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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:02 AM
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WI: County Rejects (HAVA) Grant for (Diebold) Voting Machines
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Winnebago County rejects grant for voting machines

May 17, 2006

OSHKOSH — The Winnebago County Board narrowly rejected a proposal to accept $294,000 in grant funding for touch-screen voting machines based on concerns regarding the integrity of the system.

The board Tuesday fell two votes short of the necessary 26 votes required to accept the funding for the purchase of 49 Diebold touch-screen machines.

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Supervisors Bill Wingren and Jef Hall came out strongly against the purchase of the Diebold machines based on issues including reported high failure rates and the potential that the machines could be hacked.

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http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/APC0101/605170665/1003/APC01
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:05 AM
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1. wooohoooo!
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:10 AM
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2. Good start guys
now look into Votepad systems or an open source system that can be truly evaluated in an independent fashion.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:11 AM
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3. Oshkosh, one of the bastions of Redness in Wisconsin. whow.
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nofurylike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:21 AM
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4. wow. that really says it all. TY Wilms! eom
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 01:34 AM
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5. when Bev first broke the Diebold story i told my wife and she had her
Womens Investment group dump all the Diebold stock just before it started to tank..

that was probably the first time she ever listened to me..
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 02:41 AM
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6. Hmmm, now there's a thought! Maybe Bev sold Diebold stock short too! nt
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kster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 07:48 AM
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7. Kick............nt
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 10:54 AM
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8. Geez, I am in the wrong bizzz
To sell 49 machines for $294,000..... that's like $6,000 for a $400 machine. That is some kinda profit margin. Shoot, I could buy hundreds of politicians with that kind of money.
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JimDandy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 02:05 PM
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10. One of the biggest scams
about the voting machines, but the one that is the least noticed is the "suggested military hammer price" they're sold for. We need to push back with the phrase "tax-payer funded" machines every time we see "HAVA funded" thrown around in the press. Bringing it down to wallet level wakes up people, especially the everyman who isn't a voter, but will raise a ruckus at his county council or BoE if the issue touches his wallet.
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-18-06 12:23 PM
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9. Recommended
:woohoo:
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