Um, why are u carving around voting machine vendor ES&S?! NO ONE legitimately concerned about election security would ever do this. ES&S systems are infamously insecure & some connect to the internet. Do u like them bc they donated $30K to the GOP & make black votes disappear? 1/ https://twitter.com/codemonkeyz/status/1326769198262071296
2/ ES&S is America’s largest voting machine vendor (44% of US election equipment) and has donated $30K to the Republican State Legislative Committee since 2013. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/05/voting-machines-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/
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/
3/ “Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems [From ES&S] Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials” https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials

The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
4/ “Top Voting Machine Vendor [ES&S] Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States” https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb4ezy/top-voting-machine-vendor-admits-it-installed-remote-access-software-on-systems-sold-to-states
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States

Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.'

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb4ezy/top-voting-machine-vendor-admits-it-installed-remote-access-software-on-systems-sold-to-states
5/ “Exclusive: Thousands of Black Votes in Georgia Disappeared [from ES&S/Diebold voting systems]. and No One Can Explain It” https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-thousands-of-black-votes-in-georgia-disappea-1832472558
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 systems also disappeared black votes in Memphis.
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