Diebold lies again, this time to the tune of $2 million. Are we surprised?

Amaryllis

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Thu Apr-21-05 07:46 PM
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Diebold lies again, this time to the tune of $2 million. Are we surprised?

Instant-runoff voting urged for Alameda County
Supervisors hear of system that saves money and enhances participation
By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER

Spurred by the nation's largest experiment in instant-runoff voting in San Francisco, activists and a handful of local politicians demanded the latest flavor of democracy for Alameda County voters.

Protesters criticized the county's reluctance to embrace instant-runoff voting, saying that casting ballots for multiple, ranked candidates would save money and foster richer, more issue-driven political campaigns.

But on Tuesday they saved the sharpest ridicule for the county's voting vendor, Diebold Election Systems Inc.

In 2002, Diebold promised Alameda Countythat its
new touch-screen voting machines, purchased for $12 million, "can easily be programmed for preferential voting."

But recently Diebold and county elections officials have said new instant-runoff software for the touch screens will cost $2 million more.

More:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2677895

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AndyTiedye

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Thu Apr-21-05 08:01 PM
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1. What They Can Do With Those Diebold Voting Machinez

Edited on Thu Apr-21-05 08:01 PM by AndyTiedye

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Amaryllis

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Thu Apr-21-05 08:56 PM
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4. Okay, brilliant graphics. How do you create those (from one who is

completely graphics impaired)?

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AndyTiedye

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Thu Apr-21-05 10:39 PM
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5. The Smily Flinging the Monitor is a :argh:

and the Diebold logo is direct from Diebold's website.
then before the last line and after
except the <> are changed to square brackets for this board.

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LatePeriduct

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Thu Apr-21-05 08:48 PM
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2. Diebold has it down to a method.

We change our name to Liebold, one deleted voter at a time.

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Amaryllis

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Thu Apr-21-05 08:55 PM
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3. Love it! Liebold it is from now on.

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LatePeriduct

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Fri Apr-22-05 01:52 AM
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6. Kick for effect!

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FogerRox

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Fri Apr-22-05 12:35 PM
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7. instant runoff is not a solution, not a fix, not viable, I'm not buying it

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