Walden O'Dell wrote a letter the other day. He wrote a fund-raising letter to Ohio Republicans. And, in that letter, O'Dell said that he was, "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to (President Bush) next year."

Walden O'Dell is the Chairman of the Board of Diebold Election Systems, the second largest company in America, whose business it is to count your vote.

O'Dell's letter should serve as a call to action for Americans, and for citizens around the world, who have surrendered their elections to technology and those who control it.

American tax dollars are helping to fund a worldwide conversion from paper ballots to computer and Internet voting.

The effort to promote electronic elections is being led by three international organizations: The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

IFES was founded in 1987 by the late F.