Group spices up protests / Ruckus Society ... anti-Diebold rally

[Kolesar]

``Billionaires for Bush. Welcome Vote Swindlers, Shareholders."

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Just look at the ruckus they helped create Thursday outside Diebold Inc.'s annual shareholders' meeting at Kent State University's Stark Campus. The parking lot was a three-ring circus compared to the business-as-usual atmosphere inside the Jackson Township conference center.

About 50 electronic voting protesters showed up, some dressed in rich-man costumes with signs that read ``Billionaires for Bush. Welcome Vote Swindlers, Shareholders.'' Others chose to chant in one corner of the parking lot with signs that read ``Stop Election Deceit, Demand a Paper Receipt.''

The big finale was a 100-foot banner, held aloft by the wind, balloons and ropes held by Ruckus members and Kent students. Its words, ``Diebold Devours Democracy,'' drew laughter from passers-by, but barely a scowl from shareholders and employees leaving the meeting.

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O'Dell saluted the protesters' right to voice their opinion, and even met with a few of them one on one. The executive's words didn't satisfy the demonstrators, but the ruckus sure did. ``This turned out a whole lot better than I imagined,'' Jeff Seemann said after meeting with O'Dell.


Jeff Seemann is our Democrat from Canton who is running for US Congress against the incumbent GOP. He went into the shareholders meeting and spoke with the Diebold company representatives.


www.jeffseemannforcongress.com

(Akron Beacon Journal/Anti-Diebold protests)

[Kolesar]

1. we need the Ruckus group when the VP debates come to Cleveland...n/t

[Moderator]

2. Please edit your subject line so that it reflects correct article title

Thank you.

[Kolesar]

3. I did include the whole, complete title

For as long as I have been posting here, I have been putting extra verbiage after LBN titles.

I did not notice that there was a policy change that said that I could not put part of the article in subject line. It all seems quite picky to me. Was this part of the rounds and rounds of civility struggles that happened during the uncivil primary here?

[whatelseisnew]

4. That would be news to me too.

has there been a rule change?

[Moderator]

5. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x505343