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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:02 PM
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DIEBOLD FINDS ELECTION DIVISION BUYER; ES&S TO CONTROL MOST U.S. ELECTIONS


DIEBOLD FINDS ELECTION DIVISION BUYER; ES&S TO CONTROL MOST U.S. ELECTIONS
Bargain-basement sale price; Anti-trust complaints to be filed; Dreadful history of failure by both companies
Merger causes concern among Election Integrity experts...

The world's largest corporate e-voting supplier is about to become even larger. Today, TX-based Premier Election Solutions, the beleaguered and oft-failed voting division of OH-based parent company Diebold Inc., announced they have been purchased by oft-failed e-voting goliath Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S). The move, if allowed to stand, would "consolidate most U.S. voting under one privately held manufacturer," according to one election watchdog who has announced plans to file an anti-trust complaint concerning the sale with the Department of Justice...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7392
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:12 PM
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1. I guess that explains why the Republicans seem so sure of
huge gains in 2010!!!

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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:12 PM
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2. Why am I thinking this is to prep for the theft of 2012? n/t
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