Fraudulent Practices in Voter-Based Elections

ote "flipping" software" (Clint Curtis, Uncounted). This involved a voter placing a vote for one candidate while the machine flips the vote to the other candidate. Through whistleblowers such as David Heller, a temporary word processor at Jones Day law firm, information was released about the misuse of Diebold electronic voting machines. This information was released to Black Box Voting, a nonprofit organization formed by Beverly Harris (Uncounted).
             Inventor and pioneer, Athan Gibbs, developed the TruVote machine. The TruVote machine would print a "receipt" of the vote cast, thus eliminating any questions about the vote cast by the voter. The receipt would be placed in a ballot box, ensuring a backup to the electronic ballot. This would prove useful in the event of a close race. As an accountant, Mr. Gibbs believed that this receipt would be a good auditing practice. Robert Clement, James Cooper and Cynthia McKinney believed in the necessity of this auditing system. Cynthia McKinney invited Mr. Gibbs to speak with her in California, to demonstrate his TruVote machine. Shortly before the trip, on March 12, 2004, Mr. Gibbs
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