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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 07:54 AM
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Diebold Rep Now Runs Elections (California county)
This is so stunningly corrupt...

"An influential employee of voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems left the company recently to take a job as elections manager for a California county.

Deborah Seiler, a sales representative for the beleaguered voting company, was hired a week ago and started Monday in Solano County, northeast of San Francisco in California's wine country. The position puts her second in command of elections in the county, under the registrar of voters.

The move raises eyebrows because Seiler played a role in a recent scandal involving Diebold and the county. As the Diebold sales rep, Seiler sold Solano County nearly 1,200 touch-screen machines that were not federally tested or state certified. When the state banned the machines because of Diebold's business practices, the county had to find a replacement for the machines and pay Diebold more than $400,000 to get out of its contract."



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http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65120,00.html
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 07:58 AM
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1. this has all the markings of a scam that will hurt voters -
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 11:25 AM
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2. It'll Look a Little Odd when Solano Goes 99% * while CA goes 60-40 Kerry
but there probably aren't enough people in Solano county to tilt the state to Boosh.
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 11:58 AM
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3. Ah, now there is an opening at Diebold for
Cathy Cox?
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Jester_11218 Donating Member (914 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 12:19 PM
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4. We warned you about California!
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 01:10 PM
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6. Legislation requiring paper trails in 2006 is EnrArnie covering his ass.
The Enron/Bush cartel definitely has plans to commit mass voter fraud in California. The plan is for California to go to Bu$h despite polls which heavily favor John Kerry, maybe by as much as 15 to 20 percentage points.

It will be the true "miracle of the Black Boxes" if they are not prevented from doing it. California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is apparently a republican stooge and seems to be quite happily letting this all go down.

Enron Arnie passed legislation to require a "paper trail" in 2006 as a ploy to exonerate himself from blame when the voters of California scream bloody murder when they realize after the election that their votes were changed or not counted.

Make no mistake, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a crook in cahoots with the energy industry, and he is going to do everything he possibly can to fraudulently throw the election for Bu$h in California.

There is no way possible that Bu$h could win an honest majority of the vote in California. No way whatsoever.

If Bu$h does steal a "majority" of the vote in California, it will be the final proof that democracy in America is dead.

And in that case, all bets are off.
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Peter1x9 Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 12:58 PM
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5. Wow
It's pretty amazing to hear things like this happening where I used to live. I was born in Fairfield (the county seat of solano county).
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:17 PM
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7. This country is about to be f___ked again. Where the
Hell are the checks and balances guaranteed by our founding fathers. Even though he laughed when he said it, Bush was apparently serious about being a dictator. I want this bastard and his buddies out now.
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Amigust Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 06:59 PM
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9. Checks and balances only as good as the
lawmakers voters enable.

"Dictator" - I'm sure it correctly expressed Bushmaster's hidden desires. There's a lot of deep psychological motivation in the thoughts we express and the words we choose to express them. This serpent is transparent to anyone willing to see.
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 06:10 PM
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8. kick
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Dakkon Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 07:20 PM
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10. That is unbelievable...
Edited on Thu Sep-30-04 07:21 PM by Dakkon
so in other words, my vote for Kerry will be worthless in California due to that and Arnold's scandals?

I guess I don't have to go and make a effort to vote eh since Anrold will trash mine? bah.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 09:45 PM
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11. Maybe it's really time to buy guns and ammo. eom
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