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Failed machines same as those to be used in Pennslvania tally 没有机器一样，那些被用作pennslvania相符

BRAD BLOG 布拉德博客 Sequoia Voting Systems’ legal threats against Princeton computer science professors and红杉投票制度的法律威胁，对美国普林斯顿计算机科学教授和

New Jersey新泽西州 election officials have apparently had their intended effect.选务官员，显然有其用意的效果。 The strong-arm email sent to professors Ed Felten and Andrew Appel was apparently accompanied by a two-page letter to Union County, New Jersey, Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, who originally discovered a tally failure in Sequoia’s AVC Advantage touch-screen voting machines after the February 5th Super Tuesday election.在拥有强大武装的电子邮件发送给老师，教育署Felten和安德鲁阿佩尔显然是附有一份长达两页的信联盟县，新泽西，秘书乔安妮rajoppi ，原本发现了一个符合衰竭红杉的AVC的优势，触摸屏式投票机之后， 2月5日超级周二的选举。 The same error was subsequently discovered in at least five other counties.同样的错误，后来发现，在至少另外5个县。

Mercer美世 County县 Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello tells the New Jersey Times that Sequoia’s decision to block an independent analysis of its touch-screen voting machines makes no sense if the firm is confident that they work properly.秘书保索拉米- Covello ）说，新州倍，红杉的决定来阻止一个独立的分析，其触摸屏式投票机是没有意义的，如果该公司有信心他们正常工作。

“I think it’s unfortunate that they’re not letting an independent investigation take place,” Sollami-Covello tells the paper this morning. "我认为这是不幸的是，他们没有让一个独立调查，在什么地方， "索拉米- Covello ）告诉该文件今天早上。 “They should have no problem with having a third party investigate the product if they are confident in their product.” "他们应该没有问题后，第三方调查产品，如果他们有信心，在其产品" 。

Another Mercer County, NJ, official sent a letter to the state Attorney General criticizing Sequoia’s bizarre explanation for failures discovered in the systems following state’s recent Primary Election, characterizing what he describes as the company’s “strange, confusing solution.” He said the company’s explanation for the problem, which succeeded in blaming voters and poll workers as usual, was based on a “bizarre scenario, with no cited evidence or testimony” to back it up.另一种美世县，新泽西州，正式致函该州总检察长批评杉的离奇解释为失败发现，在系统下列国家的近初选，指责他所描述的，因为该公司的"奇怪，令人困惑的解决办法。 "他说，该公司的解释，这个问题，而成功地埋怨选民和选举工作人员如常，是基于一种"奇怪的情景，没有举出证据或证词" ，以做备份。 . 。 . 。

Amazingly (or perhaps, not so much at this point), Union County’s attorneys folded to the pressure from the company, which claimed that Election Officials in NJ — who spent millions on the voting systems — are not legally allowed to examine them independently because “the voting machine software is a Sequoia ‘trade secret’ and cannot be handed over to any third-party.”令人惊讶的（或者，是不是这么多，在这一点） ，县工会的律师折起，以压力，从公司，该公司称，选举官员在新泽西州-世卫组织花费了数百万对投票制度-没有法律允许研究这些独立因为"投票机软件是一个Sequoia的'商业秘密' ，并不能移交给任何第三党" 。

Fear of a lawsuit from Sequoia, which will also control the state’s elections in an upcoming June primary, as well as the November general election, has led to county attorneys backing down from their plans for the time being, unless the state AG jumps in to take action.怕打官司，由红杉，这也将控制着国家的选举，在即将到来的6月，小学，以及11月的换届选举，导致县检察长的支持下，从他们的计划就目前而言，除非该国银跳跃在采取行动。

In the threatening email from Smith to the在恐吓电子邮件从斯密到

Princeton普林斯顿 professors sent last Friday, the company executive threatened legal action if a “non-compliant analysis” of their voting systems was carried out.教授们已经在周五，该公司总裁扬言采取法律行动，如果"不兼容分析" ，他们的投票制度进行了研究。 “We will also take appropriate steps to protect against any publication of Sequoia software, its behavior, reports regarding same or any other infringement of our intellectual property,” Smith warned. "我们也将采取适当的步骤，以防范任何出版物的红杉软件，其行为，报告对于同一或其他任何侵犯我们的智慧财产权， "史密斯警告。 . 。 . 。

A Sequoia executive, Edwin Smith, put Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi on notice that an independent analysis would violate the licensing agreement between his firm and the county. 1红杉长官埃德温史密斯，把联盟县秘书乔安妮rajoppi就看到一个独立的分析，将违反许可协议之间，他的公司和县。 In a terse two-page letter, Smith also argued the voting machine software is a Sequoia “trade secret” and cannot be handed over to any third-party.在一份简短两页纸的信中，史密斯还称，投票机的软件是一个Sequoia的"商业秘密" ，不能再被移交给任何第三方。

Rutgers拉特格斯 University大学 law professor Penny Venetis stated what should be quite obvious in the Star-Ledger article today.法学教授竹篙venetis说明什么，应该很明显，在星总帐文章。 . 。 . “We shouldn’t have a corporation dictating how elections are run in the state,” Venetis said. "我们不应该有一家公司硬要如何选举而言，在国家" ， venetis说。 “If an elected official believes there was an anomaly and the matter has to be investigated, then the official should be able to consult with computer experts without interference.” "如果一个民选的官员认为，有一种反常现象，并已将此事加以调查，然后官方应该能够协商与电脑专家而不干预" 。

Livermore Laboratory’s computer scientist David Jefferson jumped in to comment on our story yesterday, which included the full threatening email sent to the Princeton Professors, in order to note the importance of such a test being carried out on利弗莫尔实验室的计算机科学家大卫杰弗逊跳在评论我们的故事昨天，其中包括充分恐吓电子邮件发送到普林斯顿大学教授，以附注的重要性，这样的测试正在进行的关于 New Jersey新泽西州 ’s Sequoia machines prior to the use of the very same systems next month in奇摩杉机前使用的同一系统将于下月在

Pennsylvania宾夕法尼亚 . 。

“We have only a matter of weeks before the "我们只是迟早的事星期之前 Pennsylvania宾夕法尼亚 primary in which the same machines will be used in小学，即同一仪器将被用于 Philadelphia费城 , and only a few months more until the general election,” ，而且只有数个月，直到大选"

Jefferson杰弗逊 wrote.写道。 “This bug (and any others discovered) must be fixed.” "这个bug （和任何其他人发现）必须固定" 。

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