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Lamone Reprimanded for Promoting Diebold |
News has surfaced that State Election Administrator Linda Lamone has
appeared on marketing materials for election equipment manufacturer
Diebold in support of their e-poll books, which failed miserably in the
Maryland September 2006 Primary. The latest news is that Governor
O'Malley has asked the State Ethics Commission to investigate the
matter, and has told Ms. Lamone to tell Diebold to pull the ads with
her endorsement. "On its surface,
this raises concern about lending the prestige of
office to a private company," O'Malley spokesman Steve Kearney said.
"We agree that the [state] ethics commission should review the matter,
and we have asked the elections administrator to have Diebold withdraw
these materials." For the latest information, read the story,
originally posted by Wired.com
and later covered by the Baltimore
Sun.
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