Comments on: When Joining Forces Spells Trouble: Proposed Merger of E-Voting Companies http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/10/when-joining-forces-spells-trouble-proposed-merger-of-e-voting-companies.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bev Harris http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/10/when-joining-forces-spells-trouble-proposed-merger-of-e-voting-companies.html/comment-page-1#comment-66032 Bev Harris Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:39 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=21448#comment-66032 The merger clearly violates U.S. anti-trust laws. The calculation of the horizontal monopoly (Herfindahl Index) puts this way into the red zone -- obviously past the legal restrictions for monopolistic behavior. Here is what Blackboxvoting.org provided to the US Dept of Justice, with all the details. I expect to see this deal rolled back. http://www.blackboxvoting.org/BBV-AntiTrust-Letter.pdf (1,100 KB) The U.S. Senate has now scheduled investigative hearings into this. Bev Harris Director - Black Box Voting A national, nonpartisan nonprofit election watchdog organization The merger clearly violates U.S. anti-trust laws. The calculation of the horizontal monopoly (Herfindahl Index) puts this way into the red zone — obviously past the legal restrictions for monopolistic behavior. Here is what Blackboxvoting.org provided to the US Dept of Justice, with all the details. I expect to see this deal rolled back.

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/BBV-AntiTrust-Letter.pdf
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The U.S. Senate has now scheduled investigative hearings into this.

Bev Harris
Director – Black Box Voting
A national, nonpartisan nonprofit election watchdog organization

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