Fuckers that are ruining America alert: Diebold changes its name

[Generator]

OOOH I can't believe I missed this on DU.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/17/diebold-scrubs-wikipedia-changes-name-of-voting-machine-subsidiary/

The name change, the company says in a press release, “signals a new beginning” and a “fresh identity” — though in the same release the firm concedes that it will still be making and pushing the same sorry voting machines (machines that, as Princeton computer scientist Edward Felten and his colleagues showed last year, are actually vulnerable to a virus-based attack). Read more…

It seems Diebold has teamed up with FOXNews in an attempt to re-write history. We have to stay on top of this sort of trickery, especially with the crucial 2008 presidential election on the horizon. Let’s review - Diebold Election Systems is now PREMIER Election Systems.

MEET the new boss-same as the old under a new name.

[fascisthunter]

1. How Disgusting... That Company Should Be Sued Till it Folds (nt)

[AndyA]

2. MEET the new boss-same as the old under a new name

The way the voting is going in Iowa and New Hampshire, I think that could apply to the White House as well. :(

[Naturyl]

5. Yeah, you said it

People are voting the way the ALL-POWERFUL TV tells them to.

Kucinich got 1%. Gravel got 0%. Truth, integrity, and principle got roundly ignored.

This country doesn't need Diebold/Premier to do the dirty deed. The media is working just fine.

[Fearless]

3. A rose by any other name... and a turd by any other name... same difference.

[calmblueocean]

4. those sleazy bastards...

don't fix the flaws in the machine, just change your company's name! AAAAAAARGH

[mod mom]

6. join us over at ER forum for this and much more.

[kster]

8. ---

:thumbsup:

[doublethink]

7. Why does this not surprise me ....... tonight ....

exit polls had Obama winning this thing .... yes exit polls, not all the pre-polls .... never thought I'd suspect the corporate machine with it's claws deeply entrenched in our party. Hey McCain's exit polls came out just as predicted tonight, why aren't ours? Drawing no conclusions ... just throwing this out there. Still a couple college towns to count from what I hear in N.H. ... is this an omen of things to come?

[MadMaddie]

9. Premier Election Systems. is the new name. lets spread it

far and wide..

[cyberpj]

10. Premier Election Systems AND LHS ASSOCIATES (THE ONLY PROGRAMMING COMPANY)

NH: "1st in the nation" with corporate controlled secret vote counting
By Nancy Tobi
Democracy for NH Article Link

81% of New Hampshire ballots are counted in secret by a private corporation named Diebold Election Systems (now known as "Premier Election Systems"). The elections run on these machines are programmed by one company, LHS Associates, based in Methuen, MA. We know nothing about the people programming these machines, and we know even less about LHS Associates. We know even less about the secret vote counting software used to tabulate 81% of our ballots. People like to say "but we use paper ballots! They can always be counted by hand!"

But they're not. They're counted by Diebold. Only a candidate can request a hand recount, and most never do so. And a rigged election can easily become a rigged recount, as we learned in Ohio 2004, where two election officials were convicted of rigging their recount. (Is it just a funny coincidence that Diebold spokesman is named Mr. Riggall?)

We need to get the count right on election night. Right now, nobody in New Hampshire, except the programmers at LHS Associates and Diebold Election Systems, knows if we are getting it right or wrong. Our state officials and representatives know this. They learned all about it when computer security specialists Harri Hursti and Bruce Odell testified before the legislative subcommittee on e-voting in September 2007 (Hursti's testimony is shown in this video). Scientific reports about the vulnerabilities and risks with Diebold optical scanners have been available since 2003.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00057.htm

[DaveJ]

11. You gotta admit Die-bold is a pretty bad name

I don't think it makes them any worse than before.

[derby378]

12. It's Premier Election SOLUTIONS, people...

Want the portal to Hell? All hope abandon, ye who enter here...

http://www.premierelections.com/default.htm

[annabanana]

15. Ahh. . Solutions to those "problem" elections....

Now I get it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. Oh great! Now I have to buy a new bumper sticker

or get out my magic marker for my "Diebold...Keeping America Safe from Democracy" Bumper Sticker.:(

[roody]

14. New name, same shame

"The School of the Americas" changed its name to "Western Hemisphere Institute of National Security Cooperation."

[Rex]

16. How quaint, Foxnews and PREMIER. Criminal organizations

that enable fascism for profit. Both rigged the 2000 election. ES&S, Diebold, PREMIER, whatever...criminals one and all.

[sandnsea]

17. "persons" shouldn't be allowed to change names

This is one of the biggest problems with corporations. Any time they get exposed, or go bankrupt, they just change their name and move on. If people can't do it, corporations shouldn't be able to do it either.