Quoted: story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040907/tc_nm/tech_diebold_dc
Calif. to Sue Diebold Over False Claims
Tue Sep 7, 6:59 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said on Tuesday he would sue electronic voting machine maker Diebold Inc. (NYSE:DBD - news) on charges it defrauded the state with false claims about its products.
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has said Diebold deceived California with aggressive marketing that led to the installation of touch-screen voting systems that were not tested or approved nationally or in California.
Lockyer's office issued a statement noting he has authority to intervene in and take over false claims cases involving vendors to state.
"Lockyer determined sufficient evidence existed to go forward with a false claims lawsuit against Diebold," the statement said. The state's top lawyer earlier had dropped a criminal investigation of Diebold.
Diebold Vice President Thomas Swidarski said in a statement that the company was pleased Lockyer dropped the probe. Despite Lockyer's decision to sue, the company is "confident that the state's decision to intervene will aid in a fair and dispassionate examination of the issues raised in the case," Swidarski said.
California in April set tough new standards for electronic voting by ordering new security measures for e-voting machines, and California's Secretary of State called for a criminal probe into Diebold, the state's largest e-voting machine supplier.
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This oughta make this years elections even more interesting, since their insecure machines are used in places other than cali.
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Ahh, but the machines are entirely secure... Seriously...
Of course, once a Democrat looses an election where they are used, there will be a lawsuit...
But if the Democrat had won, there would have been no problem...
I've looked at the complaints about the Diebold system, and it's 100% bullshit.
If you actually know anything about IT security, you know that the 'problems' cited are only applicable if you are dealing with a full PC connected to a network...
Without a mouse, keyboard, or network connection, the machines are 100% secure by physical measures. The only way they can be breached is if a machine is stolen and physically disassembled.
Paper is FAR more vulnerable to fraud than electronic systems. We've had it happen here in Milwaukee, where ballots were thrown away instead of countedThis isn't the movies, and these machines can't be hacked into just because they are computers. You need a way in, and since the 'way in' has been removed, there is no need for complex encryption or software security...