I warned you guys that I was gonna spread the word about how you deliver poorly designed, costly, and ultimately unusable equipment. And now, all because of me, Massachusetts has chosen AutoMark over Diebold as their evoting supplier. Nice work guys, stick it to those son-of-bitches.
But don't break out the party hats and vodka-redbulls yet, cause Diebold thinks they have one more trick up their sleeve. They're suing Massachusetts over the Secretary Of State's decision. Its a little confusing to me, because they don't seem to be running with any accusations of kickbacks or wrongdoing, just that they think the state made the wrong decision. Their "proof" lies in the contracts that they've bested AutoMark for in various other states. You know, all those places that basically got screwed by faulty hardware, shoddy code, inadequate security, reprehensible customer support that refuses to fix or acknowledge problems, and obstructed investigations under the guise of protecting trade secrets.
And even putting all those customer relations fiascos aside, Massachusetts actually did user testing with the disabled population that would be employing the machines. And they liked AutoMark better, straight up. The only claim I can possibly see Diebold having is if Masachusetts took the surveys on Diebold machines, then they might have a case for voter fraud or machine error.
Watch out Diebold or you're going to make the list, whoops, too late.
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