Serious problems with Diebold in Washington State

For a journalist, Bev Harris sure as hell lacks tact... for example here is the executive summary (no permalinks means we can't link to the damn thing directly!) of yesterday's big announcement:

We�ve got the state election director misstating when versions were certified, somebody at the secretary of state�s office signing off on software with no NASED number, and when we try to find out what software is actually authorized, we get the buffalo shuffle. We�ve got a convicted drug dealer printing our ballots, a 23-count embezzler programming our voting system, and our absentee ballots are being funneled through a private company that hires mainly immigrants but also people straight out of prison.

We�ve now documented 10 states that are using unauthorized software, and internal memos that indicate that five Diebold programmers uploaded these unauthorized programs, knowing that this was not allowed.

I haven't had the chance to read the documents she has prepared... you might want to if you've got a minute: one, two, three.

Posted by joebeone at Diciembre 17, 2003 08:49 AM