The results of the race for American Polygraph Association president-elect speak for themselves.

Votes cast for Pat O'Burke:  394

Votes cast for Dan Mangan: 154

My message is resonating with more than a quarter (28%) of the APA members who voted. That's significant.

Voter turnout was up a little bit -- about 10% over last year's dismal turnout, when I received 15% of the votes for president-elect.

It's modest progress to be sure, but at least the numbers are trending upwards.

Meanwhile, the APA's collective mindset appears to be caught in a time warp of sorts, at least in my opinion.

Last week, I attended a three-day seminar sponsored by the Maine Polygraph Association and endorsed by the APA. Here are a few highlights...

o APA past president Jack Consigli presented data placing polygraph accuracy at 98%. [The information was from a 1997 report, which the APA sold on its web site for about 15 years.]

o Officials from the Texas Department of Safety presented information placing accuracy of the Directed Lie Screening Test at 86%.

o APA president Raymond Nelson -- who represented himself to the audience as a "scientist" -- displayed a bar chart suggesting that the NAS report of 2002 places polygraph accuracy at 86%.

o APA president Nelson then presented recently assembled data that places polygraph accuracy at approximately 90%.

o Nelson also claimed that polygraph testing is *not* biased against the innocent.

o F. Lee Bailey waxed eloquently about the virtues of polygraph testing -- recounting amazing feats of lie detection going back to the 1950s -- and spoke enthusiastically about polygraph's bright future.

So, the beat goes on.

I will continue to fight for truth, honesty and accountability  within the polygraph profession in general and the American Polygraph Association in particular.

Also, I hereby declare my candidacy in next year's race for president-elect of American Polygraph Association -- if I'm permitted to run, that is.

Finally, I give my sincerest thanks to those 150+ courageous APA members who voted for me. They are indeed "dedicated to truth."