Maryland Scraps Diebold Voting System 209
beadfulthings writes "After eight years and some $65 million, the state of Maryland is taking its first steps to return to an accountable, paper-ballot based voting system. Governor Martin O'Malley has announced an initial outlay of $6.5 million towards the $20 million cost of an optical system which will scan and tally the votes while the paper ballots are retained as a backup. The new (or old) system is expected to be in place by 2010 — or four years before the state finishes paying off the bill for the touch-screen system."
But what I want to know - (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Diebold = Premier Election Solutions. (Score:3, Funny)
Changing the name was a sneaky move.
Good (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where can Diebold hide now? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What about the old machines? (Score:3, Funny)
I think they tried, but the Jawas stole them.
Re:Optical scan ballots (Score:5, Funny)
No, but if you could do it with rockets, that would be awesome.
Re:But what I want to know - (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Diebold = Premier Election Solutions. (Score:4, Funny)
My "Bush-bashing discourse?" Check again, dipshit -- I'm not the same guy you were blabbering to. You're just making such an ass of yourself that even otherwise-disinterested third parties like myself feel the need to point out how much of a fuck-up you are!
"Like me?" You don't know anything about me, Mr. I'm-Too-Stupid-To-Check-The-Name-Of-The-Guy-I'm-Replying-To, except for the fact that I think you're a flaming douchebag!
Now, seriously. Are you even even aware that you completely ignored every piece of meaningful content of PopeRatzo's post, and instead flew off the handle over a random meaningless remark? You're acting like you're a spoiled four-year-old who was insulted personally, and that's just stupid. Grow a thicker skin, and stop deluding yourself that you're G. W. Bush! Unless you are Bush, in which case your whining represents whole new orders of magnitude of patheticness...