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Diebold Flops in Alaska

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-usually-work-so-well dept.

lukej writes "From the Anchorage Daily News, During yesterday's preliminary and ballot measure election across Alaska, Diebold built voting machines failed to 'phone home' causing a hand recount. As a party spokesperson said: "I can say there are many systematic problems with Diebold machines that have been identified in many contexts." Additionally, the state itself has mandated some hand counts of all electronic results, and the Democratic Party is simply suggesting voters request paper voting."

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  1. Electronic toilet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Diebold voting machines are like electronic toilet without papertrail.

  2. Diebold's still around? by Baloo+Ursidae · · Score: 2, Funny

    Diebold's still in business? How?

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  3. After a quick glance at slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see the Title "Electronic Toilet" and then the words "paper voting"...

  4. Stupid Demcrats by ahoehn · · Score: 1, Funny

    and the Demcratic Party is simply suggesting voters request paper voting

    Those durn demcrats, always suggesting this and suggesting that.

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  5. Must have been by Volkov137 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Must have been a clog in Ted Steven's series of tubes causing all the problems.

  6. I am actually happy that elections are rigged... by Chaffar · · Score: 3, Funny

    How else could I justify to other people that we elected Dubya TWICE? :)

  7. Outsource US voting to India! by infolib · · Score: 1, Funny

    They can hardly be worse than Diebold, so the usual complaints about software quality don't apply.

    But why not go all the way? Let the Indians do the actual voting! Many Americans don't care anyway and with a population about 5 times bigger the participation is bound to skyrocket. And, (tongue-slightly-in-cheek) Americans pick the wrong guys...

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  8. Re:NEW PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Why should we penalize countries that didn't help in a war that WE STARTED for made up reasons? Screw your lists.

    I'd rather hear this speech.

    My Fellow Americans,

    Today we embark on...eh, fuck that. One half of all government workers, including the military, will be fired. Tomorrow, the same. And so on, until the government is one one-hundredth the size it is now. Term limits are one year, for every position. If no one runs for an office, someone will be chosen randomly.

    Thanks, and here's my two week notice. Oh, and I am screwing Condi.

  9. Re:It's harder than you might at first think by Rotten168 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We had such ballots in 2000 but the Democrats were too stupid to use them properly. Hence, we get Diebold and electronic voting.