Briefly: California county ditches Diebold e-voting

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California county ditches Diebold
e-voting machines

California county ditches Diebold
e-voting machines 05/26/2004 07:43 PM

Solano County ends e-voting contract
with Diebold

Solano County ends e-voting contract
with Diebold 05/26/2004 07:47 PM
SiliconValley.com May 26 2004 10:15PM GMT

California county to defy e-voting ban

California county to defy e-voting ban 05/12/2004 09:29 PM
San Bernardino County plans to defy an order issued by California's secretary of state and use its electronic voting machines in the November election.

California set to reject Diebold
e-voting machines

California set to reject Diebold
e-voting machines 04/23/2004 09:46 PM
ATM giant faces uphill battle

California Grills Diebold Over E-Voting
Foul-Ups

California Grills Diebold Over E-Voting
Foul-Ups 04/22/2004 01:33 PM

California sues Diebold over e-voting
snafu

California sues Diebold over e-voting
snafu 09/08/2004 05:07 AM
Brief Demands new President, new Governor...

California officials reject Diebold
e-voting machine

California officials reject Diebold
e-voting machine 04/23/2004 04:23 PM
The California Voting Systems and Procedures Panel recommended decertifying an electronic voting machine and launching an investigation of its manufacturer, Diebold Election Systems.

California to sue Diebold over voting
machine-related fraud

California to sue Diebold over voting
machine-related fraud 09/07/2004 10:10 PM
California's Attorney General Bill Lockyer said today that he is suing Diebold over fraudulent claims he believes that company has made with regards to their electronic voting machines.

California To Sue Diebold; Diebold
Pleased

California To Sue Diebold; Diebold
Pleased 09/07/2004 09:59 PM
The latest in the Diebold saga in California is that Attorney General Bill Lockyer has decided to sue the company, saying they made false claims about their product. Amusingly, Diebold continues to mislead in their response to the lawsuit by noting that they are: "pleased Lockyer dropped the probe." When the only reason the probe has been dropped is because there's enough info to sue, it seems like there's not much to be "pleased" about.

Diebold out of Calif. county

Diebold out of Calif. county 05/27/2004 03:23 AM
USA Today May 27 2004 6:54AM GMT

California Says No More Diebold

California Says No More Diebold 04/22/2004 08:00 PM
Following story after story after story of questionable actions by Diebold with their electronic voting machines, culminating in the news that they knew they were breaking the law by using uncertified software in their machines during last month's primaries, a commission has recommended that California decertify all Diebold voting machines. Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has until the end of next week to make a decision on whether or not to follow the recommendation, and so far he's shown a good understanding of the issues involved (he is the one who said all e-voting machines should have a paper trail). Diebold's response is typical. Instead of admitting that they screwed up repeatedly in very damaging ways, they claim that being decertified "doesn't solve the problems" - suggesting that it's not their fault that they didn't solve their own problems and went ahead with illegally using software that hadn't been certified.

Diebold Gets Stay in California

Diebold Gets Stay in California 01/17/2004 10:53 PM
Expecting California officials to rule on Diebold Election Systems' recent actions in the state, voting activists descended upon the capital Thursday to express their views. But nothing happened. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento.

California AG Says He'll Sue Diebold

California AG Says He'll Sue Diebold 09/07/2004 10:12 PM

Diebold Settles With California

Diebold Settles With California 12/19/2004 03:47 PM
Now that the elections are over, and electronic voting isn't in the same sort of spotlight it was a few months ago, Diebold has settle d their lawsuit with the state of California, agreeing to pay $2.6 million for fraudulent claims made about their product. Some of that money will go towards better training of poll workers. The company also promises that next time (no, really) they will actually meet the standards that have been set and won't mess with the software at the last minute without telling anyone. It remains to be seen whether or not that actually happens, as the company seems to have a history of repeatedly ignoring the type of moves that might make people feel more comfortable knowing their vote was actually counted.

Diebold May Be Banned From California

Diebold May Be Banned From California 12/17/2003 01:13 PM
It's looking like some of Diebold's choices may be coming back to haunt them a bit. While they've been loudly unapologetic for security holes that were found in their offerings (and quick to pull the legal trigger on anyone who pointed them out), perhaps they should have spent a little more time "doing the right thing" rather than "covering up the wrong thing." The latest news is that California may ban Diebold from selling voting machines in the state, after investigating the claims that some of their machines were using software that had not been certified. Meanwhile, Fortune magazine has voted paperless electronic voting as the worst technology of 2003.

California votes against Diebold

California votes against Diebold 04/22/2004 02:41 PM
CNET Apr 22 2004 7:14PM GMT

California decertifies Diebold bugware

California decertifies Diebold bugware 05/03/2004 08:17 AM
Touchy screens

"In the Superior Court of California,
County of San Mateo"

"In the Superior Court of California,
County of San Mateo" 12/19/2004 03:21 PM

California county sues state over e-vote
ban

California county sues state over e-vote
ban 05/07/2004 07:15 PM
Riverside County teams up with groups representing the disabled to sue California's secretary of state for banning voting machines that help the disabled vote anonymously.

More Diebold E-Voting Vulnerabilities

More Diebold E-Voting Vulnerabilities 09/22/2004 11:53 AM

San Bernardino County To Ignore E-Voting
Ban

San Bernardino County To Ignore E-Voting
Ban 05/12/2004 06:54 PM
While Riverside County in California decided to sue California's Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley for decertifying electronic voting machines unless they put security measures in place, San Bernardino apparently decided that's too much trouble. Instead, they're just going to ignore the ban. They claim that the Secretary of State gave the approval for the voting machines once and now he can't go back on it. As far as they're concerned the ban never happened.

California Panel Recommends Dumping
Diebold

California Panel Recommends Dumping
Diebold 04/23/2004 12:13 PM

Voting panel grills Diebold

Voting panel grills Diebold 04/21/2004 06:26 PM
The elections systems vendor comes under fierce questioning the day after a staff report for the California secretary of state charged it with breaking state elections law.

Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure
Voting Machines

Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure
Voting Machines 12/19/2004 03:51 PM
Slashdot Dec 19 2004 4:24AM GMT

Diebold voting machines vulnerability

Diebold voting machines vulnerability 08/31/2004 08:20 AM
Cory Doctorow: Diebold's voting machines have a stunning security defect:

Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time.

By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.

This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments.

Link (Thanks, Michael!)

Diebold completes prototype e-voting
printer

Diebold completes prototype e-voting
printer 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
Usatoday.com - Fri Jan 28, 09:00 pm GMT

Indian Voting Machines Compared with
Diebold

Indian Voting Machines Compared with
Diebold 05/14/2004 12:06 PM

Diebold Folds In DMCA E-Voting Lawsuit

Diebold Folds In DMCA E-Voting Lawsuit 12/02/2003 01:50 AM

Diebold voting machine scandal docs on
the net

Diebold voting machine scandal docs on
the net 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
Diebold is trying to suppress the internal memos that have been leaked that prove the inadequacy of the Diebold machines, and point to possible election fraud in the 2000 elections. Why War is doing a public service by keeping track of sites hosting the internal memos. Download a copy of the docs and see for yourself. Via Dan Gillmor...

Diebold Sued (Again) Over Shoddy Voting
Machines

Diebold Sued (Again) Over Shoddy Voting
Machines 07/12/2004 08:38 PM

Diebold Finds E-Voting Business Stormy

Diebold Finds E-Voting Business Stormy 05/08/2004 11:06 PM
AP via Daily Press May 9 2004 3:43AM GMT

Diebold Gets Busted for Electronic
Voting Shenanigans

Diebold Gets Busted for Electronic
Voting Shenanigans 04/25/2004 04:13 AM
The full story is over on Corante.On April 20th, the Oakland Tribune published a story regarding Diebold's alleged use of uncertified voting software in violation of California state law (Diebold knew of legal risks). The article cited and focused on internal legal memos from the Jones Day law firm showing that Diebold's own lawyers had warned of some of the possible illegalities. Online, the Oakland Tribune posted the documents in addition to the article. That afternoon, the Trib's parent company and the reporter were sued by Jones Day to have the documents returned. The judge ordered the documents returned, except for those already published on the internet (Judge: Tribune must turn over legal memos):Hmm, "already published on the Internet", eh? Click on that link and download them.  They are the Diebold electronic voting scandal's smoking gun, dead body, and confession note.   All nicely presented, annotated, and distributed, for your democratic pleasure.

Other News: $2.6 million Diebold
E-Voting Settlement

Other News: $2.6 million Diebold
E-Voting Settlement 12/24/2004 12:14 PM
Diebold shells out $2.6 million to settle a California lawsuit over fraudulent e-voting claims.

County Suing To Make Sure E-Voting
Remains Insecure

County Suing To Make Sure E-Voting
Remains Insecure 05/05/2004 05:10 PM
It appears that the politicians in Riverside County, California are pissed off that the Secretary of State would stoop so low as to to want electronic voting machines to work properly and be secure before they can be used in elections. So, rather than, say, fix up those machines to make them so we can actually trust them, they've decided to sue Secretary of State Kevin Shelley. They don't seem to have come up with an actual reason to sue him, other than that they don't like that they have to put in place security features to make sure democracy works as it's supposed to. The most amusing part is the claim of Riverside County board chairman Roy Wilson, saying that they've run "29 accurate elections" with touch screen voting. That's exactly the problem. No one knows whether or not those elections were accurate, because there's no way to check to make sure the votes were counted properly or that no one tampered with the results. Of course, it seems likely that Mr. Wilson was elected via such touch screens, so it's no wonder he believes in them.

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t

NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA:
FLAWED... electronic records from first
widespread use of touch-screen voting in
Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,,
records disappeared after two computer
system crashes last year, leaving no
audit trail for t 07/28/2004 07:38 AM

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Napa County, California Selects Accela
for Enterprise E-Government Solution

Napa County, California Selects Accela
for Enterprise E-Government Solution 07/12/2004 08:57 PM
Capitol Reports Jul 13 2004 0:30AM GMT

Diebold finds voting machine business
stormy

Diebold finds voting machine business
stormy 05/09/2004 03:16 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 9 2004 6:19AM GMT

Diebold Knew They Broke The Law With
Uncertified Voting Machines

Diebold Knew They Broke The Law With
Uncertified Voting Machines 04/20/2004 04:44 PM
Every time I read another article about Diebold, you wonder what's really going on at the company. They clearly seem to be living in their own little reality where they simply ignore the very important questions people are starting to ask about their voting machines. I wonder how anyone in their right mind could use a Diebold voting machine after these fiascoes. Despite plenty of questions concerning their voting machines over the past few months, Diebold didn't do anything differently and knowingly broke their contract (and the law) with Alameda county by using uncertified software. Diebold's lawyers tried to get them around this by suggesting they claim that the software was "experimental" rather than "uncertified." Despite being clearly told not to do this, Diebold went ahead and used the uncertified and barely tested software which was rushed onto machines for the primary elections in California last month. Even worse, when an employee spoke up to point out that there was poor quality control and an aspect of the voting system was likely to fail, he was quickly fired. When you put together all of the information compiled over the last year concerning Diebold's voting machines, their inability to comprehend why people are upset, and what looks like their outright violation of the law, why would anyone agree to use such a machine during an election?

Calif. panel calls for ban on Diebold
voting machines

Calif. panel calls for ban on Diebold
voting machines 04/22/2004 08:09 PM

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