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What a surprise! Their software sucks, they don't give two shits about it, and rather than fix it, they break the law and cover up. Standard operating procedure for the part of corporate American that supports Bush.

Attorneys for Diebold Election Systems Inc. warned in late November that its use of uncertified vote-counting software in Alameda County violated California election law and broke its $12.7 million contract with Alameda County.

Soon after, a review of internal legal memos obtained by ANG Newspapers shows, Diebold's attorneys at the Los Angeles office of Jones Day realized the McKinney, Texas-based firm also faced a threat of criminal charges and exile from California elections.

Yet despite warnings from the state's chief elections officer, Diebold continued fielding poorly tested, faulty software and hardware in at least two of California's largest urban counties during the Super Tuesday primary, when e-voting temporarily broke down and voters were turned away at the polls.

Other documentation obtained by ANG shows that the latest approved versions of Diebold's vote-counting software in this state cast doubt on the firm's claims elsewhere that it has fixed multiple security vulnerabilities unearthed in the last year.
(via Tri Valley Herald from The Agonist)

And just in case anyone has forgotten:

The chief executive of Ohio-based Diebold Inc., one of the largest voting machine manufacturers and a top target of security critics, is a top fund-raiser for the Bush campaign. In an August fund-raising letter, Walden O'Dell sought $10,000 donations and declared he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
(via Miami Herald)

And, as usual, we should start taking the Republicans at their word. "Deliver" means the same as "deliver by any means necessary," just as Florida was delivered.

Maybe someone can give me a good reason to regard a close Bush win in 2004 as legitimate, but I sure can't think of one.

UPDATE Alert reader 56K points out that Diebold insiders may know the jig is up: they're dumping their stock. Even more interesting, it looks like the company's General Counsel is the main culprit. Hmm....