Problem is, our elections are now checkless and balanceless when it comes to preventing the government from tampering. Insiders are always a high risk with embezzlement because of the access they have. But Insiders in elections know, of course, that those elections govern the power, legitimacy, and ultimately the money the government itself has. Thus, it can’t count the votes by itself without public supervision.

But what e-voting allows is the complete denial of public supervision. Our #1 inalienable right to “toss the rascals out” which is what the Declaration of Independence was all about because we weren’t allowed a peaceful way to VOTE the rascals out. Well, today, we no longer have a peaceful way to vote the rascals out, if the rascals are willing to use the powers of secret vote counting on electronic voting machines to preserve its power or otherwise alter results. Governments are formed to SECURE us our rights, but this right to toss the rascals out is insecure to say the least.

Elections must be publicly controlled if we wish to believe that freedom is SECURE. In other words, e-voting is a revolution AGAINST the power of we the people and our right to change our government, ushered in without a debate or even vote, mostly contractual trade secrecy terms where the government agrees in a purchase contract for voting machines to gang up with the vendor to defeat the public’s right to know.

There is a profound crisis in democracy, since ultimately voting is the right that protects all other rights, and it has been made insecure. For a lawsuit that addresses some of these issues, see http://www.votersunite.org/info/lehtolawsuit.asp

Defend Democracy. It’s cool. The press should do it more, instead of ignoring or ridiculing those who act just like Thomas Jefferson would.