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Activists urge California not to use Diebold voting machines

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http://insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2807875

Friday, June 17, 2005 by The Daily Review (Hayward, California)

...Witness after witness - Bay Area liberals seasoned with a few Libertarians and Republicans - called on state officials Thursday to block Diebold's voting machines from the nation's largest elections market, casting the firm as synonymous with lost trust and vote "theft" in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

In a jam-packed hearing punctuated by chanting, activists demanded paper ballots be counted by hand, by computers running open-source software if absolutely necessary, but never by secret software closely held by a company known for executive support of Republicans ranking as high as the presidency.

"If you value democracy you will not certify these hackable machines with secret mechanisms that are considered proprietary," said Berkeley's Phoebe Anne Sorgen. "You will dump Diebold Elections Systems and software."

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