Wall Street Buys Ohio Voters

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) March 19, 2008 -- The Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) announces its pension divestment plan from United Technologies Corporation (UTX), a military-industrial conglomerate.

In a report published Monday, March 17, Financial Trader forecast that the proposed UTX takeover of Diebold (DBD), one of the largest makers of voting machines, is likely to be successful, especially as "UTX derives roughly 15% of its revenue from Civilian Security Systems." http://www.financialtrader.com/DBD_UTX_Merge_US_Votes_For_Profit.html

UTX also includes engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, which has 11,000 military engines in service with 27 armed forces worldwide, and Sikorsky, manufacturer of the Black Hawk Helicopter.

According to Paddy Shaffer, Director, OEJC, "It is time that Americans took control of their future. UTX + DBD = Gestapo Elections with your money."

Diebold (DBD), based in Canton, OH, produces the GEMS tabulator system, used across the nation to count votes, including in Ohio, Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Virginia. All of these states have pension fund investment in UTX. Diebold's GEMS tabulator system was a center of controversy during the 2004 Ohio election in Lucas County because of alleged discrepancies between the computer vote count and the exit poll as well as irregularities during the recount, including reprogramming of the tabulators.

more here

http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20080319/bs_prweb/prweb781284_2

[Nitrogenica]

1. There is a HUGE conflict of interest here.

It suprises me that it is even legal to privatize voting.