Because shit happens.”
— caption on a poster ridiculing
Diebold voting machines
“In addition to the Diebold Group, he started John Diebold Inc., an investment firm, in 1967. It financed such ventures as a computer leasing company and a well-known manufacturer of polling machines.”
This was written by Jennifer Bayot, who ordinarily covers business news for the Times. Her sly reference to “a well-known manufacturer of polling machines” is apparently to the widely scorned Diebold Election Systems. It appears to have no basis in fact.
Supporting this view–
Larry McShane, Associated Press:
“… his consulting firm John Diebold & Associates…. had no connection to electronic equipment company Diebold Inc.”
Richard Waters in the Financial Times:
John Diebold “was not related to the [late] Charles Diebold, a 19th century entrepreneur whose company, named Diebold, has gone on to become a leading maker of automated teller machines and voting machines.”