Diebold Goes 0 For 3 In Massachusetts Case

beetle496 writes "ComputerWorld reports that last week a judge denied Diebold's request to block ES&S pact with Massachusetts. This is a follow-up to the earlier discussion here after Diebold contended that the state had erred in selecting the machines of its rival, citing accessibility provisions of the HAVA law. Quoting: 'Diebold's request for an injunction to block the execution of the contract with ES&S was rejected... The judge also denied Diebold's request to have an accelerated discovery process and to keep the state's legal team from viewing internal Diebold documents... "The suit is still there, but they went zero for three yesterday," the spokesman said.' The actual accessibility concerns have been discussed over at the TEITAC listserv, including a few telling observations from experts familiar with accessible voting and at least one state insider."

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[Dunbal]

In Soviet Russia, YOU defraud the Government!

Diebold is the SCO of politics

[Anonymous Coward]

Diebold is the SCO of politics

Of course...

[Arceliar]

Why do I get the feeling that according to Diebold things went more like 4:1 in their favor?

Oh...right... well, *ahem* let's just hope their court case continues to..uhhh... die boldly?

Re:Diebold should just

[Merusdraconis]

I love how Diebold's argument is that their competitor's machine isn't accessible enough, like Diebold's are.

We all know how easy it is to access a Diebold machine!

On the brightside

[edwardpickman]

Diebold takes the mystery out of elections. It might be a more efficent use of campaign funds to stop wasting the money on political ads and just use it to bribe Diebold.

Re:first post

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

the computerized system that orders posts shows that no sir, you are somewhere closer to 2nd or third post.

I wonder if it was wise for /. to outsource some parts of slashcode to Diebold.

Re:Score..

[loganrapp]

Obama talks a good talk. I think he would make a great first black president - one that does very little, thereby doing very little to make people nervous about having elected a black president. Chappelle made a joke about being the first black president, but in essence he's right - it's a very "hot" proposition. Elect one, let him do very little for four to eight years, then next time around, a black president with real chops won't have to jump those hurdles. I mean, really, a president that does nothing? It would be nice for a change, anyway.

Re:Same Sh*t, Different Flies

[edwardpickman]

This is exciting news. I wonder how long it is before an unknown hacker gets elected President? Hey an unknown redneck got elected it's about time a hacker got the job.

Re:use twice as many monkeys

[Anonymous Coward]

Then they'd be sure to get it right.

Strange, their ftp server doesn't seem to be up.

Re:Diebold should just

[ScrewMaster]

We all know how easy it is to access a Diebold machine!

A crowbar will do nicely.