Kentucky Governor Election Very Suspicious.

[Kelvin Mace]

35. Diebold doesn't own the company any more

They sold it in 2009. Prior to selling it, they changed the name to Premier. ES&S bought the company. ES&S then sold it off to Dominion Voting Systems (of Toronto) a year later due to monopoly objections.

I also worked with folk to try and get a federal law on the books, but that effort failed. A number of states have copied North Carolina's actions, but some notably have not. Of course if people want their state to have such laws, then they need to get out and actually do all the hard work needed to change the laws in their counties/states.

I will warn you that it involves a lot of driving around, talking to people for hundreds of hours, getting insulted by cranks, and having to actually learn the laws and processes of your local/state elections.

A lot of people here at DU were instrumental in fighting Diebold, it's lawyers, PR flaks, and lies. We took on a multi-billion dollar corporation and BEAT them so badly, they sold a company they paid over $200 million for in 1999 for about $15 million.

Please understand, I am not trying to insult you, I am simply trying to alleviate your concern so that you can worry about issues that are real dangers.

I have played with TSX units. I also sat in for factory training on the ES&S optical scan machines to provide tech support on election day back in 2006. The local ES&S rep thought it was a great idea having an e-voting activist watching over the machines. The parent company had a cow, and pressured the county to send me away.

I also don't say any of this to brag, but to help people understand that they can take on a soulless corporation and win. Years ago, DU and its members were ground zero for this fight.