Diebold Sued (Again) Over Shoddy Voting Machines

Posted by timothy on Monday July 12, 2004 @12:35PM 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."

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first post by WebBORG · 2004-07-12 12:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

ha
Re:Who was the statue of? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 12:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Natalie Portman?
Re:why is it.. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 13:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't forget about Abstain
freshmeat down? by ryanjulian · 2004-07-12 13:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I know this is off topic but is freshmeat.net down? When I try reach the site, I get a response of "Error connecting to MySQL Server". Can anyone confirm this for me?