Previously, the Chief noted here, some concerns over the security of electronic voting machines from Diebold Corp.
Now comes news that the CEO of Diebold has suddenly resigned. and it is very possible that the performance of the election division is at least part of the problem. This was not helped, when formeer CEO Walden W. O’Dell stated that he “could deliver Ohio for the GOP” presidential vote, with Diebold systems in use there!
The chairman and chief executive of automated-teller and voting machine maker Diebold Inc. quit on Monday. The company, which has come under fire for its electronic voting business, said in a statement that the resignation of 60-year-old Walden W. O’Dell is effective immediately.
Diebold, whose main business is making ATMs and security systems, ventured into e-voting after the Florida punch-card debacle of 2000. But the company faced challenges in the e-voting business — from concerns by California’s top election official and others about the machines’ security and reliability to controversy about O’Dell’s support of President Bush.
Hello? Whatever you think about the President’s re-election, there is a serioud clue deficit evident. Saying something like that only pours oil on the already raging flames of Donk DUmmie paranoia. NOT a career-enhancing thing to do, and evidently the rest of his board agreed to bid farewell to him.
For real election security, the Chief thinks perhaps the best way would be good old-fashioned paper ballots. There are still some LARGE precincts that use them, and that have been able to complete their counts in a timely fashion, even when they have complex, multi-issue ballots. This may well be a case where less is more!
For more info on this issue, check out this site. They have their own point of view, but raise some serious points about the continued survivability of a meaningful election process in the USA.