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EspañolWALDEN O'DELL
'Walden "Wally" O'Dell' was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Diebold, a US-based security and financial products company.
He was an active fundraiser for George W. Bush's re-election campaign and wrote in a fund-raising letter dated August 13, 2003, that he was committed "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President."[1] His involvement with the campaign raised concerns that, as the CEO of the largest manufacturer of electronic voting equipment, he would have been in a position to manipulate the results of the presidential election of 2004. Since the voting systems of Diebold Election Systems are closed source and do not provide an auditable paper record, it is impossible to establish the integrity of the counts.
In December 2005, O'Dell left the company "for personal reasons" following reports that the company was facing securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading[2].
In October 2005, a person using a Diebold computer edited this article to remove paragraphs about Walden O'Dell, chief executive of the company, which revealed that he had been "a top fund-raiser" for George Bush. A month later, other paragraphs and links to stories about the alleged rigging of the 2000 election were also removed. The paragraphs and links have since been reinstated.[3]
1. The trouble with e-voting Paul R. La Monica
2. Diebold CEO resigns after reports of fraud litigation, internal woes John Byrne
3. Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits' Jonathan Fildes
★ 2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities
★ Walden O'Dell's political donations
He was an active fundraiser for George W. Bush's re-election campaign and wrote in a fund-raising letter dated August 13, 2003, that he was committed "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President."[1] His involvement with the campaign raised concerns that, as the CEO of the largest manufacturer of electronic voting equipment, he would have been in a position to manipulate the results of the presidential election of 2004. Since the voting systems of Diebold Election Systems are closed source and do not provide an auditable paper record, it is impossible to establish the integrity of the counts.
In December 2005, O'Dell left the company "for personal reasons" following reports that the company was facing securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading[2].
In October 2005, a person using a Diebold computer edited this article to remove paragraphs about Walden O'Dell, chief executive of the company, which revealed that he had been "a top fund-raiser" for George Bush. A month later, other paragraphs and links to stories about the alleged rigging of the 2000 election were also removed. The paragraphs and links have since been reinstated.[3]
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References
1. The trouble with e-voting Paul R. La Monica
2. Diebold CEO resigns after reports of fraud litigation, internal woes John Byrne
3. Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits' Jonathan Fildes
See also
★ 2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities
External link
★ Walden O'Dell's political donations
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