Let's boycott Diebold ATMs!

By now, readers of this blog should be familiar with the multitudinous problems and insecurities of Diebold electronic voting machines, with Diebold's lame defenses of the same, and with the tepid response to these problems by the politicians running the voting machines, such as the one quoted in this Washington Post article

"We know the equipment works because it's been qualified to federal standards," said Kevin J. Kennedy, executive director of the Wisconsin State Elections Board and president of the National Association of State Election Directors.

It's time for a boycott. But boycotting elections themselves is counter-productive, and sidestepping the machines (e.g., voting by absentee ballot) has its own problems.

However, Diebold has a much bigger and more profitable business than voting machines: Automated teller machines (ATMs). They have a big chunk of the market, but not a monopoly. So, next time you are about to get cash, look at the brand name on the ATM, and if it's Diebold, look for another machine.

You've got to hit them in the pocketbook to make them notice.