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Corporation
The Resume
(August 1859- )
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Founded as a manufacturer of safes and vaults
Largest US manufacturer of ATMs
Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) division produces electronic voting machines
Revenues of $2.6 billion (2006)
Over 17,000 employees
Why Diebold might be annoying
Their touchscreen voting machines do not provide a paper trail for recounts.
After officials in Maryland asked that the machines be made capable of printing receipts, an internal company memo declared, 'As a business, I hope we're smart enough to charge them up the wazoo.'
Computer scientists from Johns Hopkins and Carnegie Mellon found that the voting machine software can be updated without a pass code or other security.
They paid $2.6 million to settle a suit by California charging the company with providing false information about the voting machines' security and reliability.
CEO Warren O'Dell declared that he was 'committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President [George W. Bush].'
When Ohio indeed went to Bush, despite exit polls showing John Kerry in the lead, it was a conspiracy theorist's wet dream.
O'Dell resigned after the company was investigated on charges of security fraud and insider trading (2005).
Why Diebold might not be annoying
Their safes gained a reputation for quality when several survived the great Chicago fire with their contents intact (1871).
'Untouchable' Eliot Ness served as chairman of the board (1944-51).
They won the contract from the National Archives to provide security for the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (2001).
The company considered divesting itself of the voting machine division because it was 'widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation.'
Credit: C. Fishel
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Year In Review:
In 2018, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 70.21% Annoying
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