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Maryland Votes To Ban Diebold Voting Machines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-maybe-they'll-have-real-votes dept.

vandon writes "Computerworld.com reports: 'The state Maryland House of Delegates this week voted 137-0 to approve a bill prohibiting election officials from using AccuVote-TSx touch-screen systems in 2006 primary and general elections. The legislation calls for the state to lease paper-based optical-scan systems for this year's votes. State Delegate Anne Healey estimated the leasing cost at $12.5 million to $16 million for the two elections.'"

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  1. Voted? by Lxy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maryland Votes To Ban Diebold Voting Machines

    The big question is, did they use Diebold machines to count the votes? *ducks*

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  2. Re:In related news... by i_should_be_working · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wow. Oh wait. I'm dense. Didn't realize it was a joke for a while. I was staring at them, like 'man, do they ever have balls'.
     
    The first makes me think how much easier it would have been for Stalin if he had had Diebold machines.
     
    The second said "We deliver the vote" reminding me of how some official in Ohio in charge of the voting machines said 'we will deliver Ohio to Bush' or something to that effect.
     
    The third: "Life's a crapshoot, elections don't have to be" reads like "why take chances in an election when you can predetermine the outcome?"