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DIEBOLD BANS POLITICAL DONATIONS 
Associated Press / Wired
June 7, 2004

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63753,00.html/wn_ascii

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold, criticized last year for selling voting
machines while its chairman raised money for Republican political
candidates, has banned its senior executives from making such donations.

The company's board of directors last week passed an amendment to its
business ethics policy, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. It states that top Diebold officials "may not make
contributions to, directly or indirectly, any political candidate, party,
election issue or cause, or participate in any political activities, except
for voting."

Walden W. O'Dell, Diebold's chairman and chief executive, was criticized in
August 2003 for having a $1,000-a-plate Republican fund-raiser at his
suburban Columbus home. In a letter inviting people to attend, O'Dell said
he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the
president next year."

He has since said he feels badly about the letter and has sworn off
politics.

The new policy applies to the company's CEO, president, chief financial
officer and others responsible for oversight of Diebold Elections Systems,
the subsidiary that deals directly with the voting machines, according to
the filing.

The policy places the same restriction on all employees of Diebold Elections
Systems. Diebold spokesman Mike Jacobsen said Sunday it doesn't apply to
people who work for other divisions of the company. He said neither O'Dell
nor the company has made any political contributions since October of last
year and that O'Dell spearheaded the policy change.

In the past, the business ethics policy encouraged employees to be active
participants in the political process, Jacobsen said. He said that's had to
be altered since Diebold's 2002 acquisition of Global Elections Systems.

"Since acquiring the elections business, some things have happened, clearly,
with our chairman with his personal political involvement," Jacobsen said.
"The chairman and the board saw fit to make this revision."


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WIRED'S E-VOTING COVERAGE:
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/

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