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8/ FFS, Ken Blackwell (Ohio’s Secretary of State in 04 AND a member of the Bush campaign) hired Republican operatives who re-routed Ohio’s election night returns through a backup server hosted by Smartech in TN. Kerry led until the main server went down. https://link.medium.com/2bfNdOuYfbb
9/ Smartech also hosted all of the Bush White House emails and conveniently lost them when they were subpoenaed by Ds re: the US Attorney firing scandal. They were retrieved years later, but only a small handful produced. Russia hacked Smartech in 2015. https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/14/report-rnc-email-was-actually-hacked
10/ Here’s an article about the problem in Michigan that Rs are now exploiting to try to upend the election after blocking all efforts to secure the election in advance w/ meaningful manual audit reqmts, including a secure chain of custody. https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/06/antrim-county-vote-glitch-software-update/6194745002/
11/ Here is Professor Halderman’s assessment. https://twitter.com/jhalderm/status/1325163291161755649
12/ “Rs will accept no...cybersecurity standards...I pointed out that right now...u can have a voting machine w/ a[]... connection to the internet...And the Rs objected &...sat down...” @RonWyden https://www.fastcompany.com/90465001/senator-ron-wyden-the-gop-is-making-a-mockery-of-election-security
13/ This seems surgical:
On Wed., the USPS “processed 94.5 % of ballots on time [the expected rate is 97%],” but in the “9 postal districts spanning 5 states— AZ, NV, PA, NC & GA—that have yet 2 decide the presidential race, the on-time rate was 84.6 %.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/05/usps-late-ballots-election/
On Wed., the USPS “processed 94.5 % of ballots on time [the expected rate is 97%],” but in the “9 postal districts spanning 5 states— AZ, NV, PA, NC & GA—that have yet 2 decide the presidential race, the on-time rate was 84.6 %.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/05/usps-late-ballots-election/
14/ Moreover, virtually everywhere, Trump significantly OVER-PERFORMED expectations, not the reverse. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/06/polling-industry-blows-it-again-434591
15/ And it is Trump, not Democrats, who is known to have rigged polls. https://www.wsj.com/articles/poll-rigging-for-trump-and-creating-womenforcohen-one-it-firms-work-order-11547722801
16/ Trump & Rs blocked election transparency legislation, & are now weaponizing the absence of transparency to try to steal the election, while distracting from the red shift btwn polls & reported outcomes, significant anomalies in FL & Texas, & unexpected GOP senate victories.
17/ We must not allow Rs to weaponize their own bad faith dereliction of duty in the conduct of this election.
18/ To be continued
