diebold

  • Diebold, notorious voting firm, rejects $2.6 billion takeover

    The company says that it's worth way, way more.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 3, 2008

  • Diebold: New name, same bad voting machines!

    A company synonymous with the aggressive pursuit of failure decides it's time for a "fresh identity."
    By Farhad Manjoo August 16, 2007

  • More voting machine problems: Florida, again

    Officials discover that Diebold optical-scan machines can easily switch votes between candidates.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 2, 2007

  • "We cannot stay as an occupying force in the Middle East"

    Sen. Chuck Hagel talks about his presidential ambitions and why he sided with Democrats on Iraq.
    By Myra MacPherson April 30, 2007

  • "Hacking Democracy"

    On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you're not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 2, 2006

  • Hack the vote? No problem

    Diebold, the e-voting-machine maker, has long sworn its systems are secure. Not so, says a new Princeton study. Converting votes from one candidate to another is simple.
    By Brad Friedman September 13, 2006

  • Privatization follies

    Halliburton fraud. IRS tax-collection shenanigans. Voting-machine madness. There's got to be a better way.
    By Ellen Dannin November 22, 2004

  • Election fraud watch

    I'm not on Karl Rove's payroll -- and there's still no evidence that George W. Bush stole Election 2004.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 12, 2004

  • The downloading of the president '04

    Will fears about the new voting machines keep voters away from the polls? And what's going on in Florida, anyway?
    By Farhad Manjoo August 24, 2004

  • The last lone inventor

    Bill Rouverol's Votomatic machine was blamed for Florida's 2000 election fiasco. But the 86-year-old tinker is back, with an innovation that will ban "hanging chads" forever.
    By Chris Bagley June 23, 2004

  • Voting machine showdown

    A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 10, 2004

  • Will the election be hacked?

    A Salon special report reveals how new voting machines could result in a rigged presidential race -- and we'd never know.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 9, 2004

  • Flawless software! Efficient recounts! Simplicity!

    Thanks to computerized voting technology, today's elections can move into the 21st century!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore February 5, 2004

  • Bad grades for a voting-machine exam

    Riverside County, Calif., invited citizens to observe a test of its computerized voting systems. One participant was not impressed.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 15, 2003

  • Another case of electronic vote-tampering?

    Representatives of the computer vote-counting industry are unfairly dominating the standard-setting process, say critics.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 29, 2003

  • An open invitation to election fraud

    Not only is the country's leading touch-screen voting system so badly designed that votes can be easily changed, but its manufacturer is run by a die-hard GOP donor who vowed to deliver his state for Bush next year.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 23, 2003

  • Hacking democracy

    Computerized vote-counting machines are sweeping the country. But they can be hacked -- and right now there's no way to be sure they haven't been.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 20, 2003
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