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Old 08-15-2008, 09:06 AM   #1
Flint
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Do you trust Diebold to elect our President?

Have we really got the glitches worked out of this electronic voting thing?
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Thursday, August 07, 2008

DAYTON — Four area county boards of elections are parties to a breach-of-contract lawsuit counterclaim filed by the Ohio Secretary of State on Wednesday, Aug. 6, against the maker of touch-screen electronic voting machines.
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All four local counties found Premier's tabulation software failed to upload votes from memory cards, while equipment indicated the votes had been counted.
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Premier spokesman Chris Riggall had not seen the counterclaim and declined comment on it. But he blamed the vote tabulation problems on McAfee anti-virus software on computer servers.
Which brings me to this analysis of the situation: You're doing it wrong!
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