You all remember Clint Curtis,
the computer programmer who testified to Congress that he had been requested by Congressman Tom Feeney, to build software that could flip the votes in an electronic voting machine without detection.
He's running for Congress. See
Voting machine 'hacker' runs for congress.
Follow me after the jump for the best part...
...Clint Curtis is challenging Republican Tom Feeney.
Says Mr Curtis,
"Until credibility in our elections is restored, we cannot begin to forge solutions to such issues as the War in Iraq, providing healthcare for all Americans, investing in energy independence, instituting an educational system that allows teacher to teach students rather than tests, and above all, being confident that our government is being run by officials who have been elected by the people."
Ok, I don't want to get into a debate over whether the '04 election was hacked or not. (Actually I do, but I don't want to get banned from here ;-) But if this gentleman is serious about his claims, then this is a great way to for him to back up his claims. Put himself in a position to do something about the problem. Even if there was is no funny business with our elections, we can always use more representatives that support election reform.
Here's his website: www.clintcurtis.com
Actually, this could be a fun race. We start with Florida's 24th district, for which it is "an open secret that Feeney drew this district for himself", with 156,292 registered Republicans compared to 126,976 Democrats. On the other hand, Feeney is an Abramoff man. To wit
Feeney joined other Republicans on the now infamous golf trip to Scotland with Jack Abramoff in 2003, thus linking him to the Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal...According to the DCCC, Tom Feeney has taken $1,000 "from disgraced Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff".
Could be fun. The angry whistleblower vs. the sleazy politicial. All under the heat of the Florida sun.
I'll post more as I find it.