My own state took the Diebold plunge. :(

[MelissaB]

Local TV news site posted this:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The state has hired a firm to oversee Alabama's new statewide voter registration system.

Diebold Election Systems put in a bid for $2.3 million and won the contract, NBC13 reported.

The effort is a part of the federally mandated "Help America Vote" act.

The new system will replace a system that was implemented nearly 20 years ago.

Various counties across the state use their own independent voter systems, too.


Link: http://www.nbc13.com/news/4545041/detail.html?subid=10101622



Thanks to Firenze777 here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=137x1877

[Eric J in MN]

1. We need Election Day Voter Registration in every state

to fight agaisnt the purges which will accompany the Diebold voter lists.

We already have Election Day Voter Registration in Minnesota.

More at:
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_02_08_voting_rights_election_day_registration_is_supported_by_eliot_spitzer.asp

[LightningFlash]

3. It's not too late, either.

Send videos and tutorials about how badly these machines were used in the previous elections. States can still de-certify their equipment after the fact, and move to a much safter alternative.

[Syrinx]

2. it's still ES&S that actually counts most of our votes

And they are just as bad.