FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date Wednesday April 21st, 6:00 AM Pacific FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Stephenson, 206.778.0524, coppertop98125 at yahoo.com
Leaked Documents Show History of Problems at Diebold
Andy Stephenson, Voting Activist and Candidate for Washington’s Secretary of State Releases 150 pages of leaked documents received anonymously from Diebold Whistle Blower
SEATTLE – Memos obtained by nationally recognized voting activist, and Democratic Candidate for Washington State’s Secretary of State, Andy Stephenson, were released today. These documents show that Diebold, maker of leading touch screen voting machines, knew of problems early on with their voting systems.
Diebold’s lawyers characterized California as a legal minefield. Now, Diebold could very well find itself embroiled in a false-claims lawsuit, potential grand jury investigations, and investigations by state and local elections authorities and lawsuits by counties.
A key question in the documents is whether California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has the power to investigate the company's practices, and whether or not he has the authority to de-certify the Diebold equipment. Also at issue is the deployment of uncertified software patches. Information also contained within the memos calls into question the company’s smart card activation system. A system, Ken Clark one of the principal engineers at Diebold, raised some concern about in memos previously released by Bev Harris www.blackboxvoting.org.
You can find copies of the memos http://home.comcast.net/~texex/NewDieboldMemos.zip
Sincerely, Andy Stephenson