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“Votes from predominantly black precincts have mysteriously vanished from touchscreen voting machines in both TN & Georgia in recent elections. GA replaced the touchscreen system it had been using since 2002 w/ yet another [risky] touchscreen system, ...1/ https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/27/touchscreen-voting-makes-everything-easy-including-hacking/
... rejecting the advice of most election security experts, who note that hand-marked paper ballots are less vulnerable to both tampering and error.“ 2/
“A political battle is now raging in Shelby County — Tennessee’s most populous county — over whether it will follow in Georgia’s footsteps or switch to hand-marked paper ballots for the general election in November.”
This is my latest piece for @whowhatwhy. 3/
This is my latest piece for @whowhatwhy. 3/
“Shelby County is approximately 54 % African American, a demographic that has traditionally overwhelmingly favored Ds. But the county election commission is led by Republicans, due, in part, to state law that gives control to the party that controls the state legislature.” 4/
“The loss of black votes from touchscreen voting machines in Shelby County was discovered by election commissioner @benniejsmith , a Democrat, in 2015.“ 5/
“The debate over a new voting system has led to a knock-down, drag-out fight, pitting Smith and election security reformers against Republican election administrator Linda Phillips and other election commissioners.” 6/
The other commissioners (three Republicans and one Democrat) “recently voted to buy controversial new touchscreen voting machines called “ballot-marking devices” (BMDs) for use by most voters at the polls.“ 7/
“Before the vote, Republicans in the Tennessee legislature wrote a letter to the Republican election commissioners, advising that they wanted them to replace the existing touchscreen system with more touchscreens (BMDs) rather than hand-marked paper ballots.” 8/
To be continued. Gotta walk my dog! 9/
