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(8,360 posts)95. Diebold Indicted: Its spectre still haunts Ohio elections
http://freepress.org/article/diebold-indicted-its-spectre-still-haunts-ohio-elections-0
October 31, 2013
Diebold: the controversial manufacturer of voting and ATM machines, whose name conjures up the demons of Ohios 2004 presidential election irregularities, is now finally under indictment for a worldwide pattern of criminal conduct. Federal prosecutors filed charges against Diebold, Inc. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 alleging that the North Canton, Ohio-based security and manufacturing company bribed government officials and falsified documents to obtain business in China, Indonesia and Russia....
This is not the first time Diebolds been accused of bribery. In 2005, the Free Press exposed that Matt Damschroder, Republican chair of the Franklin County of Elections in 2004, reported that a key Diebold operative told Damschroder he made a $50,000 contribution to then-Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's political interests while Blackwell was evaluating Diebold's bids for state purchasing contracts. Damschroder admitted to personally accepting a $10,000 check from former Diebold contractor Pasquale Patsy Gallina made out to the Franklin County Republican Party. That contribution was made while Damschroder was involved in evaluating Diebold bids for county contracts. Damschroder was suspended for a month without pay for the incident. Despite the scandal, he was later appointed as Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's Director of Elections.
Diebold was at the center of Ohios 2004 election debacle, much of this captured in an article by Free Press Senior Editor Harvey Wasserman and this author, entitled, Diebolds Political Machine. Walden "Wally" O'Dell, chairman of the board and chief executive of Diebold, was a long-time funder of Republican candidates. In September 2003, he held a packed $1,000-per-head GOP fundraiser at his 10,800-square-foot mansion Cotswold Manor in Upper Arlington, Ohio. He was feted as a guest at then-President George W. Bush's Texas ranch, joining a cadre of Pioneers and Rangers who pledged to raise more than $100,000 for the Bush reelection campaign.
Most memorably, in 2003 O'Dell penned a letter pledging his commitment to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President. O'Dell defended his actions, telling the Cleveland Plain Dealer I'm not doing anything wrong or complicated. But he also promised to lower his political profile and try to be more sensitive. But the Diebold boss' partisan cards were squarely on the table.....
October 31, 2013
Diebold: the controversial manufacturer of voting and ATM machines, whose name conjures up the demons of Ohios 2004 presidential election irregularities, is now finally under indictment for a worldwide pattern of criminal conduct. Federal prosecutors filed charges against Diebold, Inc. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 alleging that the North Canton, Ohio-based security and manufacturing company bribed government officials and falsified documents to obtain business in China, Indonesia and Russia....
This is not the first time Diebolds been accused of bribery. In 2005, the Free Press exposed that Matt Damschroder, Republican chair of the Franklin County of Elections in 2004, reported that a key Diebold operative told Damschroder he made a $50,000 contribution to then-Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's political interests while Blackwell was evaluating Diebold's bids for state purchasing contracts. Damschroder admitted to personally accepting a $10,000 check from former Diebold contractor Pasquale Patsy Gallina made out to the Franklin County Republican Party. That contribution was made while Damschroder was involved in evaluating Diebold bids for county contracts. Damschroder was suspended for a month without pay for the incident. Despite the scandal, he was later appointed as Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's Director of Elections.
Diebold was at the center of Ohios 2004 election debacle, much of this captured in an article by Free Press Senior Editor Harvey Wasserman and this author, entitled, Diebolds Political Machine. Walden "Wally" O'Dell, chairman of the board and chief executive of Diebold, was a long-time funder of Republican candidates. In September 2003, he held a packed $1,000-per-head GOP fundraiser at his 10,800-square-foot mansion Cotswold Manor in Upper Arlington, Ohio. He was feted as a guest at then-President George W. Bush's Texas ranch, joining a cadre of Pioneers and Rangers who pledged to raise more than $100,000 for the Bush reelection campaign.
Most memorably, in 2003 O'Dell penned a letter pledging his commitment to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President. O'Dell defended his actions, telling the Cleveland Plain Dealer I'm not doing anything wrong or complicated. But he also promised to lower his political profile and try to be more sensitive. But the Diebold boss' partisan cards were squarely on the table.....
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Yes, if Al Gore had won his home state of Tennessee, Florida wouldn't have mattered.
Electric Monk
Jun 2014
#19
If nader didn't run Gore could have spent more time in TN instead of NM, WI, IA, and OR.
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#102
No, they did not. Between 40 and 45% of the electorate didn't vote at all.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#38
I suggested no such thing. I did say the electorate did not vote for Gore...
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#65
Put it this way-- the Americans who cast their votes in November 2000 preferred Gore
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2014
#66
You might want to edit your post. There's a part in the middle where you appear to be
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#8
Thanks; that makes more sense. It was kind of like autocorrect on acid there for a while. n/t
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#16
yes sorry for the confusion. I'm posting from my hospital bed and my fingers no work so good.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2014
#20
"Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet" Which I believe truly explains their vitriol toward
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#34
I think a reasonable case could be made Gore would have won NM, WI, IA, and OR by bigger margins
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#108
The economy was flying. It shouldn't have been close enough to steal, lose or fuck up in any way.
LeftyMom
Jul 2014
#63
Supreme Court because they are supposed to uphold the law. Brother Jeb second
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2014
#36
USSC, BushCo. cronies, conservative Democrats, Gore, yellow, mealy mouth Democrats in that order.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#45
All of those things are irrelevant when the critical point is aknowledged: Gore won.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#116
Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush paying Diebold $4 million to cleanse the voter rolls of minorties
Tony_FLADEM
Jul 2014
#51
After re-watching George Carlin: Jammin' in New York, I wonder if he voted Nader in 2000?
Electric Monk
Jul 2014
#67
While other people had an effect, Nader was the single progressive with the greatest
pnwmom
Jul 2014
#68
how about the damn media? ragging on gore's sighs and sweaters and supposed "lies"?
unblock
Jul 2014
#76
oh, they were so tough on shrub. the teetotaler you'd love to have a beer with!
unblock
Jul 2014
#80
Seeing how Gore really won Florida, the Supreme Court is the only logical answer!
B Calm
Jul 2014
#78
I blame the Democratic reviewers who approved the wonky design of the Palm Beach ballot
LonePirate
Jul 2014
#79
but even with all the dirty shenanigans that went on in Florida, Gore still had more votes.
B Calm
Jul 2014
#82
The SC would never had intervened as there would have been no month long recount
LonePirate
Jul 2014
#83
You should have also included the spinless Dems in Congress as an option...nt
joeybee12
Jul 2014
#84
Jeb and Harris--but the people blaming Nader KNOW that, as much as Rummy and Cheneybeast
MisterP
Jul 2014
#98
I refused to select because trying to name one is comparing apples and oranges.
Jim Lane
Jul 2014
#115