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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         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, Robert L. Stockamp or the chief
financial officer, 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, 1999, 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
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/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                   /s/Donald R. Gant                           March 4, 2000
                                                Donald R. Gant, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                   /s/Phillip B. Lassiter                      March 4, 2000
                                                Phillip B. Lassiter, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                   /s/John N. Lauer                            March 4, 2000
                                                John N. Lauer, Director




/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                   /s/William F. Massy                         March 4, 2000
                                                William F. Massy, Director