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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the undersigned directors of
Diebold, Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Ohio, do for themselves and not for another, constitute and appoint
Warren W. Dettinger, Charee Francis-Vogelsang, Gregory T. Geswein, or any one of
them, a true and lawful attorney in fact in their names, place and stead, to
sign their names to the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2000, or to any and all amendments to such reports, and to cause the same to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; it being intended to give and
grant unto said attorneys in fact and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises
as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned by themselves could
do if personally present. The undersigned directors ratify and confirm all that
said attorneys in fact or either of them shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the date set opposite their signature.




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Signed in the presence of:             SIGNATURE                             DATE


                                                                  
/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang       /s/Donald R. Gant                     March 13, 2001
                                     Donald R. Gant, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang       /s/Phillip B. Lassiter                March 13, 2001
                                     Phillip B. Lassiter, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang       /s/John N. Lauer                      March 13, 2001
                                     John N. Lauer, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang       /s/William F. Massy                   March 13, 2001
                                     William F. Massy, Director