Old Democrates new Lies.
20/08/07 21:22 Filed in: Drive by
Media
. Dan Rather's New Fabrication
It appears that Dan Rather is again chasing windmills. This time he is trying to claim that Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems & Software deliberately or negligently sabotaged the 2000 and 2006 Florida elections, to the benefit of President Bush and Republican Rep. Buchanan. The special "The Trouble with Touch Screens" aired on HDnet, a cable program available in some areas. The show focused on allegations of malfunctioning voting machines during the 2006 Florida elections and poor quality paper used in the infamous butterfly ballots in the 2000 elections. This is clearly another poorly researched, contrived, and deceptive piece of journalism by Mr. Rather
A statement from the Supervisor of Elections in Lee County, Florida is here, asserting that the report misrepresents what happened and she accused HDnet of manipulating the facts.
Sequoia and ESS also responded to the allegations made by Rather. Sequoia stated, "In our opinion, this appears to be an attempt to generate publicity, new conspiracy theories and notoriety for the members of the media rather than a legitimate attempt to safeguard the voting process. The result can only be the unnecessary further erosion of public confidence in the democratic process." They have posted documents that Rather ignored on www.sequoiavote.com.
ESS's statement outlines key facts that were ignored by Rather and the producer. It states, " Even though the report focused on the 2006 Congressional race in the 13th District, HDNet failed to even mention the results of numerous independent reviews of that situation completed by the Florida Secretary of State and Florida State Election Director's office. The collective findings of those reviews demonstrate that Sarasota County's voting system performed properly and exactly as it was designed to function."
It appears that Dan Rather is again chasing windmills. This time he is trying to claim that Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems & Software deliberately or negligently sabotaged the 2000 and 2006 Florida elections, to the benefit of President Bush and Republican Rep. Buchanan. The special "The Trouble with Touch Screens" aired on HDnet, a cable program available in some areas. The show focused on allegations of malfunctioning voting machines during the 2006 Florida elections and poor quality paper used in the infamous butterfly ballots in the 2000 elections. This is clearly another poorly researched, contrived, and deceptive piece of journalism by Mr. Rather
A statement from the Supervisor of Elections in Lee County, Florida is here, asserting that the report misrepresents what happened and she accused HDnet of manipulating the facts.
Sequoia and ESS also responded to the allegations made by Rather. Sequoia stated, "In our opinion, this appears to be an attempt to generate publicity, new conspiracy theories and notoriety for the members of the media rather than a legitimate attempt to safeguard the voting process. The result can only be the unnecessary further erosion of public confidence in the democratic process." They have posted documents that Rather ignored on www.sequoiavote.com.
ESS's statement outlines key facts that were ignored by Rather and the producer. It states, " Even though the report focused on the 2006 Congressional race in the 13th District, HDNet failed to even mention the results of numerous independent reviews of that situation completed by the Florida Secretary of State and Florida State Election Director's office. The collective findings of those reviews demonstrate that Sarasota County's voting system performed properly and exactly as it was designed to function."