Are people aware that the most money Diebold gave to any canidate...

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in any race ever was to Edward's opponent in his 1998 Senate race, Lauch Faircloth?

This was posted here a long time ago, and I wish I kept the link. Perhaps someone who's more intrepid than I am would be willing to look up the numbers on opensecrets.org, or maybe I'll do it later.

[salinen]

1. Diebold giving contributions

to any campaign is illustrative of a totally corrupt system of governance.

[KittyWampus]

2. So?

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3. You don't think it's interesting that the candidate Diebold was most

motivated to protect was a RW Senator from NC who, until the last week of the campaign was 10 points ahead of his opponenent, and that that opponent happens to be running for president today, in an election year in which people are very concerened about electronic voting?

[Toucano]

4. Here's what I found

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=Diebold&txtCand=Faircloth&txt1998=Y&Order=N

Query was Employer=Deibold and Candidate=Faircloth.

18 records found in 0.4844 seconds.
Search Criteria:
Donor occupation: Diebold
Recipient: Faircloth
Cycle(s) selected: 1998

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Total for this search: $6,400

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5. Diebold's Board of Directors and their campaign contributions

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=898193

Board of Directors, Diebold

Louis V. Bockius III (2,4,5)
6/28/00 $15,000.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
11/3/00 $10,000.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
10/9/97 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
10/9/97 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
Christopher M. Connor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The

Sherwin-Williams Company
5/22/00 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
3/30/00 $1,000.00 — DEWINE(R) FOR US SENATE
Gale S. Fitzgerald (2, 6)

President and Chief Executive Officer , QP Group, Inc.
7/12/00 $500.00 — NEW YORK REPUBLICAN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN COMM.
10/12/98 $200.00 — FRIENDS OF JOHN LAFALCE
10/18/99 $1,000.00 — BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC
Donald R. Gant (1,3,5) Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, L.P.
L. Lindsey Halstead (2,3,6) Retired Chairman of the Board, Ford/Euro
12/22/98 $500.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
1/23/97 $500.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
5/27/97 $200.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
10/31/97 $500.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
12/28/99 $500.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
3/7/01 $300.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
6/12/01 $200.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
11/27/01 $200.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
1/24/02 $500.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Phillip B. Lassiter (1,3,6) Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
4/16/98 $250.00 — NAT'L REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMM.
9/21/98 $250.00 — NAT'L REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMM.
John N. Lauer (1,4,5) Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Oglebay Norton Co.
10/10/00 $1,000.00 — DEWINE FOR US SENATE
8/23/00 $250.00 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - RNC
3/17/97 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

Walden W. O'Dell Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diebold
2/14/01 $2,015.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
12/17/97 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
1/30/01 $3,950.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
8/16/01 $500.00 — VOINOVICH FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
12/17/97 $1,000.00 — VOINOVICH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
6/30/00 $1,000.00 — DEWINE FOR US SENATE

Eric J. RoordaFormer Chairman, Procomp Amazonia Industria Eletronica, S.A.
W.R. Timken Jr. (2,3,4) Chairman , The Timken Company
6/23/00 $50,000.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
6/8/01 $100,000.00 — 2001 PRESIDENT'S DINNER - NON-FEDERAL TRUST
3/14/01 $10,000.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
8/19/99 $15,000.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
11/3/00 $15,000.00 — RNC REPUBLICAN NAT'L STATE ELECTIONS COMM.
2/22/02 $1,000.00 — RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND
6/12/02 $1,000.00 — OHIO'S REPUBLICAN SALUTE

Corporate Officers
Walden W. O'DellChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diebold
Wesley B. Vance Chief Operating Officer
8/16/01 $500.00 — VOINOVICH FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

Michael J. HillockPresident, Diebold International
11/18/97 $500.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998
David Bucci Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions Group
11/18/97 $500.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998
James L.M. Chen Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific

Warren W. Dettinger Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998
1/30/97 $250.00 — DEWINE(R) FOR U S SENATE (2000)

Donald E. Eagon, Jr. Vice President, Global Communications & Investor Relations
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998

Charee Francis-Vogelsang Vice President and Secretary

Larry D. Ingram Vice President, Procurement and Services
1/30/97 $250.00 — DEWINE(R) FOR U S SENATE (2000)
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998

Dennis M. Moriarty Vice President, Customer Business Solutions
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998
Anthony J. Rusciano Vice President, National Accounts
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998

Charles B. Scheurer Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998

Ernesto R. Unanue Vice President and Managing Director, Latin America

Robert J. Warren Vice President and Treasurer
11/18/97 $300.00 — FAIRCLOTH(R) FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998

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6. Why such an intense in interest in a NC senator in '98.

It looks the rest of their non-PAC contributions were to Ohio politicians.

Faircloth was a freshman senator, so it's not like he had a lot of power.

What committees did he serve on?