BRAD BLOG: BREAKING: Former Diebold, Sequoia Sales Rep Named as New San Diego County ROV!

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Joins Recently Named Assistant Registrar Michael Vu, Whose Cuyahoga County Elections Led to Criminal Convictions in '04 Presidential Recount and New '06 Criminal Investigations...

Guest Blogged by John Gideon

It has just been announced by San Diego County that they have hired Deborah Seiler as their new permanent Registrar of Voters. Ms. Seiler joins the county elections office from her job as the Assistant Registrar in Solano County, California.

"Seiler brings unique elections experience from the state, local and private sector that adds valuable perspective at a crucial time," according to a press release (posted in full at the bottom of this article) as issued today by San Diego County.

All of which sounds great, until one does a moment or two of Googling --- particularly on that "private sector" point mentioned --- and Seiler's troubling past is quickly revealed to be yet more bad news for the voters of San Diego, who continue to get the worst of what American democracy is supposed to look like.

Look what we found out about Seiler...

According to a Wired News article from Sept. 2004, Seiler worked for 12 years in elections for the California Secretary of State's office. She then left, in 1991, through the revolving door and got off at the exit marked "Sequoia Voting Systems" where she worked for 8 years as their Government Relations Director. Then Seiler got back into the revolving door for her next stop at "Diebold Election Systems Incorporated" where she took a job as a sales representative.

It was while she was working for Diebold that she sold 1,200 Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) touch-screen voting machines to the fine folks in Solano County.

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[sellitman]

1. It never ends.

Bastards!

[Melissa G]

2. ethics, anyone? n/t

[bleever]

3. Elections now getting the revolving door like DOD officials and defense contractors?

It's the Proprietary-Electoral Complex.

Ike's nightmare came true, and now it's having children.

[bonito]

4. Kick& R n/t

[robinlynne]

5. shit.

[Ellipsis]

6. Who was in on hiring these guys?

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. I hope Debra Bowen knows about this n/t

[kiteinthewind]

8. Damn it. Where is the natl. media on this? These people are setting up for '08. We have to kill the

fucking machines! :kick:

[cyberpj]

9. The want CALIFORNA... BAD! CA voters need to unite big time on this issue. Now. nt