] At least five convicted felons secured management
] positions at a manufacturer of electronic voting
] machines, according to critics demanding more stringent
] background checks for people responsible for voting
] machine software.
]
] Voter advocate Bev Harris alleged Tuesday that managers
] of a subsidiary of Diebold, one of the country's largest
] voting equipment vendors, included a cocaine trafficker,
] a man who conducted fraudulent stock transactions and a
] programmer jailed for falsifying computer records.