Our elections are in jeopardy...

[pbmus]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1138915740814233602.html


Do you see a pattern?!

South Carolina’s top election official sat on voting machine vendor ES&S’s secret advisory board & received trips, lodging, & dining worth $20k from ES&S. The entire state just signed a $51 M contract for ES&S’s ExpressVote barcode system.

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Source re: SC election official’s receipt of $20k in gifts from ES&S. thestate.com/news/politics-… 2/
Source re: SC’s new $51 Million contract w/ ES&S. thestate.com/news/politics-… 3/
In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp’s chief of staff sat on ES&S’s secret gift-giving advisory board, & his current chief of staff was an ES&S lobbyist. GA is expected to choose ES&S’s ExpressVote barcode voting system for the entire state.
Making Georgia’s Bad Elections Even Worse
How newly elected Governor Brian Kemp is undermining the vote—all while potentially enriching a company with close ties to his administration.
https://newrepublic.com/article/153221/making-georgias-bad-elections-even-worse
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Another source about Georgia.
Georgia Poised to Pick Vulnerable Barcode Voting Technology - WhoWhatWhy
Georgia is setting the stage to spend over a hundred million dollars to again purchase insecure voting machines, disregarding public and expert opinion.
https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/01/11/georgia-poised-to-pick-vulnerable-barcode-voting-technology/
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Screenshot about Georgia & ES&S from the New Republic Article:
Making Georgia’s Bad Elections Even Worse
How newly elected Governor Brian Kemp is undermining the vote—all while potentially enriching a company with close ties to his administration.
https://newrepublic.com/article/153221/making-georgias-bad-elections-even-worse
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New York City’s top election official also sat on ES&S’s secret gift-giving advisory board and is pushing the City to buy ES&S’s ExpressVote XL barcode hybrid system for early voting. 7/
NYC BOE Boss Pushing for Voting Machines Made by Company He's Cozy With
The city Board of Elections is essentially asking state officials to skirt an approval process to use the machines.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2019/03/29/nyc-board-of-elections-boss-mike-ryan-pushing-for-voting-machines-made-by-ess-company-he-is-familiar-with
ES&S has also donated $30K to the Republican State Leadership Committee—which houses the Republican Secretary of State’s Association—since 2013.
Philly Ignores Cybersecurity and Disability Access in Voting System Selection - WhoWhatWhy
Philadelphia is poised to choose a vulnerable barcode voting system after a “Blue Ribbon Commission” hid its criticism of such systems in the endnotes of its election-security report. Meanwhile, the …
https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/02/12/philly-ignores-cybersecurity-and-disability-access-in-voting-system-selection/
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[Celerity]

1. damn right they are, the more the chaos, the less people pay attention to the details nt

[diva77]

2. computerized voting with all the trappings - a cesspool of corruption