Diebold sues Mass for rejecting their machines

[thoughtanarchist]

Firm sues Mass. over contract for voting machines for disabled

By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer | March 25, 2007

BOSTON --One of the nation's top manufacturers of voting machines is taking the state to court Monday to try to block distribution of machines for the disabled in Massachusetts, saying it was unfairly denied the lucrative contract.

An attorney for Diebold Election Systems Inc. said the company should have been awarded the $9 million contract if Secretary of State William Galvin followed his own criteria when deciding which firm the state should contract with for the new machines.

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Galvin chose AutoMARK voting machines, in part because he said the machines produce the same kind of ballot card as other voting machines, so the ballots could be counted together. He said the Diebold machines produced a paper trail that could compromise the secrecy of ballots cast.

He also said that disabled voters who tested all the machines preferred the AutoMARK machines.

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[dapper]

1. Big Business does not controll our elections...

even though Bush gave them his blessing...D'OH!!

Dapper

[thoughtanarchist]

2. Yep...

But it seems Big Business still has their hooks in our healthcare legislation... :argh:

"Bye Travigliani, Don't let the door hit you on the way out... "