Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate the recent sale of Diebold’s voting machines division to Election Systems & Software, the nation’s largest electronic voting machine vendor. Schumer said the deal could have “adverse implications on how our country votes.” According to Verified Voting, more than 120 million registered voters use one of these two companies’ systems.
Schumer Calls for Investigation into Consolidation of Electronic Voting Industry
HeadlineSep 15, 2009