On June 1, 2004, for example, Diebold lists an amount of $2,498.44 with an invoice describing "sponsorship", payable to The Election Center.
They also paid $500 to the National Association of Secretaries of State on the same date.
But these aren't the main course, folks. Much bigger payments are going out, to pass-through corporations who have already been exposed for doing nothing while passing funds through to politicians. Some of these are big Dem supporters, by the way. If we want Dems to be the good guys, they had BETTER get on the good side of this issue, and they've been waaaaay too slow to do so. I'm waiting with foot tapping.
By the way, we just put up a 4-part consumer report series on our new web site (
http://www.blackboxvoting.org), and in Part 2, scroll down to the red headline
"when and how did this get into the GEMS program" or something like that.
You'll see just how excellent Andy Stephenson's research is when you read that.
It isn't about stupidity. It isn't about political pranks and games. This is about crooks, as we've been saying all along.
Bev