Diebold to pay $2.6 million for Lies about Voting Machine Security

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Thursday November 18, 2004 · 12:15 PM PST

2004/11/18 · 12:15

This story came out in the Contra Costa Times (CA) a few days ago but got little national attention. I find it quite fitting in the face of today's UC Berekeley Study pointing to potential problems with the voting machines in Florida. see http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/ go down the page a bit - it's right under VOTING.

So, here's the scoop:

"Diebold agreed to pay an unprecedented $2.6 million fine after the state attorney general found it had lied about equipment sold in California and violated state laws...

State Attorney General Lockyer and Alameda County prosecutors accused the company of making false statements about the security of its electronic voting systems and its compliance with federal and state certification requirements.

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Living Under Fascism: A Strategic Plan

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Friday November 12, 2004 · 6:10 PM PST

2004/11/12 · 18:10

In our nation today, religious ideology trumps sound judgment, domestic and foreign policy is executed by a handful of right-wing zealots and the majority of media outlets are owned by a select few. We vote by machines that produce no paper ballot, and that are not audited to verify the results.

Welcome to the end of Democracy in America. And say hello to our new fundamentalist theocracy.

I am not alone in the belief that our country is heading quickly towards a form of frightening religious fascism. Unfortunately, the debate about what went wrong and how to fix it is not our highest priority right now, though still vitally important. Our highest priority now is to create a strategic plan for how the millions of people who voted against Bush will organize to defend our rights and our values against a regime that no longer resembles democracy... Read More

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