Ohio sues Diebold over voting machines that ‘drop’ votes, finally! Election Systems & Software (formerly Diebold) manufactures voting machines and they have gotten a lot of bad press, but nobody I know really seems to care.

A paper ballot system can be audited by any rational adult. An electronic ballot system can not… you can’t see the source code and Diebold doesn’t want you auditing their software (because it’s a trade secret). Even if you have access to the computer’s source code, are you sure that it is the same as the binary running on their machines? Are you a computer programmer who understands both security and election rules? I’m not… I can count though. I could count ballots and be accurate.. I’d even let you look over my shoulder and watch to make sure that I’m being honest.

Read the article for yourself, I’m not going to write a good summary… you do the work this time! These are your freedoms here… Don’t expect anyone else to do the work for you!

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Oh, someone who does know computers and politics believes the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections may have been ‘fixed’ by Diebold…

Diebold changes their name – maybe now we will all think that their voting machines are great!

In this article are some interesting observations from Ed Felten, who has found some inconsistencies in the New Jersey voting machines.

More flaws in DIebold voting machines…

The list goes on and on…

Colorado de-certified some of their machines last year because the machines have problems with security and accuracy.

Make your own key to open voting machines?!?!?!

Maybe you should visit the Verified Voting Foundation.

You do remember when Diebold was caught whitewashing their own Wikipedia page, don’t you?