[Why War? Discussion] Alert: Diebold Attacks Why War?

[micah]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCT. 3

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WHY WAR? THREATENED BY DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS

In the latest development in the battle for a fair 2004 presidential 
election, Diebold Election Systems has struck at Why War? 
(http://www.why-war.com).

Diebold, which develops the electronic election systems used in over 30 
U.S. states, is attempting to pull Why War?'s internet connection because 
the student antiwar organization posted a copy of Diebold's internal memos 
- memos which prove that Diebold knowingly developed an election system 
which provides no security against vote fraud.

Aside from offering concrete proof that Diebold was aware of the insecurity 
of its system, the internal memos also reveal that during the 2000 
Presidential election a Diebold machine gave Al Gore negative 16,022 
votes.  Why War? believes the American public should take seriously the 
claim by the CEO of Diebold that he is, "COMMITTED TO HELPING OHIO DELIVER 
ITS ELECTORAL VOTES TO THE PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR" (see Salon article below).

It is, therefore, of utmost importance that the public is able to read 
these memos in order to educate themselves about the horrendous potential 
vote fraud that Diebold may facilitate in the 2004 election.  It is Why 
War?'s position that this concern for democracy outweighs any complaints of 
copyright infringement presented by Diebold.

Why War? has responded to Diebold's legal threat by removing the internal 
memos from the why-war.com domain, and mirroring them elsewhere.

Those individuals who wish to continue to push for a fair election are 
strongly urged to download and share the memos with their friends.

The memos can be downloaded here:


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