[Peace-discuss] The Business of E-Voting and How it Can Put the Wrong Candidate in Office

[patton paul]

The Help America Vote Act requires conversion to electronic voting, but
with inadequate safeguards against vote fraud.  The president of Diebold
Corporation, a major manufacturer of electronic voting machines, is an
activist for Republican candidates, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
This is a long article so I'll just give the URL, but its important
reading for anyone who cares about what's left of American democracy:

The Business of E-Voting and How it Can Put the Wrong Candidate in Office
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0902-01.htm

-Paul P.