BBV: Judge Speeds Case on Electronic Voting Co's Threats Against Critics

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May Prevent Diebold From Suppressing Evidence of Voting Machine Flaws
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

San Jose, CA - A federal district court judge today set an accelerated schedule for consideration of a request to halt legal harassment of Internet publishers. The suit, brought by a nonprofit Internet Service Provider (ISP) and two Swarthmore college students seeks to bar electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Systems, Inc., from issuing further legal threats against ISPs.

Diebold has been threatening ISPs who host websites that publish or link to a Diebold email archive that includes email from Diebold staff confirming flaws in Diebold voting machines and difficulties certifying the systems for actual elections.

Read More here: http://www.eff.org/Legal/ISP_liability/OPG_v_Diebold/20031104_eff_pr.php