Baker Says Voting Machines Neither Republicans nor Democrats

Let's follow the money and see if he's right. James A. Baker famously told us this in November 2000, in the heated days that followed the election, "Voting machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats." Well, you can find $ $ $ donations by the companies that make and service the voting machines, and their sponsors and forbears, that SAY DIFFERENTLY: Aside from the executives of ES&S, Diebold, Sequoia, Maximus (which services Hart/Intercivic), there are also the $$ donations from the companies, Ciber Inc. and Wyle Labs, that TEST the voting machines.

[NOTE: the author includes many tables with data from public information sources that show the donations of voting machine vendors overwhelmingly go to Republicans. See this link for details.]

Are you seeing a pattern here? Do you see it, Mr. Baker?

I am even MORE concerned also the firms that set up electronic voter-REGISTRATION management systems — which are typically designed to integrate with record keeping from motor-voter files and Dept. of Corrections. These firms include Covansys (formerly Complete Business Solutions or CBSI), Unisys, ES&S, Accenture, PCC Technology and others, including the Diebold/DIMS purchase. [Diebold's new database serviced Cuyahoga County, Ohio in November, 2004.]

Their campaign donations are quite partisan, too.

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