Diebold is a prominent source of voter anger, but it isn't the only company that screws up our elections. Election Systems & Software claims to be "the world's most experienced election management company." If that's true, the company's performance has become a compelling argument against the privatization of election management.

From Imboden, Arkansas:

ES&S has struck again, causing more frustrations at the polls. "It was hectic because we were backed up all the way double line to the door and couldn't get them out," said Imboden poll worker Iva Jean Smith.

Around 7:00 a.m., most of the precincts in Lawrence County began experiencing problems with the electronic voting machines as they were preparing to open up the polls. The cause of the problem... ES&S, the company that runs the state's voting machine, supplied the county with the incorrect device that pulls up voter ballots.

The county clerk says she's "very dissatisfied" with ES&S. She certainly should be, given the company's poor performance during the county's primary and again today. And she isn't alone in her frustration. The list (pdf) of problems that ES&S or its voting machines have caused in other elections over the years is lengthy.