Judge Rules ES&S has rights to Blackwell's Correspondence RE Diebold

Deal.

I don't have a subscription to the On-Line Columbus Dispatch ($4.95 a month) -- so I appologize that this is just a snippet that was on Ohio Honest Elections http://www.ohiohonestelections.org/

Thursday, May 19, 2005
Judge agrees voting-machine maker has right to documents — Blackwell accused of holding talks giving Diebold an advantage to meet requirements “Yesterday, a Franklin County judge ruled that Election Systems & Software of Omaha, Neb., should be able to see correspondence from Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell’s office.”
“In the lawsuit, the Omaha company accuses Blackwell of holding secret talks with Diebold, whose parent company is headquartered in North Canton.”



drip....drip....Drip...DRip...DRIP...

Please keep restoring my faith in the system. Our society cannot exist without the citizens having faith in it. Short sighted agendas can have lasting repercussions. As a lawmaker, would you want to be associated forever with defending a flawed agenda, one where the populace is taken advantage of, where corporations control YOU, control everything? Would you sell your soul to a corporation for alittle money...alot of money...which you can't take with you?
Or, do you take a stand, and say enough already. This is not right, and we all know it. If your children don't know it, your grandchildren sure will. Shame will come upon your name.
I have read enough on the day of reckoning. I like to believe it is when you die and you view your decisions one at a time. How you have treated your fellow human beings is a big part. The amount of money or power possessed will have no bearing. Nobody takes it with them, or if they do, it will have no influence. At the time of death, we are all the same. Lying on our deathbed, often remorse hits those who have not lived a life they realize too late, was the right path.
One who showed love for their fellow human beings.

it if we, all of the people who are irked at the direction this country is going; all of the people who know something "happened" on election day, and just can't find the smoking gun yet;, all of the people who are pissed off because of this illegal and immoral war that has been perpetrated by lies, and more lies; all of the people who just can't take it any more could rally together, send emails to major news outlets all within the same hour (timed by state) - who could go to their State House on the Same Day with many videographers or other record keepers in each state willing to send a copy of the film into one major left-leaning media sources, and we chanted, We're Mad as Hell and We're Not Going to Take it Anymore

Don't we hear over and over that Dems need to focus -- to stay on message? Well -- isn't that a place to start? Get them looking at you -- get them really looking at you, and then tell them why you are there.

I may be reading it wrong, but doesn't it grant one corrupt, dominionist freak company the rights to read information on its twin brother?

Where do 'we the people' get cut in?

I get the fact that anything bad for Blackwell is at least somewhat good in vengeful way...but if nobody more honest than friggin ES&S gets their hands on that correspondence, don't know how it helps.

changing one bid upon opening, awarding a contract, then revoking it and ordering up a new round of proposals -

http://www.kenblackwell.com/news.asp?formmode=release&id=39

which is something that is vaguely reminiscent of Blackwell's call for ALL counties to choose one of two vendors for Optiscan before a February Deadline, then doing a reversal and choosing Diebold touchscreen for all... I think it is important that the correspondence is "released" -- and though I don't know if it would be released to general public, or just to ES&S. I think that it's important that Blackwell is accountable for all of his actions. This man is running for Governor, and given the fact that Katherine Harris went quickly up the ladder after Florida was "delivered" in 2000 -- it would be in everyone's interest if he is properly investigated - whether or not it is another voting provider doesn't matter -- whether or not he is brought to task on the decisions he has made in the last few years, does.


List of articles surrounding the Toledo area and Blackwell's decisions

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/search?krit=Blackwell+Diebold

would these documents be accessible to the public once they are introduced into court? I'd love to see the correspondence between Diebold and Blackwell.