Diebold is headquarterd in Ohio. They are the one of the largest manufacturers and vendors of electronic voting machines in the U.S. No discussion of voting fraud controversy is complete without dicsussion of news reporting about Diebold.
Bev Harris conducted a nationwide investigation of voting fraud and challenged voting results in several parts of the country....
.....and this is certainly relevant....the CEO of one of the largest U.S. EV machine vendor....an Ohio based corp....publicly committed to:
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in632436.shtml
E-Voting: Is The Fix In?
Aug.8, 2004
......."The concern that I have is not that somebody will tamper with the machine on Election Day and change the outcome. The concern I have is that those machines will be programmed from the start to favor one candidate over another and not to actually record and count the votes," says Rubin.
A Diebold plot to rig the elections? Where did that idea come from? The rumors began with this letter from Diebold's CEO, Wally Odell, who was moonlighting as a Republican fundraiser. In his invitation to a benefit for Bush last August, he wrote, <b>"I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president."</b>
After a public outcry, Odell announced in May that he was getting out of politics. ...........
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Given Diebold's business position, and it's sh*tty reputation as far as corporate ethics, and the poor security of it's software, and the lack of paper receipts as an obvious and standard system feature, Odell's comments sounded rabidly partisan, and a threat to the integrity of the vote in Ohio, and everywhere else.
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http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61640,00.html
Con Job at Diebold Subsidiary
10:05 AM Dec, 17, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO -- At least five convicted felons secured management positions at a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software....
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http://www.blackboxvoting.org/bbv_chapter-8.pdf
(PDF page 20....)
By now, Diebold Inc., the owner of what is now arguably the largest
voting-machine company in the U.S., has become famous for its vested
interests and an idiotic written statement made by its CEO.
Diebold director W. H. Timken has raised over $100,000 for the
2004 campaign of George W. Bush, earning the designation “Pioneer.”
Bush supporters qualify as Pioneers if they raise at least
$100,000, and Rangers if they raise $200,000. 51
On June 30, 2003, Diebold CEO Walton O’Dell organized a fundraising
party for Vice President Dick Cheney, raising $600,000 and
many of our antennas. 52
Julie Carr-Smyth, of The Plain Dealer, discovered in August 2003
that O’Dell had traveled to Crawford, Texas, for a Pioneers and Rangers
meeting attended by George W. Bush. Then Smyth learned of a
letter, written by O’Dell shortly after returning from the Bush ranch
and sent to 100 of his wealthy and politically inclined friends, which
said:
“I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the
president next year.’’ 53
Admitting that such candor was a mistake, O’Dell later told Smyth,
“I don’t have a political adviser or a screener or a letter reviewer or
any of that stuff.” 54
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