ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
2138 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-4216
(202) 225-3951
http://www.house.gov/ijudiciary
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER. JR., Wisconsin
CHAIRMAN
JOHN CONYERS, JR.. Michigan
RANKING MINORITY MEMBER
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
HOWARD COSLE, North Carolina
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
BOB GOOOLATTE, Virginia
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
WILLIAM J. JENKINS, Tennessee
MAXINE WATERS, California
CHRIS CANNON, Utah
MARTlN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
RIG KELLER, Florida
MELISSA A. HART, Pennsylvania
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
MIKE PENCE, Indiana
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
STEVE KING, Iowa
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
TOM FEENEY, Florida
MARSHA BLACKSURN, Tennessee
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
RlCK BOUCHER, Virginia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
ROBERT C. “BOBBY” SCOTT, Virginia
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
ZOE LOFGREN, California
SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
WILLIAM 0. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
December 23, 2004
By Fax (937-376-3078) and Mail
Brett A. Rapp
President
Triad GSI
358 S. Monroe Street
Xenia, OH 45385
Michael Barbian, Jr.
Ohio Field Representative
Triad GSI
358 S. Monroe Street
Xenia, OH 45385
Dear Mr. Rapp and Mr. Barbian:
As follow-up to the letter I sent yesterday, I’d like to inquire further
about allegations that
have just been brought to my attention.It appears that officials in Fulton
and Henry counties
have confirmed that Triad had remote access to tabulating computers controlled
by the Boards of
Elections(1). Officials stated that your company did not come into the Board
of Elections to adjust
the tabulation software because it could be, and had been, done remotely. I
would like to know:
1. Which Ohio counties can you access remotely?
2. Which counties did you access remotely? What changes did you make to
software or ballots?
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(1) Statement of Green Party County Coordinator, Henry County Recount,
available at
http://www.votecobb.org/recount/ohio_reports/counties/henry.php.
3. As discussed in yesterday’s letter, did you use your remote access
to inquire how
machine votes would be counted in order to instruct the board how to manipulate
the 3% hand count to avoid a county wide hand count?
4. Since voting machines can apparently be accessed over the internet, what
steps
has your company taken to insure that they are not tampered with?
I was concerned to learn that ballots and the software that contains them
is publicly
accessible to someone with the technical knowledge to do so. Please include
these answers with
those in response to yesterday’s letter by December 29, 2004. Please
respond to me through
Perry Apelbaum or Ted Kalo of my Judiciary Committee staff, 2142 Rayburn House
Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 205 15 (tel. 202-225-6504, fax 202-225-4423).
Sincerely,
(signature)
John Conyers,
Ranking Member
House Judiciary Committee
cc: The Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary
Mr. Kevin R. Brock, FBI Special Agent in Charge
Atty Larry Beal, Hocking County Prosecutor