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Diebold and Sequoia

Diebold and Sequoia. A Study of the Two Largest Suppliers of Voting Machines. Diebold . Walden “Wally” O’Dell, CEO Supports Republican President George W. Bush and the Republican Governor of Ohio Bob Taft It is said that Diebold has political ties with the Republican party. Ohio, 2004.

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Diebold and Sequoia

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  1. Diebold and Sequoia A Study of the Two Largest Suppliers of Voting Machines

  2. Diebold • Walden “Wally” O’Dell, CEO • Supports Republican President George W. Bush and the Republican Governor of Ohio Bob Taft • It is said that Diebold has political ties with the Republican party

  3. Ohio, 2004 • Ohio in 2004 was the Florida of 2000 • Diebold had contract with state of Ohio to supply voting machines; the machines were not vvpt. • Diebold is also know to make ATM machines and ticket vending machines; these machines supply paper receipts.

  4. Accu Vote TS • Analyzed machine from private party. Vulnerable to many attacks • Malicious software can steal votes with little or no detection. • Anyone with physical access to machines memory cards can install malicious software. • Transfer vote from one candidate to the other one.

  5. Sequoia • Has been around since the 1890s making it the oldest voting equipment company • Self proclaimed as “America’s most experienced provider of touch-screen voting systems” • Also say they have an “uninterrupted track record of successful countywide installations”

  6. More about Sequoia • Maker of voting equipment and election support products • was the first provider to incorporate Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) technology into its electronic voting equipment for implementation in live elections (Nevada, 2004). • used by in the United States throughout 17 states elections every time.

  7. Sequoia also… • Offers 6 different styles of election machines • Founded the Election Technology Council (ETC) in 2003

  8. ETC… • represents the voting system platforms for 90% of the registered voters in the U.S. • organization's goal is to support policies that help voters vote and have their votes accurately recorded, verified and counted.

  9. Sequoia failures • Machines have froze up • Programmers have not been careful with codes • DREs have had instances where Votes do not register correctly

  10. Examples • Emil Danciu and Al Paglia cheated??? • Same problem happened in New Mexico and Nevada also

  11. Problem at the top • In 2001, Phil Foster, Vice president of Diebolt was indicted for selling machine parts at inflated prices. • He pocketed over $500,000 before being caught • Scam was never directly linked to Diebolt

  12. Not careful enough • Similar to Diebold’s problem • Sequoia software codes responsible for storing and counting votes were not properly protected leaving them open to a hacker • Left a source code on an unprotected internet site

  13. Discussion • Are DREs trustworthy? Explain why or why not? • Relation to classroom discussions. • Possible future effects

  14. Possible Solutions • VVPT needs to be MANDATORY!!! • Tougher laws holding the companies who make the machines responsible. • Local/State/Federal government • The people

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