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Diebold Weighs Dumping Of E-Voting Unit

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Diebold Weighs Strategy for Voting Unit


By M.R. Kropko
The Associated Press
Sunday 04 March 2007

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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-03-05-diebold-voting-machines_N.htm

Cleveland - Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation.

Though Diebold Election Systems - the company's smallest business segment - has shown growth and profit, it's faced persistent criticism over the reliability and security of its touch-screen voting machines. About 150,000 of its touch-screen or optical scan systems were used in 34 states in last November's election.

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