Comments | alashiya: A Little Irony is Good for Your Blood

alashiya

A Little Irony is Good for Your Blood

Oct 05, 2008 10:43

In the 2004 Presidential election, the unauditable voting machines used in Ohio were made by the Diebold company, whose owner had promised to "deliver the state for President Bush." Someone certainly delivered the state for Bush, or we think they did--hard to tell when there's no audit trail--and Bush went on to serve the 2004-2009 term. ( Read more... )

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irene_adler October 5 2008, 16:12:05 UTC

I did not hear about some of these things. I'm going to look into it.

Good to see you blogging again!

alashiya October 13 2008, 21:00:07 UTC

There was quite a lot of news coverage of Ohio and its unauditable voting machines at the time, should still be readily available. My own opinion is that Bush probably did carry Ohio, because the big issue in the state was gay marriage, which most Ohio voters opposed--but we'll never know for sure because the Diebold machines were unauditable.

I remember seeing on TV--CNN?--a guy demonstrating how you can hack a Diebold machine in 5 minutes using a screwdriver, and leaving no trace.