Friday, September 28, 2012

12-09-28 Same old, same old - Vote counting company tied to Romney


The idea of "privatizing" electronic systems that are at the core of civil society, such as electronic voting machines in the US (below), case management systems of the courts (the Los Angeles based Sustain, now implemented in 11 states), or the sole certifying authority for electronic signatures (ComSign, LTD, Israel), is beyond belief...

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Vote counting company tied to Romney

by Gerry Bello and Bob Fitrakis

Several Tanker trucks full of political ink have been spilled on Mitt Romney's tenure as a vulture capitalist at Bain Capital. A more important story, however, is the fact that Bain alumni, now raising big money as Romney bundlers are also in the electronic voting machine business. This appears to be a repeat of the the infamous former CEO of Diebold Wally O'Dell, who raised money for Bush while his company supplied voting machines and election management software in the 2004 election.  
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