Diebold Plans Charges For Printers "Out the Ying-Yang"

An e-mail found in a collection of files stolen from Diebold Elections Systems' internal database recommends charging Maryland "out the yin-yang" if the state requires Diebold to add paper printouts to the $73 million voting system it purchased.

The e-mail from "Ken," dated Jan. 3, 2003, discusses a (Baltimore) Sun article about a University of Maryland study of the Diebold system:

"There is an important point that seems to be missed by all these articles: they already bought the system. At this point they are just closing the barn door. Let's just hope that as a company we are smart enough to charge out the yin if they try to change the rules now and legislate voter receipts."

"Ken" later clarifies that he meant "out the yin-yang," adding, "any after-sale changes should be prohibitively expensive."

These Web sites are where The Gazette found the e-mails reported to have been stolen from Diebold Election Systems' internal database.

*The "yin-yang" comment by "Ken":
chroot.net/s/lists/support.w3archive/
200301/msg00015.html

*The Linda Lamone e-mail by Sue Page: diebold.datengrab.biz/lists/support.
w3archive/200212.dir/msg00047.html

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