Thursday, March 26, 2009

FINE, if we can't rig your election we're leaving!

Source: BRAD BLOG



Exclusive: Diebold 'Nukes' Humboldt County!
Company terminates all contracts - including voter registration system - following county's discovery, disclosure of major flaws in Diebold/Premier voting systems...

At the California Secretary of State's public hearing regarding the possible decertification of Diebold's tabulator systems, GEMS v1.18.19, in relation to the "Deck Zero" covert deletion of 197 ballots in the November election, the audit log's magical "clear" button, and the GEMS audit logs failing to report when ballots were manually deleted by the operator, Diebold/Premier representatives tried to shift blame for the 197 deleted ballots onto Humboldt County, CA's Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich.

Crnich responded, "If you're saying that your system needs to be checked every damn time we turn it on, I agree with you."

Crnich's use of an expletive seems to have pushed Diebold/Premier's legal counsel over the edge, causing them to reach for and firmly press the "nuke" button in response, by petulantly informing the county of termination of licensing for the use of any of the company's products...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7016

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