US Vote Fraud News Roundup 25/8/05

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	25/8/05 COUNTY looks at ‘blended’ voting Daily Review Online – CA,USA Alameda County — the first large West Coast county to gamble on Diebold Election Systems Inc. and its electronic voting machines … www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2971599 24/8/05 VOTING machines raising concerns Clarksdale Press Register – Clarksdale,MS,USA … “I’m sure (he) will make sure all the kinks are worked out and he’ll be the first to scream bloody murder against Diebold,” Newson said regarding possible … www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15085497&BRD=2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617&rfi=6 22/8/05 DIEBOLD Elections Div. Jolted by Security Concerns Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand Washington, DC – Diebold’s Elections Division is in serious trouble. In this week’ s delayed second quarter earnings report Diebold … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0508/S00192.htm 21/8/05 NEW voting machines will fade as issue Jackson Clarion Ledger – Jackson,MS,USA … The issue is voting machines, specifically whether boards of supervisors should accept the Diebold-brand touch-screen machines the state has agreed to provide … www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/OPINION/508210324/1200 20/8/05 DIEBOLD hires top Dem for PR blitz Oakland Tribune – Oakland,CA,USA With a phone call and a retainer, Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell has launched former Democratic National Committee chairman Joe Andrew on a 50-state ambassadorship … www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2958901 QUESTIONS remain over new voting machines Picayune Item – Picayune,MS,USA POPLARVILLE – Despite approval by county supervisors last Wednesday afternoon to accept the new touch-screen Diebold voting machines, Circuit Clerk Vickie … www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/08/20/news/06voting.txt LOBBYING effort not seen here Marietta Times – Marietta,OH,USA … week. One Democratic board member though said she was suspicious the way two Republican members changed their vote to Diebold Inc. … www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new44_820200523538.asp QUESTIONS raised on voting machine paper backups Provo Daily Herald – Provo,UT,USA Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen has expressed concerns over recounts using the Diebold Election Systems machines’ paper receipts. … www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&na me=News&file=article&sid=62565&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 EDITORIAL 08/20: DeSoto takes a stand commercialappeal.com (subscription) – Memphis,TN,USA … Finally, there are questions about the security and reliability of equipment manufactured by Diebold, the state’s vendor of choice. … www.commercialappeal.com/mca/today s_editorial/article/0,1426,MCA_537_4016099,00.html 19/8/05 BUNGLED Ballots, Yet Again? San Diego Union Tribune – United States … the primary outright. Is it a statistical anomaly, much ado about nothing, Diebold machines gone wild or conspiracy? A number of … www.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/luna/archives/001939.html NEWS UPDATE: Lee supervisors reject voting machines Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Tupelo,MS,USA … of State Eric Clark. By rejecting the three Diebold machines, Lee County will seek machines on its own. Board President Charles … www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=199980&pub=1&div=News 18/8/05 DID Diebold lobbyist try to tempt elections board chair with $$? The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA The chair of the Athens County Democratic Party and a lobbyist who once worked indirectly for Diebold Election Systems are giving two very different versions … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=21292 SUPERVISORS choose to accept touch-screen voting machines Greenwood Commonwealth – Greenwood,MS,USA Leflore County will opt for Secretary of State Eric Clark’s offer on Diebold Election Systems touch-screen voting machines. The … www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15059631&BRD=1838&PAG=461&dept_id=104621&rfi=6 WILL voting machines make special election suspect? Hollister Free Lance – Hollister,CA,USA … Walden O’Dell, the major Cleveland-area Republican fund-raiser who also chairs America’s biggest electronic voting machine maker, Diebold Election Systems … hollisterfreelance.com/opinion/contentview.asp?c=166446 14/8/05 LOBBYIST Working For Diebold Also Works For Against Mayor’s Office … Brad Blog – USA … The Tetris Group also has other clients, one of whom just happens to be Diebold Election Systems, a manufacturer of touch-screen voting machines, on which The … www.bradblog.com/archives/00001697.htm ELECTIONS Officials Complain Of Pressure From Company WCPO – Cincinnati,OH,USA Democrats and Republicans who sit on the local boards say representatives of Diebold Incorporated have offered donations to the parties. … www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/08/14/oh_votingmachines.html LOBBYIST challenged on voting machines Salt Lake Tribune – United States … Turns out, Tetris doubles as a lobbyist for Diebold Election Systems, whose touch-screen voting machines the firm helped prod the state to buy. … www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2941848 6/8/05 E-VOTING vendors hit with new rule Oakland Tribune – Oakland,CA,USA … San Joaquin, Kern and San Diego counties already have purchased Diebold’s TSX system, spending $40 million on 13,000 machines that have been warehoused since … www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2919452 CLARK hustling to ease concerns over voting machines Picayune Item – Picayune,MS,USA … 19 to notify the secretary of state’s office of whether they will be part of state’s purchase of about 5,000 voting machines from Diebold Election Systems. … www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/08/06/news/10machines.txt 5/8/05 DIEBOLD’S test woes elicit probe of system Montclarion – Montclair,CA,USA Alameda County supervisors said they will revisit an agreement with Diebold Election Systems for a $6 million upgrade of its touch-screen voting system … www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/californi a/counties/alameda_county/cities_neighborhoods/montclair/12309738.htm CALIFORNIA tightens rules for e-voting vendors San Francisco Chronicle – United States … The rule change follows McPherson’s rejection last week of an application by North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold’s e-voting machine. … www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/08/05/state/n141311D73.DTL VOTING machine maker drops Blackwell suit Toledo Blade – Toledo,OH,USA … change courts once it began seeking depositions to delve into decisions by Mr. Blackwell and those around him pertaining to Texas-based competitor, Diebold Inc … toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050805/NEWS24/508050432 3/8/05 DIEBOLD worse than reported The Argus – Fremont,CA,USA Diebold’s latest electronic-voting machine, desired by dozens of counties nationwide, fared worse in the nation’s first mass testing than previously disclosed … www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_2909663 2/8/05 WATCHDOG Group Challenges Election Results 10News.com – San Diego,CA,USA … This was all done to check the reliability of the Diebold tabulating machine. … Other Diebold products continue to come under fire. … www.10news.com/politics/4798740/detail.html LEE officials ask for delay on machines Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Tupelo,MS,USA TUPELO – Lee County supervisors want until October to decide whether to get Diebold touch-screen voting machines under Secretary of State Eric Clark’s no-cost … www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=198663&pub=1&div=News 1/8/05 UTAH stands by vote machines Deseret News – Salt Lake City,UT,USA While California officials have rejected Diebold’s electronic voting machines as too unreliable, Utah officials say they will stand by their $27 million … deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600152681,00.html 30/7/05 STATE Rejects Touch-Screen Voting Machines KXTV – Sacramento,CA,USA San Joaquin County voters will likely use paper ballots in the November special election now that the secretary of state has rejected Diebold AccuVote TSx … www.news10.net/storyfull1.asp?id=12277 ELECTRONIC vote system slated here is rejected San Diego Union Tribune – United States … He notified Ohio-based Diebold Election Systems Inc. … Diebold plans to fix the problems and reapply for certification, company spokesman David Bear said. … www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050730-9999-7m30vote.html NEW state voting machines could be flawed Wyoming News – WY,USA The electronic voting machines, made by Diebold, are slated for their first use in Utah in primary elections next June. Utah election … www.casperstartribune.net/apdata/wire_detail.php?wire_num=255277 WHY War? Targeting Diebold with Electronic Civil Disobedience A list of counties that use Diebold voting machines is available thanks to … Diebold has publicly admitted that leaked memos do not meet DMCA standards … why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html 29/7/05 E-VOTING machines rejected after state tests San Jose Mercury News – United States SACRAMENTO – California election officials have rejected an electronic voting machine by Diebold after tests revealed unacceptable levels of screen freezes and … www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/st ates/california/northern_california/12258047.htm TODAY’S most read story is: DeSoto Times – Southaven,MS,USA HERNANDO — At least two other Mississippi counties who opted to not purchase Diebold voting machines say they are happy with their decision, even though that … www.godesoto.com/modules.php?op=modload&nam e=News&file=article&sid=7870&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 28/7/05 SUPERVISORS’ lawyer urges voting machine caution Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Tupelo,MS,USA … the facts.”. Earlier this month, Clark unveiled the Diebold touch-screen voting machine used in Utah, Georgia and other states. He … www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=198322&pub=1&div=News 27/7/05 PROBLEM-FREE day at polls erases memories of past glitches … San Diego Union Tribune – United States … The secretary of state later banned San Diego and three other counties from using touch-screen machines made by Diebold Election Systems. … www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050727-9999-1n27vote.html 20/7/05 $10,000 check not from us, Diebold says Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA Diebold Corp., the Green-based maker of electronic voting machines, is denying any involvement in a $10,000 check one of its outside consultants handed to … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/business/12175981.htm 19/7/05 OHIO County Election Official Disciplined Guardian Unlimited – UK … of Elections, will lose 30 days pay for taking the check – which he forwarded to the local Republican Party – from a representative of Diebold Election Systems … www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5153204,00.html VOTING computers coming, supervisors want more info Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Tupelo,MS,USA … The clock is ticking and county supervisors have less than a month to decide if they are going to go with the Diebold computers or choose another company for … www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=197757&pub=5&div=News 18/7/05 MCKINNEY urges inquiry into electronic voting Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) – GA,USA The DeKalb County Democrat criticized the state for investing in a $54 million touch-screen computer format from Diebold Elections Systems and then forgoing … www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0705/19mckinney.html 17/7/05 PROBE Targets Republican’s Donation To Election Official Ohio News Network – Columbus,OH,USA Prosecutors are investigating a donation made to the Franklin County Republican party by a political consultant who works for voting-machine company Diebold. … www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=3603920&nav=LQlCcEKa SCOOP Audio: RadioLive media pack (Sunday July 17) Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand … Suzan Mazur Explores The Mormon/Mason/ Diebold Nexus – Diebold, the Ohio computer election systems manufacturer, remains under a cloud regarding irregularities … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00234.htm 16/7/05 PROBE targets Republican’s donation to election official Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … “Well, you’re certainly not going to make it out to me,” Damschroder said he told Gallina, who represents Diebold Election Systems. … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/12150159.htm VOLUSIA’S ongoing touch-screen debate focuses on deadline Orlando Sentinel – Orlando,FL,USA … with three other members against a largely grant-funded contract to spend $776,935 for 210 touch-screens and related equipment from Diebold Elections Systems. … www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locvoting1607 1605jul16,0,4588572.story?coll=orl-news-headlines 15/7/05 DIEBOLD buys manufacturing plant in India Crain’s Cleveland Business – Cleveland,OH,USA Diebold Inc. (NYSE: DBD) has purchased … operating officer Eric Evans. Diebold officials last month said the company plans to cut about 300 jobs. … www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID =/20050715/FREE/50715009/1003&Profile=1003 DON Culpepper Reports On New Electronic Voting Machines WLOX – Biloxi,MS,USA … state’s future elections. “The Diebold Company makes more than 95 percent of the bank ATM machines in Mississippi,” says Clark. “So I … www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3597106 EFF Supports Disabled Voters in Fight Against Paperless E-Voting Kansas City infoZine – Kansas City,MO,USA The NFB suit seeks to force the County to spend approximately $700,000 of state funds on Diebold voting equipment that the County has repeatedly rejected as … www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/9025/ 15/7/05 SUZAN Mazur: Diebold & The Mormon Mason Handshake Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand … forerunners of today’s Republicans. The LDS church has made no fanfare about Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell being a “Saint”. And O’Dell’s … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00222.htm AFTER long delay, voting machines may be in county’s near future The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA … The Board of Elections voted once to choose the Diebold Elections Systems touch-screen machines and then was told by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office that … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=21093 MISSISSIPPI to Purchase Touch-Screen Voting Machines Government Technology – Folsom,CA,USA The State of Mississippi has contracted with Diebold Election Systems to purchase electronic voting systems for jurisdictions within the state that currently … www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=94810 LEE supervisors uncertain about voting machines Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Tupelo,MS,USA … District 1 Supervisor Phil Morgan tried the Diebold machines recently at a public display in Jackson and descrobed it as “really confusing.”. … www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=197368&pub=1&div=News 14/7/05 THE Big Three Become the Big Two SecureIDNews – Reston,VA,USA Bret Tobey has worked with several companies in the ID managment, security, and campus card industries including Diebold Card Systems. … www.secureidnews.com/library/2005/07/13/the-big-three-become-the-big-two OPPONENTS square off in vote fight Orlando Sentinel – Orlando,FL,USA … The devices’ manufacturer — Diebold Elections Systems — told the county a contract must be approved by Friday in order to deliver the touch-screens by July 29 … www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locvvote140714 05jul14,0,7689420.story?coll=orl-news-headlines 12/7/05 UPDATE: Court denies motion for injunction against Diebold ATM marketplace.com (press release) – Louisville,KY,USA NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Diebold Inc. … The court emphasized that allowing Diebold to enforce its patents and copyrights is in the public’s interest. … atmmarketplace.com/news_story_23556.htm 9/7/05 ACTIVISTS Urge California To Not Use Diebold Voting Machines Coastal Post – Bolinas,CA,USA SACRAMENTO-As California rolls toward a train wreck with federal and state laws, voting activists told state elections officials that Diebold and its voting … www.coastalpost.com/05/07/02_.html 7/7/05 COMPREHENSIVE Report on Voting Equipment Selection Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand In June of 2005 Utah’s Lt. Governor, Gary Herbert, selected Diebold DRE (digital recording electronic) voting equipment for use in the state of Utah. … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00156.htm E-VOTE Guidelines Need Work Wired News – USA … that, had they been included in previous versions of voting system guidelines, would have prevented voting systems made by Diebold Election Systems from being … www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,68116,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 6/7/05 SUMMIT gets new deadline for vote system Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … Blackwell, contending that his May deadlines for selecting and certifying new systems was arbitrary and eliminated all vendors except Green-based Diebold Inc. … www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/12064111.htm CRITICAL Security Issues In Diebold Optical Scan Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT: Incorporated into the foundation of the Diebold Precinct-Based Optical Scan 1.94w system is the mother of security holes, and no … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00073.htm 4/7/05 MS: Diebold to provide new voting technology Political State Report – USA Secretary of State Eric Clark recently announced that the state was entering into a $15 million-dollar contract with Diebold Election Systems, Inc., for 5,164 … www.polstate.com/archives/007119.html TOUCH-SCREEN voting hasn’t been ‘sold’ to officials Jackson Clarion Ledger – Jackson,MS,USA … unfortunate. Among those not sharing Clark’s enthusiasm for Diebold Election Systems Inc. include some circuit clerks, US Rep. Bennie … www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/ 20050703/COL0601/507030375/1189/NEWS01 2/7/05 TOUCH-SCREEN voting machines roll in Youngstown Vindicator – Youngstown,OH,USA … He’s referring to the 766 Diebold AccuVote-TSX System with printer units that the Trumbull County Board of Elections took delivery of last week. … www.vindy.com/basic/news/293180688270569.php VOTING machine plan criticized Jackson Clarion Ledger – Jackson,MS,USA … That leaves 76 counties needing to replace outdated equipment. Clark announced earlier this week that Diebold Election Systems Inc. … www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20050702/NEWS01/507020378/1002/NEWS01 IS Diebold’s PIN Invalid? Motley Fool – USA By Stephen D. Simpson, CFA. What the heck is going on at Diebold (NYSE: DBD) these days? For yet another quarter, this maker of ATMs … www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05070115.htm?ref=foolwatch THOMPSON raises concerns about purchase of new voting machines SunHerald.com – Biloxi,MS,USA … earlier this week that he and the director of the state Department of Information Technology Services signed a contract this week with Diebold Election Systems … www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/12036495.htm IS Diebold’s PIN Invalid? Motley Fool – USA By Stephen D. Simpson, CFA. What the heck is going on at Diebold (NYSE: DBD) these days? For yet another quarter, this maker of ATMs … www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05070115.htm?ref=foolwatch THOMPSON raises concerns about purchase of new voting machines SunHerald.com – Biloxi,MS,USA … earlier this week that he and the director of the state Department of Information Technology Services signed a contract this week with Diebold Election Systems … www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/12036495.htm 1/7/05 DIEBOLD reduces outlook, cuts jobs Miami Herald - FL,USA NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc., one of the nation's largest makers of automatic teller machines, slashed its profit outlook for the second quarter and the ... http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/12024344.htm 30/6/05 SUPERVISORS vote 3 to 1 to remain with Diebold San Jose Mercury News – San Jose,CA,USA … confidence. The board voted 3-1 to exchange its 4,000 Diebold electronic voting machines for newer models from the same manufacturer. … www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/ states/california/counties/alameda_county/12011994.htm TODAY’S most read story is: DeSoto Times – Southaven,MS,USA Diebold Election Systems, which has provided voting machines for Georgia, Maryland, Alaska and Utah, was awarded a $15 million contract for 5,164 new machines. … www.godesoto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name =News&file=article&sid=7605&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 MISSISSIPPI signs contract for new voting machines SunHerald.com – Biloxi,MS,USA … said Wednesday that he and the director of the state Department of Information Technology Services signed a contract this week with Diebold Election Systems Inc … www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/12015782.htm 29/6/05 DIEBOLD revisited Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … But Diebold Elections Systems, Inc., which wants to sell the county $800,000 worth of touch-screen machines for voters who are disabled, says that a paper … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN40062905.htm 28/6/05 DIEBOLD out of California Enterprise-Record – Chico,CA,USA … Diebold electronic voting machines pose a real threat to that principle and should be banned for the following reasons: … All used Diebold electronic machines. … www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~27922~2941990,00.html DIEBOLD touch screens don’t meet disability requirements Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA By SUSAN PYNCHON. The Diebold voting machines being proposed for Volusia County don’t meet the requirements of the Help America Vote Act. … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN46062805.htm 25/6/05 DIEBOLD – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diebold Election Systems, a subsidiary of Diebold, surrounded by … Together, ES&S and Diebold Election Systems are (as of 2004) responsible for tallying … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold 22/6/05 STAND firm Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA The machines in question, made by Diebold Election Systems Inc., do not currently have the capacity to provide that verification — as required under the 2002 … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN62062205.htm 21/6/05 FLAGLER votes for touch-screens Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … be recounted. The County Commission voted 4-1 to buy 43 touch-screen machines from Diebold Election Systems for $174,000. The county … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/ News/Politics/FlaglerGov/03FlaglerFLAG01POL062105.htm 18/6/05 CALL rises to ‘dump Diebold’ Oakland Tribune – Oakland,CA,USA SACRAMENTO — As California rolls toward a train wreck with federal and state laws, voting activists told state elections officials that Diebold and its … www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2810029 17/6/05 ACTIVISTS rip Diebold voting units San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA By Bill Ainsworth. SACRAMENTO — Scores of activists urged a state advisory panel yesterday to reject a bid by Diebold Elections Systems Inc. … www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050617-9999-7m17vote.html 11/6/05 STATE set to give Diebold the OK Tri-Valley Herald – Pleasanton,CA,USA In less than a week, state officials are poised to approve a new Diebold electronic-voting system that several large counties, including Alameda, want to use. … www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_2794375 STOCKS in Motion: Diebold TheStreet.com – USA Shares of Diebold (DBD:NYSE – commentary – research) traded lower after the company announced that it will realign manufacturing operations in North America … www.thestreet.com/_googlen/markets/stocksinmotion/ 10227534.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA STATE checks voting-machine firms’ backgrounds 2TheAdvocate – Baton Rouge,LA,USA … said. In the competition are Accupoll, Advanced Voting Systems, Diebold, Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems and Software. … www.2theadvocate.com/stories/061105/pol_voting001.shtml DIEBOLD closing Danville plant WAVY-TV – Portsmouth,VA,USA … Diebold has been downsizing its operations for some time and workers had heard rumors that the company would cease production in Danville. … www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3458263 10/6/05 COUNCIL wise to reject Diebold bid, look for options Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … fair hearings, the Volusia County Council voted 4-3 on Monday to reject a contract for nearly $800,000 to buy the voting machines from Diebold Election Systems … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN91061005.htm DIEBOLD calls for investigation of Leon County voting machines Tallahassee.com – Tallahassee,FL,USA … Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho of “gross negligence” for allowing an outsider to test the county’s voting equipment, Diebold Election Systems Inc. … www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/breaking_news/11855543.htm ELECTIONS board member peeved about missed vote The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA … on the machines, it was apparent that Republicans Stevens and Richard Mottl favored the electronic touch-screen voting machines from Diebold Election Systems … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=20851 2/6/05 JUDGE to decide whether to extend deadlines Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … machines. Currently, only a touch-screen machine made by Diebold Election Systems has met federal and state certification requirements. … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11790801.htm UTAH decides on voting machines New Utah – American Fork,UT,USA Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday he’d chosen direct recording electronic voting equipment — ATM-like machines — made by Diebold to replace the state’s … www.newutah.com/modules.php?op=modload&name= News&file=article&sid=56339&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 UTAH voting is set to turn high-tech Salt Lake Tribune – Salt Lake City,UT,USA … Gary Herbert announced Tuesday that the state has awarded a contract worth about $27 million to Ohio-based Diebold Election Systems, which also runs statewide … www.sltrib.com/ci_2772832 PUBLIC ADDRESS 01/06/05 – D’oh! Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand … See… Bonus Joules: EECA In A Vacuum. Diebold Vote Scanners – Designed To Fool? … See… Diebold Optical Scan Voting System Hacked (3 Ways). … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00013.htm 31/5/05 DIEBOLD Optical Scan Voting System Hacked (3 Ways Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand Diebold’s opti-scan (paper ballot) voting system uses a curious memory card design, offering penetration by a lone programmer such that standard canvassing … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00381.htm 28/5/05 COUNTIES in lawsuit now at 32 Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … Kenneth Blackwell’s office have been in negotiations since the company filed the lawsuit May 2. It asserts that the process by which Diebold Election Systems … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11758385.htm 25/5/05 COUNTIES Added To Voter Machine Lawsuit Ohio News Network – Columbus,OH,USA … Forty-two counties so far have chosen Diebold Election System’s electronic touch screen systems, equipped with a state-required paper record so voters can … www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=3388121&nav=LQlCaFxT 19/5/05 TOUCH-SCREEN vote foes plan rally Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … courthouse at 3:30 pm to protest Supervisor of Elections Ann McFall’s purchase of 210 touch screen voting machines made by Texas-based Diebold Election Systems … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnli ne/News/WestVolusia/03WVolEAST05W051805.htm 14/5/05 WILL the election be hacked? Salon – USA … voting machines. What she found alarmed her. The machines were state-of-the-art products from an Ohio company called Diebold. But the … www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/09/voting_machines/ 13/5/05 COUNTIES join lawsuit seeking delay of voting machine … Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … certified. Only one vendor, Diebold Election Systems of North Canton, has been certified to offer touch screens with a paper record. … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11628960.htm 11/5/05 STATE board approves Diebold Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA COLUMBUS, Ohio – A state board on Tuesday approved Diebold Election Systems’ touch-screen voting machines for use in Ohio. The state … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11613049.htm 8/5/05 DIEBOLD machine held up by state regulators Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA COLUMBUS, Ohio – Less than a week before a certification deadline imposed by the secretary of state, Diebold’s new touch-screen voting machine still has not … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/11591184.htm 5/5/05 GET voting machines that work best for Utah New Utah – American Fork,UT,USA … But, a number of lobbyists have been pushing the state to use electronic, touch screen voting machines made by ATM giant Diebold. … www.newutah.com/modules.php?op=modload&name =News&file=article&sid=54233&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 4/5/05 COMMENTARY:INSTANT Runoff Voting Held Up by Diebold By LAURENCE … Berkeley Daily Planet – Berkeley,CA,USA Is the Diebold Corporation, famous for hackable, paperless voting machines, trying to strangle election reform in Berkeley? Or are … www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=05-03-05&storyID=21313 2/5/05 MAKER of voting machines sues state Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … Kenneth Blackwell from enforcing a directive that allows county boards of elections to buy touch-screen electronic machines made by Diebold Election Systems or … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11546369.htm 1/5/05 SYSTEM ain’t broke – why must we fix it? News-Herald.com – Willoughby,OH,USA … compliance with state law. He has, for whatever reason, approved the use of Diebold voting machines statewide. What this means is … www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14448 546&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21846&rfi=6 27/4/05 VOTER verification critical for touch-screen machines Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … hacked. In Maryland, officials commissioned a computer-security expert to rig a fake election using the state’s Diebold machines. … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOn line/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN32042405.htm 25/4/05 VOTER verification critical for touch-screen machines Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … hacked. In Maryland, officials commissioned a computer-security expert to rig a fake election using the state’s Diebold machines. … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalO nline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN32042405.htm 23/4/05 INSTANT-RUNOFF voting urged for Alameda County Tri-Valley Herald – Pleasanton,CA,USA … But on Tuesday they saved the sharpest ridicule for the countys voting vendor, Diebold Election Systems Inc. In 2002, Diebold promised … www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_2679537 16/4/05 DIEBOLD’S touch-screen system OK’d Akron Beacon Journal – Akron,OH,USA … The catalyst was a deal with Diebold Inc. … Mark Radke, director of marketing for Diebold Election Systems, declined to comment on potential revenue. … www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/business/11400862.htm 13/4/05 OHIO’S Not-so-Odd Numbers Red State – USA … into it from 2000— this happened in several places throughout Ohio where precincts had been combined with the expectation that new Diebold machines would be … dales.redstate.org/story/2005/4/12/112124/560 10/4/05 VOLUSIA will get paperless voting Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA … went against the wishes of scores of paperless-voting foes and authorized Election Supervisor Ann McFall to negotiate a contract with Diebold Election Systems … www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-locvdisab ledvoters08040805apr08,0,5114238.story?coll=sfla-news-florida PAPER Makes a Comeback as Electronic Elections Spur Opposition Bloomberg – USA Even Ohio, home to Diebold Inc., the world’s leading maker of paperless machines, plans to spend $106 million in federal funds exclusively on optical-scan … www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaB4iadjGAC0&refer=us 9/4/05 VOLUSIA will get paperless voting Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA … went against the wishes of scores of paperless-voting foes and authorized Election Supervisor Ann McFall to negotiate a contract with Diebold Election Systems … www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-locvdisabl edvoters08040805apr08,0,5114238.story?coll=sfla-news-florida PAPER Makes a Comeback as Electronic Elections Spur Opposition Bloomberg – USA Even Ohio, home to Diebold Inc., the world’s leading maker of paperless machines, plans to spend $106 million in federal funds exclusively on optical-scan … www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaB4iadjGAC0&refer=us 30/3/05 BLACKBOX Voting Investigation Update Guerrilla News Network – USA How do I say I don’t trust Diebold, or whoever their funding is coming from in 200 words or more? … Why doesn’t Diebold identify this man for the public? … www.gnn.tv/headlines/1716/Blackbox_Voting_Investigation_Update VAPORIZING votes Republic – Vancouver,Canada … Two companies with extensive ties to the Republican party, Diebold and ES+S, together electronically counted 80% of the November 2004 votes. … www.republic-news.org/archive/101-repub/101_lindfield.htm 29/3/05 ELECTION Committee to Decide on New Voting Machines KSL-TV – Salt Lake City,UT,USA … starting tomorrow. One of those vendors demonstrated its equipment, today. Diebold , says … their touch- screen method, is the most advanced. … tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=158602 DIEBOLD to tally local votes The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell has chosen Canton-based Diebold, Inc., to provide Athens County its optical-scan voting system after the Athens … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=20175 22/3/05 FOCUS – Ohio’s Blackwell Ridicules Election Fraud “Conspiracy” www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032205X.shtml 11/3/05 REPORT: Some Md. vote machines problematic San Jose Mercury News – USA … Few problems were reported with the state’s machines on Election Day. Montgomery used 2,597 units made by Ohio-based Diebold Inc. … www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/11094447.htm TERESA Heinz Kerry – Hacking the “Mother Machine”? Common Dreams – USA … machine expert (and founder of www.BanVotingMachines.org Lynn Landes in an article for the Online Journal, Bob Urosevich, president of Diebold Election Systems … www.commondreams.org/views05/0310-32.htm VOTING machine purchase presents dilemma Daytona Beach News-Journal – Daytona,FL,USA … certification would take. Another system has been certified, though — a touchscreen system made by Diebold Election Systems. But that … www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/03AreaEAST02031005.htm BOARD of Elections still waiting for decision on new voting … The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA … said every county in Ohio has to switch to the optical-scan machines, and that each county can pick either machines offered by Diebold Election Systems or … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=19946 9/3/05 EMERGING Scandal on MD Voting Machine Performance Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand … Elections convinced the media that Election Day went smoothly, when in fact there were serious statewide, systemic problems with the Diebold electronic voting … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00147.htm 26/2/05 VOTING maching firm files protest KATC – Lafayette,LA,USA Diebold Election System Incorporated filed a formal challenge this week over the decision to disqualify it from submitting bids or proposals for the five … www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2998562 25/2/05 SCOOP: Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud … More. Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud. … The Diebold Memos’ Smoking Gun Volusia County Memos Disclose Election 2000 Vote Fraud. … www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0310/S00211.htm 12/2/05 nashuaadvocate.blogspot.com/2005/02/ chaos-in-ohio-blackwell-says-gop-chair.html Chaos in Ohio: Blackwell Says GOP Chair Is in Diebold’s “Hip … Nashua Advocate – USA … Bennett is prepared to enter the state’s largest county into a contract with controversial voting equipment manufacturer Diebold for 6,000 voting machines (yes … 4/2/05 www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/ special_packages/election2004/10809627.htm Prototype printer fails to satisfy e-voting activists San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA The prototype that Diebold Inc. is now touting is exactly what some critics of the ATM-like machines have been demanding for several years. … 2/2/05 www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20050201tba Diebold recount procedures figure in election contest San Diego Daily Transcript – San Diego,CA,USA By CATHERINE MACRAE HOCKMUTH. Attorneys on both sides of the mayoral election trial on Tuesday argued over the significance of an … politics.guardian.co.uk/egovernment/comment/0,12767,1403546,00.html Political machinations Guardian – UK … Electronic voting machines made by the Diebold company use the Gems (Global Election Management Systems) software, which was used to count over a third of the … 26/1/05 seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/209250_diebold25.html Election activist claims victory Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA … of poppycock,” as she puts it: The attorney general of California recently took up a whistle-blower claim filed by Harris against Diebold Election Systems and … 14/1/05 www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/10640604.htm Ohio shift hurts Diebold Akron Beacon Journal (subscription) – Akron,OH,USA By Erika D. Smith. Ohio’s decision to ditch touch-screen voting machines will take Diebold Inc. back to the drawing board on its earnings forecast. … www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/5266/ Sham Recount Process on Diebold E-voting Machines Kansas City infoZine – Kansas City,MO,USA … proposition referendum will come under court examination in a case that highlights major problems with conducting a recount using Diebold electronic voting … www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=19396 Board wants out of vote machine contract The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA … In January 2004, the Athens County Board of Elections voted 3-1 to purchase electronic voting machines from Diebold Election Systems, and at one time local … 3/1/05 bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4939 Ohio’s non-recount ends amidst evidence of fraud, theft and … Collective Bellaciao – Paris,France … These later totals came from counts done by hand, as opposed to counts done by computer tabulators, many of which came from Diebold. …

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