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Critics: Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 6:21am.
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Posted on Wed, Dec. 17, 2003
Critics: Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies
RACHEL KONRAD
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - A manufacturer of electronic voting machines has employed at least five convicted felons as managers, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software.
Voter advocate Bev Harris alleged Tuesday that managers of a subsidiary of Diebold Inc., one of the country's largest voting equipment vendors, included a cocaine trafficker, a man who conducted fraudulent stock transactions, and a programmer jailed for falsifying computer records.
The programmer, Jeffrey Dean, wrote and maintained proprietary code used to count hundreds of thousands of votes as senior vice president of Global Election Systems Inc. Diebold purchased GES in January 2002.
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