Another story on Diebold voting machines

Diebold appears to have conflict

CEO lobbies for Bush while seeking contract to sell voting machines

CLEVELAND - A wealthy businessman helping the Ohio Republican Party try to win the state in 2004 for President Bush also is the head of a company competing for a state contract to sell voting machines.

Walden O'Dell, chief executive of Diebold Inc., told Republicans in an Aug. 14 fund-raising letter that he is ``committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year.''

The letter invited guests to a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser at O'Dell's suburban Columbus mansion and asked them to consider donating $10,000 each. The letter went out the day before Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, also a Republican, was set to qualify Diebold, based in Green, as one of three companies eligible to sell upgraded electronic voting machines to Ohio counties in time for the 2004 election.

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The manufacturer of voting machines openly lobbying for Bush Jr. Hmmm.

This makes me want to.....smash things.

how many states have these or are considering getting them? is there a link to states that have this?

I dunno if washington is considering it, seeing how this state is mostyl and heavily liberal, or govornor a critic of bush, and the people leaning far left.

Wow. The prime example of corruption.