diebold - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/diebold/?source=rss&aim=diebold en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST Diebold, notorious voting firm, rejects $2.6 billion takeover Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/03/diebold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/03/diebold/index.html?source=rss The company says that it's worth way, way more. Diebold: New name, same bad voting machines! By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/16/diebold_name/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/16/diebold_name/index.html?source=rss A company synonymous with the aggressive pursuit of failure decides it's time for a "fresh identity." More voting machine problems: Florida, again By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/02/voting_machines_florida/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/02/voting_machines_florida/index.html?source=rss Officials discover that Diebold optical-scan machines can easily switch votes between candidates. "We cannot stay as an occupying force in the Middle East" By Myra MacPherson Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/30/hagel_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/30/hagel_interview/index.html?source=rss Sen. Chuck Hagel talks about his presidential ambitions and why he sided with Democrats on Iraq. "Hacking Democracy" By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2006/11/02/hacking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2006/11/02/hacking/index.html?source=rss 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. Hack the vote? No problem By Brad Friedman Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/13/diebold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/13/diebold/index.html?source=rss 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. Privatization follies By Ellen Dannin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/22/private/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/22/private/index.html?source=rss Halliburton fraud. IRS tax-collection shenanigans. Voting-machine madness. There's got to be a better way. Election fraud watch By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/12/hysteria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/12/hysteria/index.html?source=rss I'm not on Karl Rove's payroll -- and there's still no evidence that George W. Bush stole Election 2004. The downloading of the president '04 By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/08/24/machines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/08/24/machines/index.html?source=rss Will fears about the new voting machines keep voters away from the polls? And what's going on in Florida, anyway? The last lone inventor By Chris Bagley Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/23/votesure/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/23/votesure/index.html?source=rss 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. Voting machine showdown By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/10/diebold_copyright/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/10/diebold_copyright/index.html?source=rss A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics. Will the election be hacked? By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/09/voting_machines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/09/voting_machines/index.html?source=rss A Salon special report reveals how new voting machines could result in a rigged presidential race -- and we'd never know. Flawless software! Efficient recounts! Simplicity! Cartoon by Mark Fiore Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2004/02/05/voting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2004/02/05/voting/index.html?source=rss Thanks to computerized voting technology, today's elections can move into the 21st century! Bad grades for a voting-machine exam By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/15/riverside_voting_machines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/15/riverside_voting_machines/index.html?source=rss Riverside County, Calif., invited citizens to observe a test of its computerized voting systems. One participant was not impressed. Another case of electronic vote-tampering? By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/29/voting_machine_standards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/29/voting_machine_standards/index.html?source=rss Representatives of the computer vote-counting industry are unfairly dominating the standard-setting process, say critics. An open invitation to election fraud By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/23/bev_harris/index.html?source=rss 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. Hacking democracy By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/20/voting_machines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/20/voting_machines/index.html?source=rss 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.