diebold on election day
the first, and probably more interesting (to me, anyway) bit of diebold trivia to merit my comment is this comment by tim oren. i’ve been dancing around this point, but tim cuts to the chase – “how to destroy a brand, in one easy lesson.”
item, the second: the eff has filed suit on the issue. this is an angle of the story i’ve avoided, preferring to stick to the policy and business lessons i’m being handed, but… now the lawyers are in it, and maybe something interesting will happen with the dmca and the concept of fair use.
and finally, we have this bit from wired on how they did electronic voting in australia. in six months. with $125,000. and without hiding anything or creating the appearance of impropriety. more info from the company is here.
now, will someone figure out how to get these compromised voting systems contracts off the books and replace them with something we might trust?
this is election day.
update: according to this, the $125,000 development cost of the australian system is $70,000 less than diebold’s contributions to the republican party in the past two years (assuming they both used the same kinds of dollars).