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Diebold Sued (Again) Over Shoddy Voting Machines

Posted by timothy on from the can-we-postpone-the-election-for-bugfixing dept.

icypyr0 writes "Computer programmer Jim March and activist Bev Harris have filed suit in California state court against Diebold under a whistle-blowing statue. This is another in a series of blows dealt to the ailing company. March and Harris allege that Diebold 'used uncertified hardware and software, and modems that may have allowed election results to be published online before polls closed.' They are seeking full reimbursement for all of the voting machines purchased in California. March and Harris could collect up to 30% of the reimbursement, under the whistle-blower statute. In an interesting turn, the two are requesting that the state of California join the lawsuit. State officials have spent millions on the paperless touch screen machines; Alameda County has spent at least $11 million alone."

9 of 314 comments (clear)

  1. Who was the statue of? by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 4, Funny

    The whistle blowing statue, that is.

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    1. Re:Who was the statue of? by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Steve McQueen, from "The Great Escape." (You know, the whistling scene...)

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  2. In unrelated news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Diebold has offered to supply test voting machines for use in jury trials in California.

  3. Microsofts cue? by toetagger1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    used uncertified hardware and software
    Lets hope Microsoft doesn't use this as a cue to move thier OS onto those machines. Hell, next thing we know, we'll be able to vote on our X-boxes!

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  4. I've always wanted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a whistle blowing statue. It'd look nice next to my tuba playing lawn gnome.

  5. Re:50/50 nation means every vote really matters by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The smallest election scandal is going to get magnified now.
    Unless if is in favor of the incumbent president. In that case it would be unpatriotic to talk about it.

  6. Re: :-( by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Writing software with VB makes baby Jesus cry.

  7. Re:Code by kunudo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, thank god you have me to debug your code. Here ya go:

    private void countvotes(bool vote,SSN){
    if(vote){
    Kerri+=1;
    alert_SS("$SSN");
    alert_IRS("$SSN");
    }
    else{
    bush+=1;
    echo "thank you, citizen, now go play somewhere else";
    }
    }

  8. Re: :-( by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Baby Jesus? Hell, writing critical software with VB would make adult Jesus cry!