Thread by @jennycohn1, Dominion Voting’s partner in Georgia is KnowInk, whose managing director is a [...]

Dominion Voting’s partner in Georgia is KnowInk, whose managing director is a former Republican election official (Scott Leinendecker) whose wife donated to @GaSecofState b4 Georgia announced its KnowInk/Dominion contracts. 1/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/31/how-safe-is-the-us-election-from-hacking/">https://www.nybooks.com/daily/202...

How Safe Is the US Election from Hacking?

In September, The New York Times reported on a concerning surge in Russian ransomware attacks against the United States, including “against small towns,

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/31/how-safe-is-the-us-election-from-hacking/

2/ “KnowInk’s product manager once campaigned for Ed Martin, the president of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, which opposes the Equal Rights Amendment. KnowInk’s products are now used in twenty-three states, as well as Canada.”

3/ Dominion’s “lobbyist, Jared Thomas, was Governor Brian Kemp’s chief of staff and press secretary from 2012 to 2015 when Kemp was secretary of state.” https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/12/17/how-new-voting-machines-could-hack-our-democracy/">https://www.nybooks.com/daily/201...

How New Voting Machines Could Hack Our Democracy

The United States has a disturbing habit of investing in unvetted new touchscreen voting machines that later prove disastrous. As we barrel toward what is set to be the most important election in a...

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/12/17/how-new-voting-machines-could-hack-our-democracy/

4/ Georgia’s prior vendor was ES&S, which accounts for at least 44% of US election equipment. Since 2013, ES&S has donated $30K to the Republican State Legislative Commission whose mission is to elect Republicans to state office. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/05/voting-machines-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/">https://www.nybooks.com/daily/201...

Voting Machines: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

United States elections are not evidence-based elections. Only two states, Colorado and New Mexico, conduct manual audits sufficiently robust to detect vote tally manipulation. Depending on the type...

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/05/voting-machines-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

5/ In 2018, Georgia’s ES&S (formerly Diebold) system “lost” 127k votes from predominantly African American precincts. https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-thousands-of-black-votes-in-georgia-disappea-1832472558">https://www.theroot.com/exclusive...

Exclusive: Thousands of Black Votes in Georgia Disappeared and No One Can Explain It

Voter suppression in Georgia was one of the most discussed issues during the 2018 midterm elections. Front and center in the debate stood Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a longtime...

https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-thousands-of-black-votes-in-georgia-disappea-1832472558

6/ ES&S (Diebold) machines also lost black votes from predominantly black precincts in Memphis in 2016, as I wrote here. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/31/how-safe-is-the-us-election-from-hacking/">https://www.nybooks.com/daily/202...

How Safe Is the US Election from Hacking?

In September, The New York Times reported on a concerning surge in Russian ransomware attacks against the United States, including “against small towns,

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/31/how-safe-is-the-us-election-from-hacking/

I also wrote this piece about the “rare memory card error” during @ossoff’s 2017 race against Karen Handel (a top 10 Koch recipient) in 2017, the ensuing “wiped server,” & the unbelievably alarming history of Georgia elections dating back to 2002. 7/ https://link.medium.com/ma22ruTzebb ">https://link.medium.com/ma22ruTze...

Georgia: The Epicenter of America’s Corrupted Electronic Elections

By Jennifer Cohn @jennycohn1 June 29, 2018 Updated August 20, 2018, New Introduction October 16, 2019

https://link.medium.com/ma22ruTzebb

Now what is @GaSecofState up to?! We must watch the situation in Georgia like a hawk. 8/

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