Stop Electronic Voting Machines!

Cuyahoga County

This page will provide information relative to the Cuyahoga County's purchase of electronic voting machines - page is "in process" (8/16/05)

 

 

Topic Description Link
Board Meeting - 05/02/05 Excerpt from May 2nd meeting where Diebold Decision was "Reaffirmed" 05/02/05 Excerpt (PDF)
Board Meeting - 06/06/05 Excerpt from June 6th meeting where activists Bev Harris, Kathleen Wynne, Victoria Lovegren, et al spoke in opposition to Diebold and to e-voting in general 06/06/05 Excerpt (txt)
Board Meeting - 07/11/05 Excerpt from June 11th meeting where activists Victoria Lovegren and Adele Eisner spoke, as well as Diebold's Mark Radke. (see below for video clips) 07/11/05 Excerpt (PDF)
Board Meeting - 07/11/05

Video clips of Diebold's Mark Radke, responding to accusations/allegations made by Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne of Black Box Voting (at the June 6th Board Meeting)

Video clips are hosted on http://voicesofcleveland.com where descriptions of each clip are provided.

In Part 6, Diebold Representative, Mark Radke, admits that memory cards in Diebold Optical Scan systems used in Leon County, Fla contained a "report-template" program that was tampered with by Black Box Voting activists. He acknowledges that tampering with the report template could, for example, reverse votes among candidates.

 

Radke - Part 1

Radke - Part 2

Radke - Part 3

Radke - Part 4

Radke - Part 5

Radke - Part 6

Radke - Part 7

Radke - Part 8

Radke - Part 9

Board Meeting -08/15/05 Outline of points made by Victoria Lovegren. What are the real reasons DRE's were chosen 1.5 years ago? Why have they hidden their decision rationale from the public? Why won't they meet with the public? There is a simple alternative that is a "Win" for all parties!

What are the Real Reasons DRE's Were Chosen? -A "Win/Win/Win..." Alternative

Board Meetings - Schedule Schedule of upcoming board meetings

Web Schedule

Cost Analysis Spreadsheet Cuyahoga's Spreadsheet provided in April 2005 (Excel) Cuyahoga Actual Spreadsheet
Cost Analysis - Ignored Costs - Punch / DRE Spreadsheet with cost items ignored by Cuyahoga BOE - existing punch-card systems and Diebold DRE's Ohio Vigilance Spreadsheet - Punch/DRE
Cost Analysis - Ignored Costs - Optical Scan Spreadsheet with cost items ignored by Cuyahoga BOE - Diebold Optical Scan (Assumptions listed) Ohio Vigilance Spreadsheet - OptiScan
Cuyahoga Decision Criteria Two criteria used in Cuyahoga's Diebold DRE decision Why Diebold?
Evaluating Election Systems - Ohio Vigilance Report 9/18/05 Ohio Vigilance Report on Evaluating Election Systems OV Report - Sept 18, 2005
Jen Testimony Jennifer Frigolette's Testimony to Board, Sept 12, 2005 Jen's Testimony
Olson Report Ron Olson's letter to Board re: DRE Opposition Ron's Letter/Statement
Public Records Request #4 PPR #4 - 3/25/05 - Voting Systems PPR4
Public Records Request #10 PPR #10 - 7/5/05 - Voting Systems (repeated #4) PPR10
Public Records Request #11 PPR #11 - 7/13/05 - Voting System Procurement Decision Rationale PPR11
Public Records Request #12 PPR #12 - 7/18/05 - Meetings held related to the purchase of electronic voting machines PPR12