Diebold back in California

Democrats will have a hard time winning seats this year in California. The Diebold voting machines have been allowed back into the state by the Republican Secretary of State, even though they haven't been approved by the Independent Testing Authority as is required in California. Here's how the Steve Soto at the Left Coaster puts it:

In one of those moves that make you wonder how much Diebold has contributed to his campaign for election this fall, California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson, who was appointed to the job by Arnold Schwarzenegger as a good government Republican after Democrat Kevin Shelley made enough ethical mistakes to warrant his departure, waited until late Friday to announce that he was letting Diebold back into the state for this year’s elections. This came after McPherson had earlier bounced Diebold equipment because of security lapses in other states, and after he had sent the issue to the federal government for Diebold to demonstrate its compliance with the security provisions of the Help America Vote Act.

As Steve goes on to say, these are the very same machines that have been proved to be easily hacked in Florida.