OK, so I was wrong predicting Ken Blackwell to be the next governer of Ohio because he had specified Diebold. So much for my prophetic powers.
Apparently Diebold sells votes in small enough lots to be indetectable.
That they can is unconscionable.
So how did we find ourselves unable to read every last byte of source code compiled to run our transparent elections? How is it that I am able to ask whether that code may be compromised in a partisan manner and be told not to worry, experts have resolved that issue.
Apparently.
Mind you, these machines were sold to elections officials, not to voters. Neither have access to the source code because elections officials weren't concerned with it and voters weren't consulted.
Well, then, how to boycott Diebold?
When you choose to close a bank account and you can cite prominent displays of the Diebold logo on ATMs, vaults, deposit drawers...
Do so.
If they can screw up elections do you want to trust them with your money?
Every "voting machine" I've seen or heard of in the United States is really no more than a slighly obsolete Windows PC primped up with either a touch screen or a scanner, really nothing exotic. Voting is not rocket science, and there are undoubtedly some people local to you that could hack together a credible system and publish its code for plenty of review before the next election