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Diebold Rebrands What No One Wants

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rose-by-a-different-name dept.

Irvu writes "Diebold has apparently failed in their bid to sell their tainted elections systems unit. Unable to find a buyer the CEO of Diebold promised that the system will be run more 'openly and independently.' To prove that they are serious, they renamed it. Diebold Election Systems is now Premiere Election Solutions. They still sell GEMS, AccuVote OS and the ever-unpopular AccuVote-TSX which performed so disastrously in California's Top-to-Bottom Review under the same names. Apparently their rebranding effort only goes so far."

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  1. Re:Why can't they have the people who make there A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When your ATM gets scammed: All you lose is money.
    When your voting system gets scammed: You lose your rights.

  2. They're looking at a different market. by khasim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With a bank, if you get the numbers wrong, you lose that bank as a client FOREVER.

    With an election, if you get the number wrong, you have a politician who will be your friend for life.

    Think about it. They can handle billions of dollars, but they can't keep a million votes straight? At some point you realize that it isn't incompetence. It's their goal.