Thread by @SEGreenhalgh, Yet, these Secretaries of State have also opposed federal legislation that would [...]

Yet, these Secretaries of State have also opposed federal legislation that would direct states to use paper ballots and audit election results. They continue to ask for taxpayer dollars WITHOUT federal directives. 1/
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How& #39;s that money being spent? Well the @GaSecofState used $400K of his federal funds on television ads to convince the people of GA that his unpopular decision to require more electronic voting systems was a good one. 2/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/0...

‘I Refuse Not to Be Heard’: Georgia in Uproar Over Voting Meltdown

Long lines and malfunctioning voting machines marred statewide primary elections in Georgia, renewing attention on voting rights there.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary.html

In NJ, the @NJStateDept @JerseyBobGiles spent $89K on an insecure online voting system that was used by one voter. 3/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/new-jersey-spent-89000-for-one-online-voter/">https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns...

New Jersey spent $89,000 for one online voter - New Jersey Globe

New Jersey spent $89,000 to test online voting, but just one voter used the system in the May 12 non-partisan municipal elections. New Jersey Division of

https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/new-jersey-spent-89000-for-one-online-voter/

In FL, the @FLDeptofState used the federal money as leverage to require all county officials to sign an NDA promising not to reveal any security issues with voting systems to the press or the public which is probably unconstitutional. 4/ https://www.tallahassee.com/in-depth/news/local/state/2020/02/25/florida-the-most-secretive-state-election-security/4529691002/">https://www.tallahassee.com/in-depth/...

Will your vote count? Florida's secrecy about election security makes it nearly impossible to know

The state forced counties to sign nondisclosure agreements or they wouldn’t get training and funding to fight hacking.

https://www.tallahassee.com/in-depth/news/local/state/2020/02/25/florida-the-most-secretive-state-election-security/4529691002/

The @IndianaSOS inexplicably agreed to use $6M of federal money to retrofit 10% of electronic voting machines (2K) w/printers.That& #39;s $3000 per printer!!! It& #39;s absurd & also demonstrates a complete failure to grasp the basic principles of election audits 5/ https://thefulcrum.us/election-security-2641018061">https://thefulcrum.us/election-...

Indiana moving far too slowly to thwart election hacking, lawsuit alleges

Indiana is not moving nearly assertively enough to upgrade its voting machines so they're less vulnerable to hackers, a nonprofit alleges in a federal lawsuit pressing the state to spend millions...

https://thefulcrum.us/election-security-2641018061

Meanwhile in TX, the Dallas County clerk recently told they county she would need an additional $6M to buy new e-pollbooks even though she had bought brand new Tenex epollbooks in the last year. 6/ https://www.fox4news.com/news/questions-grow-around-dallas-countys-claims-that-electronic-pollbooks-were-hackable">https://www.fox4news.com/news/ques...

Questions grow around Dallas County’s claims that electronic pollbooks were hackable

The president of Tenex says he learned Dallas County was no longer using its electronic poll books from a FOX4 story and the county has yet to notify his company of any request to terminate the...

https://www.fox4news.com/news/questions-grow-around-dallas-countys-claims-that-electronic-pollbooks-were-hackable

The clerk claimed that the Tenex epollbooks wouldn& #39;t securely integrate w/the ES&S Expressvotes the county also just purchased so they had to buy ES&S pollbooks. Funny, because this ES&S proposal to Cuyahoga, OH says Expressvotes are compatible w/Tenex. 7/ https://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/2019/Tabulation/ES&S%20Survey%20Response%202018_ALL.pdf">https://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/e...

Did it have anything to do with the fact that the Dallas County clerk was on a secret Board of Advisors for ES&S that received gifts in the form of travel? 8/ https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article213558729.html">https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-ne...

Voting machine vendor treated election officials to trips to Vegas, elsewhere

The nation’s largest voting equipment vendor has for at least nine years coaxed state and local elections officials to serve on an “advisory board” that gathers twice annually for company-sponsored...

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article213558729.html

Or that ES&S paid for her re-election materials for her campaign? 9/ https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/emails-reveal-dallas-co-elections-administrator-soliciting-favors-from-vendors/287-484425083">https://www.wfaa.com/article/n...

Emails reveal Dallas Co. elections administrator soliciting favors from vendors

State ethics laws are clear when it comes to the relationship between public officials and vendors.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/emails-reveal-dallas-co-elections-administrator-soliciting-favors-from-vendors/287-484425083

States need money to run elections but that money should come with strings and directives the states must follow. The election industry is unregulated, throwing billions of fed $ into an unregulated market w/o specific requirements is wrong-headed.

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