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Diebold Threatens Wary Voting Clerk

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the Salt Lake Tribune: a wary county clerk called in BlackBoxVoting.org to test the integrity of Diebold voting fraud machines, part of a recent $27 million statewide purchase (to make sure that only the "Right" candidates win). Diebold goon says machines are now jinxed and it may cost up to $40,000 to fly in a company witch-doctor to make sure there were no warranty violations. Since EVERY SINGLE VOTER who uses these machines is a potential hacker looking to alter election results, why is Diebold so concerned? "

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  1. Why are they concerned? by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > Since EVERY SINGLE VOTER who uses these machines is a potential hacker looking to alter election results, why is Diebold so concerned?

    Because if every single voter gets to hack the election results, then it's be a fair election. Duh!

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  2. Suddenly I don't feel bad my stories are rejected by loggia · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess I forgot to run them through Babelfish a few times?

  3. Re:Huh? by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think need to editorialize in the form of a righteously indignant rant overtook the poster and short-circuited his brain.

    Next time, maybe he should try just pasting the first paragraph of the article like everyone else does.

  4. Re:Huh? by 91degrees · · Score: 4, Funny
    No. It's written in a peculiar dialect. Let me translate.
    Diebold has sold voting machines to Utah. Diebold is evil. They want to bully a poor innocent election clerk. Anything they do is eeeevil and their only aim in life is to subjugate democracy so that the evil Republicans win. They want to take away our democracy!!!11!!! The CIA is SPYING on us. And the president is a LIZARD!! A LIZZZARD I tell YoU. HE's frOm anOTHeR diMesSsniOPn and Thjhey're TAking away My Brain.
    Hope that clears it up for you.