Solution to the Diebold problem: Sue them!!

[Stevepol]

From VotersUnite, an op ed by Kall



SUE DIEBOLD!

No, that's not the name of the female owner of Diebold. It's a suggestion. I believe that Diebold has engaged in practices that have disenfranchised my rights as an American citizen and I may be able to SUE Diebold, to file litigation against the company. If you voted on a Diebold machine that miscounted, or that used an operating system that was unauthorized, then maybe YOU have an actionable cause for litigation. Maybe you have reason to sue Diebold's corporate asses.

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I'd like to see a plethora of class action suits filed against Diebold, suits that will cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to defend, so that Diebold is gasping for air. The suits must include injunctions against Diebold being acquired by another company, like ES&S, another company also worthy of a similar litigative assault.

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So... lawyers reading this, victims of machines in your own districts, people who feel any election was damaged by bad or illegal technology, start looking at filing civil lawsuits seeking big dollar damages. Maybe the game that must be played to beat Diebold and other companies suspected and accused of improper actions and use of technology is to beat them financially.

[Stevepol]

1. Forgot to put the link the article.

LINK:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060111_sue_diebold.htm

[Wilms]

2. Within the hour of posting, you can "edit".

It's a click in the lower right hand of your post. :)

Thanks for the article.

[mirandapriestly]

8. Great Idea! I live in seattle and was not really in the thick of

it, although there is funny business going on EVERYWHERE. I hope this happens. I would like to join a class action, I wonder if that's possible.

[nicknameless]

3. Great article!

Thanks for posting it.

K&R

[Misskittycat]

4. I've thought this was a good idea for a while. n/t

[autorank]

5. Stevepol, great idea. Thought about that just the other day.

Make it about the future too, like NM. You screwed us now stop it and make sure you don't do it again.

Great idea.

[pat_k]

6. Absolutely!!! We are the ONLY real stakeholders.

Absolutely!!!

It is impossible to have confidence in an election if the processes and equipment used make it impossible to audit the reported results.

An untrustworthy election is no election at all. For a vote to have meaning, it must be cast in an election worthy of our trust. When we vote on equipment that undermines our trust, we are effectively disenfranchised.

We can definitely take action against the equipment manufacturers for conspiring to deny us our right to vote.

For far too long, too many of us have thought candidates were the only parties with standing to contest an election. In reality, the people are the ONLY real stakeholders. An election is not a Contest, it is a method by which we measure our preferences.

Going after the equipment manufacturers is great, but we shouldn’t stop there. People need to go after the election officials that failed to meet their obligation conduct trustworthy elections too.

The best way to expose forces of corruption is to go after individuals. When participants in a dysfunctional system are under gun, the urge to get along to go along and cover up goes out the window. Finger pointing begins. And some of those fingers will point to serious crimes.

[garybeck]

7. Kick. sooo many times I've wished someone would do this

if there was just ONE suit, a judge could open up the machines for the discovery phase and a real investigation could take place

even if they forget 2004 and focus on the future in the suit, there is plenty of evidence that Diebod is not following required standards and they should be prevented from doing business. It amounts to FRAUD.

[banana republican]

9. Talking to a layer friend who said

that anyone who was not allowed to vote & it was determined later that they could have voted can sue for big bucks under the civil liberties act.