So. Yesterday morning I walked into my polling place. I stood in line for about a half-hour--nothing to complain about--and got my ballot card. I went to the table and carefully filled in my ovals. I then put my completed ballot in the privacy folder and walked up to place it in the Tabulating machine.
What I saw when I got there froze my blood colder than a welldigger's feet:
DIEBOLD
Yes, the tabulating machine was made by the Diebold corporation.
Now, as you may be aware, I live in Ohio. And you may also be aware that I've mentioned previously in this blog that the CEO of Diebold last year sent out a fundraising letter saying he was committed to delivering Ohio for George W. Bush (just Google the words "Diebold", "deliver", "Bush", and "Ohio". I got 7,300 hits. Some were even non-porn sites.)
Diebold's electronic voting machine was rejected by my county. But apparently it's optical scan tabulator was not.
So, in light of all the exit polls that came out favoring Kerry, just how did they get it so wrong?
Was it just poor polling, or did Diebold really come through on its promise to deliver Ohio for Bush--by any means necessary?
Even though Kerry has now conceded, I'd still like all the provisional ballots counted. I have a hunch that they will tell a different story. Just don't let the Diebold machines count them!
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