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To: D. Long who wrote (4966)	3/5/2003 3:12:00 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

putting things in perspective : a few thousand Moslems (remember there are Americans who practice the Muslim faith as well), under surveilance, and there's a song-and-dance about getting 'about a dozen' ? Heck if you targetted 10K KKK people, u'd get more than a dozen!

To: D. Long who wrote (4966)	3/5/2003 8:29:53 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 15987

Saudis buy foothold in Net voting Election.com sells controlling interest to unnamed Arab investors March 5, 2003 If the U.S. Congress approves a pending bill that would give state and local election agencies billions of dollars for new voting technologies, it could provide a boost for unknown Saudi Arabian investors who recently bought a controlling interest in Election.com. New York-based Election.com is one of two startup companies aiming to conduct public elections on the Internet. The other is the Bellevue, Wash., company, VoteHere. The struggling Election.com has been scheduled to provide online absentee ballots for U.S. military personnel in the 2004 federal election. According to a letter sent to investors, the company quietly sold controlling power to an investment group with ties to unnamed Saudi nationals. The investment group is Osan Ltd. It paid $1.2 million to acquire 20 million preferred shares to control 51.6 percent of the voting power of the company. According to the letter to select shareholders, Election.com had a negative net working capital position of $790,000 before the transaction. It said without Osan's investment it "would have been forced to close its doors before New Year's Day." Election.com made news in 2000 when it administered Arizona's Democratic primary for the U.S. presidency. Various cities are now contemplating an experiment in Internet voting. For instance the town of Oconomowoc, Wis., is contemplating contracting out the voting process to Election.com. The company could charge the city $16,600 to develop an election management program for the city, monitor the election, train city personnel, provide technical support, certify the results and evaluate the election process after the election. Both the House and Senate have passed versions of an election-reform bill. Negotiators for the two chambers have been meeting since the summer to resolve differences. The bill aims to set minimum reform standards for precincts to meet to receive federal funds for upgrading their technology. It also would mandate the creation of statewide voter-registration databases, increased poll-worker training and voter education. Another provision would create a panel to study Internet voting. worldnetdaily.com