A string of leaked e-mails has created panic amongst the executives of Diebold Election Systems. Diebold is the second largest, and fastest growing electronic voting corporation in the world, and produces touch screen voting stations used in 37 states in the country. These same machines were used throughout the state of California during the 10/7 Recall Election.

Recently this IMC came under attack from Diebold for an anonymous post on our newswire which included links to the memos. Our web host, Online Policy Group, received a cease and desist letter on 10/10, giving OPG 24 hours to remove the postings. The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a press release discounting the validity of Diebold’s lawyers' efforts to keep the controversial information secret, and OPG stated it would "defend strongly the free speech right of our client IndyMedia to publish links to Diebold memos relevant to the public debate about electronic voting machine security..." Given the long problematic history of electronic voting systems, California voters remain skeptical of Diebold technology -- and links with the Republican electoral apparatus. Read Full Report