I'm just gonna jump up and down and say

Diebold are SCUM

Seriously, 73 Million kazuts just to put printer in there voting machines to get a bit of accountablility... I spose if the machines were accountable, then the GOP wouldn't be able to pay them money to fix sponser the next election.

You know what really rubs it in though, these machines ALREADY HAVE PRINTERS IN THEM. Talk about screwing over the people.

Now consider this,
- Diebold wants their machines to be unaccountable.
- The CEO of Diebold, Walden O'Dell is a contributor to the Bush re-election campain
- These machine can be hacked.

Now, it doesn't take a genius to put pieces together. He supports George Bush to the tune of his time and $100,000. He has the power to change the outcome of elections.

um...

Can everybody say 'Conflict of interest'?

Here is a nicely writen piece on the subject, Here is another.
(linkage via Cringley)