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Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lots-of-polishing-to-do dept.

ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

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  1. Latin by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Interesting

    de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est

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  2. Ignorant Diebold managers destroyed the company. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

    That's absurd. Diebold's voting machines have destroyed the company's image completely, in my opinion. Seriously, if you know something about the history and you have a little technical knowledge, would you ever buy anything from Diebold?

    DEADbold.

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  3. Re:I hope they do.. by rlp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    > I doubt the ATM division would be much different.

    Very different problem. There are fewer ATM's and banks pay a lot more for them. The are put in place once and generally not moved. They are serviced by trained technicians rather than volunteers. The technology is much more mature. And banks are more concerned with security than the average politician / bureaucrat who's simply looking for the lowest bidder.

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