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Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure Voting Machines

Posted by michael on from the but-you-voted-with-them-anyway dept.

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."

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  1. That's it? by MightyPez · · Score: 4, Funny

    Huh.....I guess many can buy everything.

    Well if democracy costs $2.6 million, how much for a quasi-constitutional theocracy?

  2. Re:This sucks. by DM9290 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

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  3. Re:2.6 million? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 3, Funny

    And if you don't, you may die bold.

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  4. Wow, what a bunch of misplaced anger by CodeWanker · · Score: 4, Funny

    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."

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