Court Approves Diebold Settlement Agreement With State of California

[highnooner]

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A California court today approved the settlement agreement between Diebold, Incorporated, and the State of California and Alameda County in their civil action against the company and Diebold Election Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary. As previously disclosed, terms of the settlement consist of a total $2.6 million payment to the state, which includes a $100,000 payment to Alameda County. A portion of the settlement also includes $500,000 to help form a voter education and poll worker training program in California coordinated through the University of California Institute of Governmental Studies. Additionally, Diebold has agreed to certain technology and reporting obligations that will provide election officials with a better understanding of the most effective manner of implementing its elections systems.

http://www.mysan.de/international/article16302.html

[leftofcool]

1. With a complete course brought to you by..........

The Karl Rove School of Hacking

left of cool

[trumad]

2. Chicken feed.

I guess Democracy only cost 100 thousand bucks.

[Demeter]

3. What About The Software?

The "secret ingredient" in this mudpie should be released to the public AT ONCE!

[librechik]

4. DAMN IT!! I want a trial, with discovery and a drooling media circus!

F this paltry coverup!

seriously, it's something at least, and thanks to California activists and grassroots voting reformers countrywide for all their hard work.

Sadly, the battle goes on. One county down. Only 3,141 to go.

[Megahurtz]

5. Why isn't something like this enough

to throw out the whole election???