The folks at Diebold find themselves holding the bag. Their Allen Texas based branch that makes the now widely discredited electronic voting machines has become a white elephant. They have tried to sell the voting technology unit but have failed to find a buyer. I suspect they are trying to distance themselves from what is sure to be a legal and financial morass.The unit is being spun off with a separate board of directors and perhaps a new management structure according to an article in the Dallas Morning News. This move comes on the heels of several tests that proves the machines can be easily hacked and votes can be altered. Also mentioned in the article was the controversy involving the former president of Diebold, Wally O’Dell. His ties to the Republican Party and President Bush attracted lots of attention as Diebold machines were rolled out in many states before the last election.
Though the company says it still has confidence in the product, this move shows the Diebold folks as trying to distance themselves from it as fast as possible. I suspect prosecution or a major investigation is in the offing. Guess we will all have to keep our eyes and ears open on this one.
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Hardy, I feel certain you must be the same Hardy my brother Gary would mention from time to time. You were friends at HHS. I'm very interested in voting systems and would love to talk with you about it some time. I live in Plano.
Glad to hear any comments. Drop me an email and let's chat.
Regarding the former president's ties to the Greedy Old Parasites (GOP), there MUST have been some willfullness, because the company also makes most of the ATMs around (at least the older ones) and you KNOW the banks would NEVER have bought THEM if they were so easily compromised . . .
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