Growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, Diebold was a company with a good reputation. They were know for building safes and ATM machines at, at times of war, they built tanks.
So, what do you think when you hear words like “safe”, “ATM” and “tank”? You think safety and security.
Now, when you hear e-vote, you likely think the opposite. You have machines, for the most part, that don’t have a paper trail, don’t offer the ability to perform a recount and use closed-source code that means that the individual states using them can’t have their own computer experts examine the code for flaws. In the end, these voting machines are the very definition of a “black box.”
So, does it look good for a company that built its 150-year reputation on safety and security to offer a product line that exemplifies the polar opposite? Investment analysts think not and believe that the company may be looking to dump this segment of their business.
Honestly, why people think that privatizing something as important as elections is a good idea is beyond me but, let’s hope that a tide of change is coming.
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