# Ignorant election nightmare scenarios **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 25, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178 "2024-08-25T03:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178/46 "2024-09-23T02:09:16Z")
> [@Actual attempts of Republicans trying to steal the upcoming presidential election in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-attempts-of-republicans-trying-to-steal-the-upcoming-presidential-election-in-2024/1007533/68): > > But when the CEO of the company that makes the voting machines says he’s going to subvert democracy, that’s the sort of thing that you kind of have to pay attention to. That’s not what he said. > **[Walden O'Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_O%27Dell)** > > Walden "Wally" O'Dell is the former chief executive officer and former chairman of the board of Diebold, a US-based security and financial products company. > He was an active fundraiser for George W. Bush's re-election campaign and wrote in a fund-raising letter dated August 13, 2003, that he was committed "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President." His involvement with the campaign raised concerns that, as the CEO of the largest manufacturer of electronic voting equipment,\[ci... “I am committed to helping [Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio) deliver its [electoral votes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_votes) to the President” != “I will subvert democracy to ensure Bush is declared the winner”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178)._