Reply #83: Well, I am in a state where we had the best Sec of State in the nation,

[Peace Patriot]

Kevin Shelley, who decertified and sued Diebold for their lies about the security of their machines, provided Californians with a paper ballot option, and backed strict time-lines for voter verified ballots (and got his standards passed unanimously by the legislature).

He's gone now--driven from office by trivial, unproven charges. And guess who led the witch hunt?

Democrats.

One of them--L.A. county elections chief Connie McCormack, who wines and dines and vacations with her buddy, a Diebold sales person. MCormack openly advocates for Diebold and paperless voting.

So the difficulty is not just if you live in a state controlled by BushCons. The problem is deeper than that, and crosses party lines.

Yes, I think Velvet Revolution has the right idea. Diebold & other such companies do more than provide stinking, lousy, insecure, hackable, unverifiable voting technology. They have all kinds of government contracts, and undoubtedly have all kinds of government funds (such a teachers pensions) invested in them. These two at least--Diebold and ES&S--need to be driven out of government, and any public funds invested in them need to be withdrawn (as well as private investment).