Commissioners join effort to delay use of new voting machines in Ohio

[shirlden]

The Athens County commissioners have joined with their counterparts in Montgomery County in asking Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to delay implementation of new voting machines in Ohio.

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In their letter to Athens County about the situation, the Montgomery County Commissioners outlined their concers about the new voting machines.

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http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=13857


These people are more concerned about the money to pay for these machines. This would be a great opportunity for any of our Duers in these two counties to contact the Commissioners about the security problems. Also note, Athens and Montgomery each have large colleges. Good time to get the students activated.

[arcane1]

1. wasn't it Ohio that had the "committed" rep

Committed to giving Ohio to the repubes on '04? :shrug:

[hang a left]

2. By Joe Arcane

You have cracked another one: D

that D there was supposed to be a smile, I don't know how to do it I guess.

edited for stupidity

[Kolesar]

3. yes, a Diebold EVM lobbiest "promised" Ohio to the Gooops

you could probably search a dozen threads about it here. You could google it too.

[Snellius]

4. Check the links on Cursor.com

In a recent fund-raising letter to Republicans, the head of Diebold Inc., which is vying to sell its voting machines in Ohio, wrote that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." Plus: "It appears you can't throw a dead cat around the world of voting machines without hitting a conflict of interest."

http://www.cursor.org/toc.htm

[DEMActivist]

5. Not Lobbyist - the CEO of Diebold

None other than Wally O'Dell - CEO of the elections division of Diebold.

Pioneer fundraiser for George Bush; recipient of the "coveted" invitation to the pig ranch, no less.

He was holding a $10,000/plate fundraising luncheon for Shrub.

[Bushfire]

6. Some good background info here

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1060507915313300.xml