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Apparently Trump is more comfortable with internet-connected precinct equipment than with vote by mail. I wonder why... 1/
I am referring to ES&S precinct ballot scanners and receiving-end systems in Florida, Wisconsin, & Michigan (& elsewhere), which contain cellular modems that connect to the internet. #RemoveTheModems 2/
I’m also referring to the seismic shift in recent years to e-pollbooks throughout the US, many of which connect to WiFi & which are now being used (bizarrely) to encode activation cards that activate controversial new touchscreen voting machines (ballot marking devices). 3/
Article by @kimzetter about those ES&S precinct scanners and receiving-end systems in WI, MI, FL, etc. which contain cellular modems that connect to the internet. 4/ https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1294033700439506944?s=21 https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1294033700439506944
I discuss WiFi-connected electronic pollbooks and how they are now used to activate touchscreen voting machines here. 5/ https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/27/touchscreen-voting-makes-everything-easy-including-hacking/
Since 2013, America's largest voting machine vendor, ES&S (44% of US election equipment), has donated $30k to the Republican State Leadership Committee, whose mission is to elect Rs to state legislatures, which will vote on redistricting in 2021. 6/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/05/voting-machines-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/
Knowink is America's largest e-pollbook vendor. Its products are in 25 states in Australia. As I discuss here, it's managing director is a former Republican election official from St. Louis. 7/ https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/27/touchscreen-voting-makes-everything-easy-including-hacking/
In addition, per his Linked in, Knowink's product developer is a former member of College Republicans and once campaigned for Ed Martin who is currently president of the Phyllis Schafly Eages, which opposes the Equal Rights Amendment. I'm sure it's fine though... 8/
This is an example of a Knowink election. Chaos throughout Los Angeles county during its March primary. 9/ https://twitter.com/erinsearcy/status/1235061449233293313?s=20
The 2016 US presidential election in Wisconsin is an example of an election conducted with ES&S's inter-connected precinct ballot scanners. 10/
The 2016 US presidential election in Florida is another example of an election conducted with ES&S's internet-connected precinct ballot scanners. 11/
Experts say that the only way to know if these outcomes are legitimate is to conduct a robust manual audit or full manual recount. But we're 'Merica. So f&$ck the experts. amirite? We already know the GOP agrees with this. But it seems the Democratic party does too. 12/
The Democrats love to play dead it seems, even after unexpected poll-defying losses. We cannot let them do that in November. We just can't. Too much is at stake. 13/
