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Walter Andrew "Andy" Stephenson (October 14, 1961 - July 7, 2005) was an Internet journalist, Democratic political candidate, and activist for voting reform in the United States.

Stephenson was born in El Paso, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso. [1]

Following the 2000 presidential election, Stephenson began investigating allegations of voting fraud. He researched and became an activist on this issue and particularly with regard to the possibility of tampering with electronic voting machines. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Stephenson also wrote several articles on this subject, which were hosted by various progressive web sites.[8] [9] In 2004 he unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State in Washington. [10][11] On June 25th of that year[12], which was before the filing deadline to get his name on the ballot,[13] he dropped out of the race. At the point he dropped out, he was polling 16% of the vote.[12]. His name did not appear among the top three candidates for the election.[14]

In February 2005, Stephenson was hospitalized for suspected hepatitis. Further testing determined that the problem was actually a life-threatening pancreatic cancer. Friends and supporters of Stephenson then began to informally solicit online donations through PayPal to help pay for his surgery. [1]. San Francisco journalist Elizabeth Ferrari led the campaign, which netted $50,000 in 12 days, [1] [15] [16] He had post-surgical complications and several strokes. On July 7, 2005, Stephenson died at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington[1]. Shortly before his death, unsubstantiated rumors were spread questioning the validity of his illness. [13][17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d George Howland Jr.. "A Fight to the End", Seattle Weekly, Seattle Weekly Media, 2005-07-13.
  2. ^ Bacchus, Joseph and Stacy Kaper. "Touchscreen Hack Effort Called "Monkey Business"", Fox News, 2004-09-23.
  3. ^ Hacking Democracy. HBO. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
  4. ^ Ervin, Keith. "Security concerns raised about vote-count software", Seattle Times, 2004-09-23.
  5. ^ Meacher, Michael. "Political machinations — The government is keen to deploy e-voting despite evidence of ballot rigging", The Guardian, 2005-02-02.
  6. ^ Webb, Cynthia. "A Touchy Debate Over Voting", The Washington Post, 2004-09-24.
  7. ^ Cohen, Adam. "Editorial Observer; Rolling Down the Highway, Looking Out for Flawed Elections", New York Times, 2004-08-08, pp. Final section 4, pg. 10, col. 1.
  8. ^ "SuZ" (2005-07-15). a discussion forum post. a discussion forum.
  9. ^ Andy Stephenson (missingdate). What Is A Ballot?. a web log. missingpublisher.
  10. ^ Howland, George jr.. "Black Box Backlash", Seattle Weekly, 2004-03-10.
  11. ^ Andystephenson.com. Wayback web archive (2005-06-25). Retrieved on 2006-10-16. — Stephenson ends bid for Washington Secretary of State
  12. ^ a b Sam Reed Report
  13. ^ a b George Howland Jr.. "Cancerous Campaign", Seattle Weekly, Seattle Weekly Media, 2005-07-06.
  14. ^ State of Washington 2004 General Election results
  15. ^ Elizabeth Ferrari (2005-07-14). The Stalking of Andy Stephenson. OpEdNews.
  16. ^ Sterritt, Carol. "Bad stuff for Black Box — The Life and Tragic Times of An American Activist", The Coastal Post, June 2005. Retrieved on 2006-10-17.
  17. ^ Knute Berger. "Internet Martyr - The life and cruel death of Andy Stephenson", Seattle Weekly, Seattle Weekly Media, 2005-07-20.

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