This is from my Files section at
Anti-CNPDid you know that the Council for National Policy has influence over voting
machines? If a secretive Right-Wing group has connections to our Nation's
voting machines, is that safe for Democracy?
The electronic voting industry is dominated by only a few corporations –
Diebold, Election Systems & Software (ES&S) and Sequoia. Diebold and ES&S
combined count an estimated 80% of U.S. black box electronic votes.
In the early 1980s, brothers Bob and Todd Urosevich founded ES&S’s originator,
Data Mark. The brothers Urosevich obtained financing from the far-Right
Ahmanson family in 1984, which purchased a 68% ownership stake, according to
the Omaha World Herald. After brothers William and Robert Ahmanson infused Data
Mark with new capital, the name was changed to American Information Systems
(AIS). California newspapers have long documented the Ahmanson family’s ties to
right-wing evangelical Christian and Republican circles.
In 2001, the Los Angeles Times reported, “. . . primarily funded by evangelical
Christians – particularly the wealthy Ahmanson family of Irvine – the
institute’s $1-million annual program has produced 25 books, a
stream of conferences and more than 100 fellowships for doctoral and
postdoctoral research.” The chief philanthropists of the Discovery Institute,
that pushes creationist science and education in California, are Howard and
Roberta Ahmanson.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-05.htm
According to the CNP Roster
http://geocities.com/ck4829/roster.html
Howard Ahmanson is a member of the CNP.
Lauch Faircloth was recipient of a concerted pattern of campaign donations
on the same day from the board members and senior staff of Diebold.
http://www.bartcop.com/111402faun.htm
Lauch Faircloth is listed as a member of the CNP.
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/brambles/499/CNP/GOP_Leaders/gop_leaders.html