Should Makers of Election Machinery be Allowed to Contribute?

   I read an old story, from way back in 2004, that tells how Diebold Election Systems officials contributed to Republican candidates. Somehow, a bond between a maker of election machinery and just one of the parties seems wrong.
   And, that is what the Mother Jones article was driving at.
   There are surely other industries in which company officials shouldn't be donating to politicians. What makes this case so unpalatable is that the contributions were directed pretty much just to Republicans. That the makers of election machines should develop a bias for one of the parties doesn't, to me, sound like a good thing.