<a href="http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4766" rel="nofollow">http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4766</a><p>The software mentioned here is tabulation s/w, not voting device s/w.<p>This is how Romney steals the electoral college and thus the election. His son is invested in a company that supplies voting machines.<p>>><p>The Free Press has obtained internal memos from the senior staff of the Ohio Secretary of State's office confirming the installation of untested and uncertified election tabulation software. Yesterday, the Free Press reported that "experimental" software patches were installed on ES&S voting machines in 39 Ohio counties.<p>...<p>On page 19 of the contract, terms require the various county boards of elections to purchase additional software from ES & S if they are not compatible with this new "experimental" statewide tabulation and reporting system. This unfunded mandate clause illegally bypasses individual counties rights to make their own purchasing
determinations.<p>The controversial software will create simple .csv files like those produced by spreadsheet programs for input into the statewide tabulation system. According to the terms of the contract, data security is the responsibility of each local board of elections: "…each county will be responsible for the implementation of any security protocols" (see page 21 of the contract).