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Monday, July 31, 2006

Diebold Voting Machines are Designed to Facilitate Fraud

There have been doubts about the integrity of Diebold's electronic voting machines ever since their former CEO vowed to deliver Ohio for George W. Bush in 2004. There followed persistent reports of voting fraud in Ohio. Now BoomanTribune.com reports these machines are spcifically designed to facilitate fraud. They even made it quite easy, all you need is a screwdriver and a flash drive loaded with the cheat software. Oh, and a few minutes alone with the machine.

If your county spent millions buying these machines you'll never be able to trust the integrity of your elections again. Secretary of State Pedro Cortes refused all efforts to warn him of these issues before mandating that counties abide with HAVA and replace their old, reliable systems. In fact, he was quite obstinate.