It had to happen sooner or later. I'm pleasantly shocked, however, that it happened here in Ohio.
"Brunner is seeking punitive damages from Diebold, now Premier Election Solutions, after she said an investigation showed that votes in at least 11 counties were "dropped" in recent elections when memory cards were uploaded to computer servers."
D'OH! I hate when that happens, when votes are dropped. But you know, it wasn't Diebold's fault. Really. It was the fault of the anti-virus software...
"But he said a conflict was identified involving the company's software and virus-protection software. A product advisory was issued in May, but Brunner said her office still is reviewing that explanation."
Errr... they need to run anti-virus software on computers that are a) supposed to be certified, and b) not even on a network? Come on, folks. You know it's incompetence when a company designs one of the machines most critical to our democracy, using the technological equivalent of Lincon Logs. Given the platform, I'd expect there to be problems, and Diebold ought to pay for it.
