Susan Bernecker

Susan Bernecker was a Republican candidate for Jefferson Parish, New Orleans City Council in 1995. She was defeated 33% to 58% by Nick Giambelluca, nephew of the Jefferson Parish election supervisor, Tony Giambelluca.

After her loss and under the protection of state law to inspect the voting machines, Bernecker went to the warehouse where the Sequoia Pacific computers were taken. There a producer videotaped Bernecker as she pressed the button next to her name on the ballot which registered the name of her opponent on a LED screen. Bernecker checked twelve machines and her name appeared only displayed 33% of the time. [ [http://www.votefraud.org/relevance_o'halloran_pandora's_box.htm VoteFraud.org] ]

Bernecker was a participant in the Hursti Hack held in Tallahassee, Florida and featured in Hacking Democracy, an HBO documentary on the errors of the Diebold Election Systems Accu-Vote OS 1.94w (optical scan) voting machine. [ [http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/synopsis.html "Hacking Democracy," HBO documentary. Retrieved October 16, 2006] ]

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