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Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure Voting Machines
sunilk writes "In a short period, Diebold has been at the center of several problems. Now it seeks to settle the lawsuit filed against it by the State of California by paying $2.6 million. Settlement comes because of flaws in the Diebold systems that could compromise election results."
Huh.....I guess many can buy everything.
Well if democracy costs $2.6 million, how much for a quasi-constitutional theocracy?
Making a shoddy e-voting system
Bad for buisness.
Coding the e-voting system worse than M$ does with IE
Regrettable.
Being able to buy a states opinion of your product 2.6 million.
Nice.
Rigging the election to ensure your choice wins.
Priceless!
"Realistically we will never know who exactly was elected this year and that's a big problem."
Why are you trying to confuse the issue?
It is clear that voters overwelmingly choose George W. Bush to lead the nation for the next 4 years.
And these election results were specifically chosen to reflect that fact.
No one has a right to their *own* opinion. They have a right to the TRUTH.
And if you don't, you may die bold.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
The problem is not with crappy software or rigged machines. The problem we face is that, when a bunch of American voters stood up and protested that they were too stupid to use paper ballots properly, we tried to come up with a pre-school level voting machine instead of saying, "Okay, some people really ARE too stupid to vote."
"Wow. Now THAT'S a lot of angry Indians." - Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
When you see the light in the dead of the night. Think of how much good that $20 does you... before the 300 megaton shockwave hits... China and Russia are rearming becuase of our "cowboy politics"
I propose a new moderation:
-1, Grumpy, Sarcastic, and No Sense of Humor due to Lack of Caffeine, Girls, and/or Sunlight
=]
Without a proper flamewar, Anonymous was undecided on what shell to run.
I'm a UK citizen and was recently alarmed to find that my vote in the last election was not counted. On further investigation I find that I'm actually not allowed to vote at all! I don't understand, George W Bush took my country to war and for some reason I'm unable to vote him out of office. Can anyone explain this to me?
In regard to the topic: the idea of speeding up so called 'antiquated' voting systems with modern technology is clearly flawed. Speed up the voting = speed up the voting fraud. Voting should be something that is as slow and painful as the act of being governed itself. But then that doesn't make for good tv.
The Dems were 'accidentally' removed from a 'computerized' list and their absentee ballots disqualified.
Head of Diebold computer security has already done time for computer fraud.
How you liberals feel about gun control now?
My brother-in-law Chad is grateful there were no jokes at his expense this time around. We couldn't decide if he was a pregnant Chad, a swinging door Chad, or a dangling Chad. Only my sister would know that one. Well, all I can say is DieBold,Die!
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
You really think we get to choose our own brand of toothpaste ?? :)
Bush only lent them that money - he wants it back.