WI: County Rejects (HAVA) Grant for (Diebold) Voting Machines

[Wilms]

:applause:

Winnebago County rejects grant for voting machines

May 17, 2006

OSHKOSH — The Winnebago County Board narrowly rejected a proposal to accept $294,000 in grant funding for touch-screen voting machines based on concerns regarding the integrity of the system.

The board Tuesday fell two votes short of the necessary 26 votes required to accept the funding for the purchase of 49 Diebold touch-screen machines.

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Supervisors Bill Wingren and Jef Hall came out strongly against the purchase of the Diebold machines based on issues including reported high failure rates and the potential that the machines could be hacked.

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http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/APC0101/605170665/1003/APC01

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. wooohoooo!

:applause:

[tech3149]

2. Good start guys

now look into Votepad systems or an open source system that can be truly evaluated in an independent fashion.

[rodeodance]

3. Oshkosh, one of the bastions of Redness in Wisconsin. whow.

[nofurylike]

4. wow. that really says it all. TY Wilms! eom

[sam sarrha]

5. when Bev first broke the Diebold story i told my wife and she had her

Womens Investment group dump all the Diebold stock just before it started to tank..

that was probably the first time she ever listened to me..

[Bill Bored]

6. Hmmm, now there's a thought! Maybe Bev sold Diebold stock short too! nt

[kster]

7. Kick............nt

[BeFree]

8. Geez, I am in the wrong bizzz

To sell 49 machines for $294,000..... that's like $6,000 for a $400 machine. That is some kinda profit margin. Shoot, I could buy hundreds of politicians with that kind of money.

[JimDandy]

10. One of the biggest scams

about the voting machines, but the one that is the least noticed is the "suggested military hammer price" they're sold for. We need to push back with the phrase "tax-payer funded" machines every time we see "HAVA funded" thrown around in the press. Bringing it down to wallet level wakes up people, especially the everyman who isn't a voter, but will raise a ruckus at his county council or BoE if the issue touches his wallet.

[rumpel]

9. Recommended

:woohoo: