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>>NJ Federal Court TRO Hearing on ESS-Premier Merger >> >>Source: BLT, The Blog of Legal Times >><http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/09/judge-to-consider-blocking-merger-of-two-voting-machine-makers.html>http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/09/judge-to-consider-blocking-mer... >> >>[1] >> >>Judge to Consider Blocking Merger of Two Voting Machine Makers >> >>September 28, 2009 >> >>Tomorrow morning, a New Jersey federal judge >>will hold a hearing to decide whether to block >>the merger of the nation's two largest vote >>counting companies. >> >>Jonathan Rubin, a Washington-based Patton Boggs >>partner who represents Hart InterCivic Inc., a >>smaller voting-machine maker, has asked Judge >>Robert Kugler of the U.S. District Court for >>the District of New Jersey to issue a temporary >>restraining order, alleging that the merger of >>the voting division of Ohio-based Diebold and >>Election Systems & Software poses a "threat of >>irreparable harm" to voters. >> >>The combination of the two voting-machine >>giants would give ES&S control of election >>systems used in nearly 70 percent of the >>country's voting precincts. >> >>Rubin said that jurisdictions across the >>country, which select voting machines based on >>competitive bids, would have little choice but >>to use the systems offered by ES&S if the >>acquisition goes through. >>"As our economist says, we're not talking about >>shampoo. These companies are in the business of >>something that is essential to the function of >>democracy," Rubin said. >> >>Rubin said his client is seeking to have ES&S >>divest Diebold Inc.'s Premier Election >>Solutions, the company's voting division, but >>would also accept having the judge order ES&S >>to keep Premier Election Solutions as a >>separate, standalone company. >> >>The merger has also drawn the attention of Sen. >>Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has asked the >>Justice Department to review the acquisition. >> >>A spokesman for ES&S did not immediately respond to requests for comment. >>=============== >>Posted by Jeff Jeffrey on September 28, 2009 at 04:13 PM >> >><http://electiondefensealliance.org/article_topic/antitrust>Anti-trust >><http://electiondefensealliance.org/article_topic/election_integrity_lawsuit>Election >> >>Integrity Lawsuit >><http://electiondefensealliance.org/article_topic/litigation>Litigation >>All content on this site © 2006 by each >>individual author, All Rights Reserved. >> >>Election Defense Alliance is a program of >>International Humanities Center, a nonprofit >>organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS >>Code. >> >><http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/fairuse>Fair >>Use Policy | Original Site created by >><http://www.nu-look.net>Jenni Simonis >> >><http://s25.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s25edalliance> >><http://wholinkstome.com/url/electiondefensealliance.org> >><http://whos.amung.us/show/zd4l8q6e> >> >><http://drupal.org> >> >>Source URL (retrieved on 09/29/2009 - 8:43am): >><http://electiondefensealliance.org/Federal-court-hearing-ESS-Premier-merger>http://electiondefensealliance.org/Federal-court-hearing-ESS-Premier-merger >> >>Links: >>[1] >><http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/09/judge-to-consider-blocking-merger-of-two-voting-machine-makers.html>http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/09/judge-to-consider-blocking-merger-of-two-voting-machine-makers.html >> > -- Sig_EDA.html Sig_EDA Dan Ashby Co-Founder, Director <http://www.electiondefensealliance.org>ElectionDefenseAlliance.org EDA mail: <mailto:%[email protected]>[email protected] Phone: 510.233.2144 Alt. Phone: 510.275.5723 Fax: 510.740.0572 Fax messages will be transmitted as PDF attachments via e-mail. EDA News and Alerts: <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?&m=1101317662862>Click Here to Subscribe for E-mail Updates The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery. . . Thomas Paine --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
