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"Shawn Hearn" <srhi@comcast.net> wrote in message news:srhi-AF9D36.14503305092004@news-40.giganews.com...
> In article <2prj7eFnfjigU1@uni-berlin.de>,
>  I Won 3 Self Inflicted Purple Hearts and Got out of 'Nam Early
>  <jketchup@teresasaysshoveit.com> wrote:
>
> > bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:
> >
> > > Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators
> > > _______________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
> > >
> > > Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator --
> > > 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million
> > > votes at a time.
> > >
> > > By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes
> > > is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer
> > > matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals
> > > from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and
> > > to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security
> > > measures to fully mitigate the risks.
> > >
> > Sounds like a democrat's wet dream, now no longer do they have to worry
> > about throwing out military votes, having felons vote, and having 46,000
> > people who are registered in both New York and Florida getting caught
> > for double voting.
>
> Its a Republican's wet dream. Diebold is owned lock, stock, and barrel
> by the Republicans. The president of that company is conservative and
> a heavy contributor to Republican political organizations, including
> George's W. Bush's campaigns.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/28/sunday/main632436.shtml

"A Diebold plot to rig the elections? Where did that idea
come from? The rumors began with this letter from
Diebold's CEO, Wally Odell, who was moonlighting as
a Republican fundraiser. In his invitation to a benefit for
Bush last August, he wrote, "I am committed to helping
Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president."

Rick