Diebold Election Systems tries to hide

"This is both a fresh identity for our company and a unique opportunity for us to concentrate our focus solely on providing best-in-class elections solutions for current and potential customers," said Dave Byrd, president, Premier Election Solutions.

You can find the full press release in pdf format here.

I can understand this company seeking a new identity. Their products have lost their certification, they can no longer be used in California, last I heard. Aside from the profit motive of private corporations and the desire to be able to 'fix' elections, I can see no good reason why our elections need automated systems. These automated systems are vulnerable to tampering in ways simply not possible with a good ol paper ballot. Eliminate the machines from our election process and drive these irresponsible, unethical and in some cases down right criminal companies out of business. They are a threat to our democracy.

For those of you that still think automated voting machines are good, please do some additional research and see how these systems have already been used to circumvent our democracy. A good place to start would be Black Box Voting.