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More E-Voting SNAFUs

Posted by michael on from the situation-normal dept.

tassii writes "Looks like Diebold is in yet more trouble. In this article from Wired.com, an audit of the Diebold E-Voting machines revealed that the company installed uncertified software in all 17 counties that use its electronic voting equipment. While 14 counties used software that had been qualified by federal authorities but not certified by state authorities, three counties, including Los Angeles, used software that had never been certified by the state or qualified by federal authorities for use in any election. And in this article, Wired.com is reporting that at least five convicted felons secured management positions at a Diebold, including one who served time in a Washington state correctional facility for stealing money and tampering with computer files in a scheme that 'involved a high degree of sophistication and planning.'"

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  1. topic beaten to death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    seriously, let it go. This is going to turn into another leftist bush consipracy discussion.

  2. Oh great by Trigun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Four more years of Bush...

    Will somebody do something about these bastards?

    1. Re:Oh great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
      I'm not an American so pardon my ignorance:

      If you're not an American, get the fuck out of here. Your ignorance is your problem.

    2. Re:Oh great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Wrong dumbass. If Gore would have won the election we wouldn't be in Iraq. There is clearly a difference between the two parties. Take your extremist left wing bull shit eleswhere. Like, say, France. You'd probably be welcomed there with open arms. Good luck though, the next time they are threatened and they throw up their hands and give up like the fucking pussies that they are.

    3. Re:Oh great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Shouldn't you be in Iraq right now lugging an M16? Oh, right... you're too busy sitting on your big fat ass like a dumb american to back your words up with action. How surprising...

  3. Hey, I thought we supported ex-hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Finding work in the private sector?!

  4. Re:solving a non-problem by ftoomch · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I must admit that during the last US presidential election, we here in Oz had quite a giggle at the reason that you guys got a retard elected was because of your wacky voting mechanisms. We got a retard because we voted badly. We can only blame ourselves, not the punch cards. Diebold sounds pretty diabolical methinks.

  5. Re:Open the damn source. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If we keep voting for liberals, yup.

  6. republican criminals... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...get high paying jobs at Diebold. ...democrat criminals (pot smokers, video tape pilferers, bad-check-cashers) get their misdemeanors elevated to felonies and spend the rest of their lives in prison.

    http://journalism.medill.northwestern.edu/docket /0 1-1127threestrikesfx.html

    1. Re:republican criminals... by GoneGaryT · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      Despite the mod you received, I think you're bang on there. Your country is in trouble and so is mine. The Fascists are winning.

      Respected British journalist, author and lawyer Fenton Bresler died this week aged 74. Among many many other articles and books, he wrote "Who Killed John Lennon", and was probably the first person to suspect publicly that Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, was a brainwashed CIA stooge. And who would have authorised Lennon's murder? None other than George Bush Sr., head honcho of the Fascist criminal elite. Surprise surprise.

      Now here come the "tinfoil hat" comments... shove 'em up your asses, wiseguys. Try a little reading and a little reasoning before you speak on behalf of the Fascisti.