Dissing Diebold

[kpete]

Dissing Diebold


Diebold, dubbed an "e-voting recidivist" by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, may soon be blocked from operating their voting machines in Maryland. Two weeks ago, the Maryland House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to require paper ballots—not electronic voting machines—be used in this year's elections. The Maryland Senate will consider the measure any day now.

Even Maryland's very Republican governor, Robert Erhlich, has publicly expressed his concern about the integrity of Diebold's e-voting technology. As he should. Today, in an editorial, The New York Times urges the Maryland Senate to support the bill. The Times described why opposition is growing in Maryland to Diebold's technology:

Maryland was one of the first states to embrace Diebold. But Maryland voters and elected officials have grown increasingly disenchanted as evidence has mounted that the machines cannot be trusted. In 2004, security experts from RABA Technologies told the state legislature that they had been able to hack into the machines in a way that would make it possible to steal an election. Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat, informed the State Board of Elections in 2004 that voters had complained to her that machines had mysteriously omitted the Senate race.

more at:

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/23/dissing_diebold.php

[C_U_L8R]

1. What's their stock doing ?

this can't be good news.... you'd think there would be a shareholder revolt.

[Peter Frank]

2. One can only hope that this will set a precedent for the nation... n/t