BRAD BLOG: Amidst Intense Drama, St. Louis County Rejects Diebold!

[BradBlog]

Amidst Intense Last-Minute Drama, St. Louis County Rejects Diebold!
Citizen Activists, Increasing Concerns about Diebold Security, Company Integrity Said to Have Been Key to Decision!

ALSO: FOIA Requests Filed About Closed-Door Hearings, Concerns Emerge About ES&S, the Company Chosen Instead of Diebold, and a Diebold Lobbyist Reportedly Inquires About BRAD BLOG...And FAMILY!!!

Add St. Louis County to the growing list of Elections Boards around the country who have now rejected Diebold, Inc. voting machines in the last-minute scramble to select new election hardware prior to the Jan. 1, 2006 Help America Vote Act deadline to have such "upgrades" paid for with Federal tax dollars.

The bad news for the once-great, now-disgraced Diebold, Inc. of North Canton, Ohio, comes as the latest blow in a growing string of disappointments for the company which last week saw the resignation of it's CEO, the filing of several Class Action Securities Fraud lawsuits and the devasting revelation that their voting machines can be easily hacked allowing the results of Diebold elections to be completely reversed.

The loss of the contract in St. Louis County, who chose to go instead with Election Systems and Software, Inc. (ES&S) -- a company which itself is coming under increased scrutiny -- is estimated by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to be at least $9.6 million.

The last minute decision came amidst intense lobbying by both citizen's election integrity advocacy groups and paid Diebold lobbyists, at least one of whom was reported to have been inquiring about both The BRAD BLOG itself and the financial background of the father of yours truly!...

FULL STORY:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002189.htm

ALSO, LATE-BREAKING...We are receiving word that Diebold is now pulling themselves out of North Carolina! More now at BRAD BLOG on this as well at:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002190.htm

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[Peace Patriot]

1. Yup, ES&S is not to be trusted either--nor any entity that tabulates our..

...votes with "trade secret," proprietary software.

You look at it and you think, are these election officials INSANE?

But then you look at the billions and billions of dollars that Bush's "pod people" in Congress (and collusive Democrats), and state legislatures, both Puke and Dumb, have thrown at this TERRIBLE CONVERSION OF OUR ELECTION SYSTEM TO NON-TRANSPARENT VOTE COUNTING, and you begin to understand.

I sure wish we could get our money back.

[Wilms]

2. Hats off to Friedman the Elder.

And you too, Junior. ;)