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

    Diebold's still in business? How?

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

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

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

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

  4. 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? :)

  5. 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.