">"Hacking Democracy,"</a> you know this is what happens in a "Hurst Hack." From OpEd News:

“Analysts at the Election Defense Alliance (EDA) have confirmed that based on the official results on the New Hampshire Secretary of state web site, there is a remarkable relationship between Obama and Clinton votes, when you look at votes tabulated by op-scan v. votes tabulated by hand:

Clinton Optical scan 91,717 52.95%
Obama Optical scan 81,495 47.05%

Clinton Hand-counted 20,889 47.05%
Obama Hand-counted 23,509 52.95%

The percentages appear to be swapped. That seems highly unusual, to say the least.”

If you saw the HBO documentary “Hacking Democracy,” you know this is what happens in a “Hurst Hack.”

]]> By: Misty Fowler http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1578 Misty Fowler Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:30:34 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/01/11/kucinich-the-magical-elf-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-i-think-hes-right/#comment-1578 He does make a good argument, and one I'd agree with. All of the arguments I read in the days following New Hampshire's vote were from Obama supporters and they came off as whining, so I ignored them. Well, after I unsubscribed from my favorite groups, I ignored them. Glad Kucinich is pursuing this. He does make a good argument, and one I’d agree with. All of the arguments I read in the days following New Hampshire’s vote were from Obama supporters and they came off as whining, so I ignored them. Well, after I unsubscribed from my favorite groups, I ignored them. Glad Kucinich is pursuing this.

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