Reply #2: CA: Activists rip Diebold voting units

[MelissaB]

Activists rip Diebold voting units

By Bill Ainsworth
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 17, 2005

SACRAMENTO – Scores of activists urged a state advisory panel yesterday to reject a bid by Diebold Elections Systems Inc. to win approval for use of voting machines that were decertified last year.

Diebold is the maker of a $31 million touch screen voting system that malfunctioned in San Diego County during the March 2004 primary, causing more than one-third of polling places to open late.

"Diebold has a checkered past in this state, and that alarms many activists," said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation. "That's why this room is packed today."

Activists testified yesterday at an informational meeting of the Voting Systems and Procedures Panel at the Secretary of State's headquarters office, frequently booing, clapping and cheering various speakers.

More: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050617-9999-7m17vote.html

WTG California! :woohoo: