Fox guarding the henhouse? Ex Diebold rep to head SD Voter Registration

[Joanie Baloney]

Man - how far up their asses can they put their heads anyway?

New registrar of voters already coming under fire

Ties to vote-machine makers questioned
By Craig Gustafson
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

May 12, 2007

Deborah Seiler, 57, who is assistant registrar of voters in Solano County, will take over as San Diego County's registrar starting June 4. She will make $150,000 annually.


Walt Ekard, the county's chief administrative officer, said Seiler's experience will be invaluable as the registrar's office prepares for perhaps its busiest year ever in 2008.

But Paul Lehto, co-founder of Psephos, a nonprofit group that focuses on election integrity, questioned the hiring of Seiler based on her work with Diebold and Sequoia Pacific Systems, which also makes voting machines.

“Seiler is known as one of the best PR people or apologists for secret vote-counting that exists in the nation, and she's coming to San Diego County,” Lehto said.

read the rest here:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070512-9999-...


This would be funny if it was fiction. *sigh*

JB

(Cross-posted from Election reform)

[shraby]

1. What does she make $150,000 a year for?

This question is in addition to the previous employment with voting machine manufacturers.

[Joanie Baloney]

2. Maybe...

Making sure the fix is in? Or perhaps it's her awesome skill making PowerPoint presentations.

;)