June 15, 2006

Diebold Apologizes To Kern County

"The company whose voter access cards led to last week's election fiasco apologized to Kern County Tuesday.

Diebolt Vice President Steven Moreland took full responsibility for the snafu.

The company makes the electronic voting machines and voter access cards.

The mishap led to long lines and voters were turned away from the polls.

Moreland said they didn't know the enhanced security measure on their voting machines would reject old voter access cards.

"In no way should this reflect on your election staff," said Moreland. "The staff you have here is extremely professional, very talented, and passionate about their job there is no way could they have fore seen the circumstance happening because we did not know about it or communicate it internally."

Next week, the board will meet to discuss whether to strip County Clerk Ann Barnett of her duties with the election department."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at June 15, 2006 11:10 AM