[Seattle-editorial] FP: King County, Diebold Voting Software, and Felons, Oh My

[Jason Reep]

approve also.

typist at speakeasy.net wrote:

>Approve!
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gentry Lange [mailto:g at art13.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 07:47 AM
>>To: 'Editorial'
>>Subject: [Seattle-editorial] 	FP: King County, Diebold Voting Software, and Felons, Oh My
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>>Full Disclosure, I'm Andy's Campaign Manager. Walt was at this Press
>>Conference as well... so I didn't see anything from him today, so here's my
>>post.
>>
>>Gentry
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>>Title: King County, Diebold Voting Software, and Felons, Oh My
>>Subtitle: Democracy and Voting In America
>>
>>Andy Stephenson, a Democratic Candidate for Secretary of State in Washington
>>has dug up some new dirt on Diebold, along with Black Box Voting author, Bev
>>Harris. According to allegations made at a press conference today in
>>Seattle, Diebold is apparently full of convicted felons, this AP Story
>>details some of the allegations levied. While the complete press pack is
>>available online at Black Box Voting. During the press conference it came
>>out that, Jeffery Dean, a current executive with Diebold was previously
>>convicted of thefts that were hidden through a "cover-up [that] involved a
>>high degree of sophistication and planning in the use and alteration of
>>records in the computerized accounting system that defendant maintained for
>>the victim, and the defendant used his position of trust and fiduciary
>>responsibility as a computer systems and accounting consultant for the
>>victim to facilitate the commission of the offenses.” Last month the
>>Secretary of State of California had a meeting and ordered Diebold to
>>cooperate with, and to pay for an audit of their installed
>>hardware/firmware/software versions statewide. Today partial results of that
>>audit were released, and it was a doozie...
>>
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>><a href="http://www.andystephenson.com">Andy Stephenson</a>, a Democratic
>>Candidate
>>for Secretary of State in Washington has dug up some new dirt on Diebold,
>>along
>>with Black Box Voting author, Bev Harris. According to allegations made at a
>>press
>>conference today in Seattle, Diebold is apparently full of convicted felons,
>>this
>><a
>>href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031216/APN/3
>>12161067">AP
>>Story</a> details some of the allegations levied. While the complete press
>>pack
>>is available online at <a href="http://www.blackboxvoting.com">Black Box
>>Voting</a>.
>>During the press conference it came out that, Jeffery Dean, a current
>>executive
>>with Diebold was previously convicted of thefts that were hidden through a
>>"cover-up
>>[that] involved a high degree of sophistication and planning in the use and
>>alteration
>>of records in the computerized accounting system that defendant maintained
>>for
>>the victim, and the defendant used his position of trust and fiduciary
>>responsibility
>>as a computer systems and accounting consultant for the victim to facilitate
>>the
>>commission of the offenses.” Last month the Secretary of State of California
>><a href="http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/vsp_121603.pdf">had
>>a meeting</a> and ordered Diebold to cooperate with, and to pay for an audit
>>of
>>their installed hardware/firmware/software versions statewide. Today partial
>>results
>>of that audit were released, and <a
>>href="http://www.blackboxvoting.org/htdocs/dcforum/DCForumID52/28.html">it
>>was a doozie</a>...
>>
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