[Voterescue] Defense Contractor makes bid for Diebold for $3 Billion

[Karen Renick]

Big time defense contractor United Technologies Corp. (UTC) made public
today an unsolicited $3-billion bid for Diebold. According to the NY Times,
UTC initially made the $3 billion offer in private on Friday. The bid is $40
a share in cash, or a 66 percent premium over Diebold's Friday closing price
of $24.12. For more see the election integrity blog at:
http://www.electionintegrity.org/blogengine/post/2008/03/United-Technologies
-Makes-Bid-for-Diebold.aspx or http://tinyurl.com/2pjd48 

This, alas, is not the defense industry's first large-scale involvement in
our nation's vote-counting.