[Idaho_Cowboy]

"The bitter irony of this entire endeavor was that a supposedly small government candidate gutted the local structure of GOTV efforts in favor of a centralized, faceless organization in a far off place (in this case, their Boston headquarters). Wrap your head around that."

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Sounds like standard m-o for a corporate businessman. Not saying I have a problem with business experience, but it's worth noting here.

[Paleo Conservative]

"The bitter irony of this entire endeavor was that a supposedly small government candidate gutted the local structure of GOTV efforts in favor of a centralized, faceless organization in a far off place (in this case, their Boston headquarters). Wrap your head around that."

Idaho_Cowboy:
Sounds like standard m-o for a corporate businessman. Not saying I have a problem with business experience, but it's worth noting here.

It's crazy to try to implement such a big software system without testing and without having an alternate system running as a backup. Didn't anyone learn anything from the IRS fiasco a few years ago when they unplugged their legacy software and switched to a new system in order to save money?

From what I've read about ORCA, it would have been illegal in Texas. In Texas it is illegal to transmit information about who has and hasn't voted to people outside the voting precinct. Also, it is illegal to use any electronic communications device inside a polling place.