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- 11 / 01 / 06 -

Election talk is in the air, a documentary on electronic voting is set to air on HBO, Mike is offered the opportunity to vote on an electronic voting machine, 100 million websites exist on the Internet according to a report, concrete barriers in the city are being removed because they're unsafe, the Passenger Protect Program is announced in Canada, Lin describes a recent airline search, the story of Loretta Sanchez and the no-fly list, controversy involving a website that shows how to generate boarding passes, what information is included in the no-fly list, a fear of microchipping in Britain, theoretical ways of removing RFID implants, a loud cell phone complainer on a bus, phone upgrades that are required for new plans, Mike's phone plan scheme, Emmanuel demonstrates the hassle of retrieving messages from Verizon Wireless voice mail, a computer demonstrates speech patterns for testing cell phones, the Open Speech Repository, Lin tries to help place a call overseas, a definite date for the Steve Rambam talk, a listener encounters the touch tone fee policy at Hawaiian Telecom, how to get around this, questioning whether Domino's accepts anonymous calls, conflicting experiences with T-Mobile voice mail, wondering what the longest time someone has ever rung a phone was.

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November 1
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- 11 / 08 / 06 -

Stories about problems with electronic voting machines in yesterday's elections from all over the country, Emmanuel describes his voting experience, comparing different kinds of mechanical machines, Bernie talks about the problems he had while trying to vote, ways of verifying identities, Bernie gives out information that will verify if his vote was ever counted, Redbird's voting story, Notkevin's mother witnesses voter fraud, Emmanuel plays an example of an election campaign that resorted to fear mongering, more stories of voting from around the country, a report on the "Hacking Democracy" documentary, the startling revelations of this film, an excerpt of a "9/11 conspiracy" by Will Franken, trying to reach an overseas number via a special VoIP arrangement, listener experiences while voting, a poll inspector describes the voting process, an invitation for more listener stories.

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November 8
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- 11 / 15 / 06 -

The HOPE conference officially ends tomorrow night with Steve Rambam's talk, a review of some listener voting experiences, voting in other countries, the difficulty of getting through to the station, questioning whether paper ballots may be the way to go, Jim announces a demonstration of electronic voting machines this week in New York City, angry listener response to a 9/11 parody, some confused listener response, Steve Rambam clarifies the pronunciation of his name, Steve gives an update on his case, some of the information that's available about all of us, when and where Steve's talk will be held, where people are traveling from to attend the talk, Steve's take on electronic voting, a call from a poll worker who supports mechanical machines, how to protect your private information, why putting personal data on the Internet is a bad idea, more info on Friday's electronic voting event.

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November 15
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- 11 / 22 / 06 -

A large crowd tonight, Phil and Geoff from years ago are both in the studio, a review of the Steve Rambam talk last Thursday, Arseny describes the availability of the Stevens Institute for such talks, a report on Friday's electronic voting demonstration, audio from the Diebold presentation to poll workers, Jim talks about an upcoming electronic voting hearing, a critique of the Accuvote machines, some of the sample names on the sample ballots, some of the weird terminology voters may soon be faced with, in defense of the mechanical voting machines, DRE machines, debate over the most effective system, Notkevin describes the Ethernet jack he discovered on one of the machines, Bernie's vote from weeks ago has still not been counted, Arseny describes what's complex about the ballots, why receipts are a bad idea, the insecurity of one of the locks on an electronic machine, an excerpt of the question and answer session, an official invitation to have Diebold machines at the next HOPE conference, an example of how Gems software can be used to fraudulently calculate election results, a video by Jim March, the show will not be on next week.

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November 22
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