Legal Action Against Diebold in Florida! (Brad's Blog)

[cascadiance]

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[Wilms]

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x416163

[SongOfTheRayne]

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[cascadiance]

3. The story is now up on BradBlog.com

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002519.htm

Brad just put an entry into Latest Breaking News now too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2154135

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Why don't they just do it the old fashioned way?

:shrug: That's what we do. We have a big sheet with all the canidates name's and we get a sharpie pen and bubble in (or write in if you prefer that way) next to the canidate's name. You do put it in a scantron but at least there is a paper trail and that makes me feel more comfortable and not in pencil either. It'd be really hard to erase a sharpie pen mark. Plus it's big enough for people to read and not tiny.

[RandiFan1290]

5. Aren't those the optical scan ballots?

That is what the suit is about. The total can be manipulated after the ballots are scanned.

[Coexist]

6. story"

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS LAUNCHED AGAINST DIEBOLD IN FLORIDA!
Leon County Election Supervisor Alleges 'Breach of Contract' After Security Test Revealed Hackable Elections Possible on Diebold Optical-Scan Systems!
E-Voting Monolith and 'Competitors' All Refuse to do Business with County Unless the Elected Ion Sancho is 'Removed from Office'


Ion Sancho is fighting back.

Sancho, the Election Supervisor of Leon County, Florida who exposed a number of security flaws in Electronic Voting Machines made by the Diebold corporation of North Canton, Ohio, has today launched legal "breach of contract" proceedings against the company. The action has been filed on behalf of the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office.

In a conversation moments ago with Sancho, he confirmed to The BRAD BLOG that, "we filed a breach action this morning, pursuant to a contract which notifies Diebold we are pursuing all available options."

The breach concerns Diebold's refusal to deliver their latest operating system for the optical scan voting systems which had previously been used in Leon County -- until Sancho discovered an alarming security flaw in the system at the end of last year.

"According to our contract with Diebold," Sancho explained, "we have to give them 30 days notice. And so we are requiring them to answer by March 21, as to how they intend to repair the breach."