Diebold Caves on Threats But Potential Voter Fraud Lives On in U.S.
As reported on U.S. Democrat Party presidential hopeful, Denis Kucinich's website , "Diebold Inc., one of the nation's largest electronic voting machine manufacturers, is withdrawing threats against ISPs for hosting users [like Indymedia] who publish or link to corporate documents suggesting there are flaws in its equipment and irregularities with certifying the systems for elections." An Indymedia global feature last month described the threats and activists response to them. Now the documents can even be found on Kucinich's own government webpage where the congressman refers to Diebold's threats as contrary to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Growing concern in the U.S. about the potential for one's vote to be changed without their knowledge in the upcoming 2004 presidential elections has sparked a rapidly expanding movement to correct the course of events. The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003 (H.R. 2239) , represents one such response, but Rep. Robert Ney, chairman of the House committee that would propose the bill, opposes it, so its future is in doubt. Interestingly, Ney is a Republican representing Ohio, the home state of Diebold.
