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California AG Says He'll Sue Diebold

Posted by timothy on from the hey-no-fair dept.

moby11 points to this Reuters story carried by Yahooo!; it begins "California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said on Tuesday he would sue electronic voting machine maker Diebold Inc. on charges it defrauded the state with false claims about its products."

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  1. Just hope he doesn't have the case in Florida... by jmcmunn · · Score: 5, Funny


    Or the jury will have to count their votes ten times.

  2. Re:Just hope he doesn't have the case in Florida.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, hopefully before it gets there, the California administration will step in and sue this company into oblivion. With the company being "terminated", we have less of chance of a Bush/Gore fiasco raising its ugly head and saying "I'll be back".

    (Couldn't think of any retarded references to Junior, Predator, etc.)

  3. Guess... by michael_cain · · Score: 3, Funny

    the California state government didn't get the memo: How do you tell when a vendor is lying? Their lips move.

  4. In related news... by starrsoft · · Score: 3, Funny

    Diebold CEO, Bob Urosevich, announced, "Like our motto says, 'We won't rest!' We will fight this lawsuit until we win! For us, it is do or die bold!"

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    1. Re:In related news... by starrsoft · · Score: 3, Funny

      Also, in a statement addressed directly to the California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Diebold Vice President Thomas Swidarski said , "It isn't our fault that you didn't make sure to Lockyer voting systems!"

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  5. Re:Is this the right way to go about it? by K1-V116 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you really want to think how many people would be killed if we a madman in the Whitehouse?

    I know some might answer that question "Over a thousand and still counting...." ;) *innocent whistle*

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  6. Re:Just hope he doesn't have the case in Florida.. by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We, the jury, find the defendant to be Pat Buchannan.