EXHIBIT 23


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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The Board of Directors
Diebold, Incorporated:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-32960, 33-39988, 33-55452, 33-54677, 33-54675, 333-32187 and 333-60578)
on Form S-8 of Diebold, Incorporated of our reports dated January 29, 2003, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Diebold, Incorporated and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, and related financial
statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2002 annual report
on Form 10-K of Diebold, Incorporated.









/s/KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
February 28, 2003



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