Keep Diebold Out of California

California's Secretary of State, Bruce McPherson, has recently granted Diebold conditional certification for 2006 elections. So let's create some conditions.

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State Senator Debra Bowen, working feverishly on the forefront of election integrity, wrote me last night to request that we email her offices rather than call. Her words:

"Email is great because it is easy for us to log and report -- and we can actually prove how many emails we've received!"

"We are going to need an enormous amount of people power in the next couple of weeks. Together we can change this whole pathetic mess. Let's stand up for our democracy RIGHT NOW."

"Please email me in support of issuing subpoenas rather than calling -- you will save my staff a great deal of time logging calls, and you know what kind work we have
to do right now. You can always call and fax later!"

There's no good reason to certify them, especially since they've lied to California before.

2003-12-18 09:32:00.0

An audit of Diebold Election Systems voting machines in California has revealed that the company installed uncertified software in all 17 counties that use its electronic voting equipment.

...The audit uncovered discrepancies between what Diebold said was installed in counties and what auditors actually found.

...Although the last version of GEMS certified in California was 1.17.17, auditors found that no county was using it. Instead they were using later versions such as 1.17.20, 1.17.23 and 1.18.18.102. Versions 1.17.20 and 1.18.18.102 were never qualified by federal independent testing authorities.

Tags: California, Diebold, election reform, Bruce McPherson, republicans