Reality-Based Engineering: [Bumped] Diebold CEO resigns

Friday, December 23, 2005

[Bumped] Diebold CEO resigns

[update - Dec 23] - dailykos collects some more Diebold stuff from the recent elections:

You guys want some good news? Hotline on Call has some for you:

Within the past few weeks:
*The election supervisor for the county encompassing Tallahassee, FL saw voting
results hacked before his eyes. He decertified Diebold. Jeb Bush noticed and
wants a full review of Florida's voting machines.
*Diebold chief Wally O'Dell -- the of "deliver the election" to Bush fame -- resigns.
*CA refuses to certify Deibold yet, reversing a reversal.
*St. Louis Co., MO decertifies Diebold machines.
*North Carolina is apparently about to do the same.

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Good riddance:

Now what might those reports exactly tell us?

edit: Yes, this is the same guy who promised to be "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year" - The guy is called Walden "Wally" O'Dell, (ex-) Chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Diebold.

edit II: He obviously resigned over insider trading.

"The board of directors and Wally mutually agreed that his decision to resign at this time for personal reasons was in the best interest of all parties," the company's new chairman said in a statement.

O'Dell's resignation comes just days after reports from BradBlog.com that the company was facing imminent securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading. It also comes on the heels of a RAW STORY interview with a Diebold insider, who raised new allegations of technical woes inside the company, as well concern that Diebold may have mishandled elections in Georgia and Ohio.
Let's hope that there are some implications regarding the issues of election fraud. Oh and check out Brad's Blog - more there...