Posted on 12/28/2020 7:27:37 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder
We know that Texas rejected the use of Dominion voting machines for use in their elections about a year ago. I thought it might be useful to review the overall SoS report and the individual reports (x 6 qty) that went into this decision.
Overall report: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/dominion-d-suite-5.5-a.pdf
I should make all the above links clickable....
And why it's dated Jan 24th 2020, ya got me.
Brandon Hurley, esq: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-hurley.pdf
Brian Mechler, Technical Examiner: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-mechler.pdf
Chuck Pinney: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-pinney.pdf
James Sneeringer, Ph.d: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-sneeringer.pdf
Ryan Vassar: (TX Gen'l Counsel) https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-vassar.pdf
Tom Watson: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-watson.pdf
ALL of the above reports rejected the use of the machines.
God Bless Texas.
Bump
They figured this out in Texas a lot sooner than the rest of us.
From the letter:
“ Specifically, the examiner reports raise concerns about whether the Democracy Suite 5.5-A system is suitable for its intended purpose; operates efficiently and accurately; and is safe from fraudulent or unauthorized manipulation.”
But according to Dominion in their latest threats to sue everyone under the sun, their software cannot be hacked, is perfectly safe, and cannot be manipulated by unauthorized persons.
Texas must know something Dominion doesn't know.
If you read the individual reports (2 or 3 are just one page letters, the rest are only 2-5 pages each, not too onerous) they universally pointed out:
Serious discomfort with the idea that the machines could be connected to the internet during an election.
USB “thumb” drives could be connected to the machines and the insertion of said drive didn’t show up in the logs.
Adjudication logs were easily and frequently lost. (ZERO chance of an audit without these logs)
Discomfort with the idea that the machines were being firmware-updated “on the fly” inside of pre-election safe harbor periods.
And in any of the multi-page reports (where there was room to delve into details) the examiners seemed irked that the Dominion rep(s) always had goofy explanations for shortcomings; or what wasn’t yet fixed from prior (failed) examinations. They also seemed upset that this or that aspect of machine operations was entirely dependent upon the training and or skill of the local on-site operator. Had to reload the MSFT O/S upon a crash-—had to run ballot batches through the scanners repeatedly...
Yes, TX figured these machines out a year ago, but from the descriptions, there wasn’t that much to figure.
Has Dominion been sued?
Bookmarked.
“Has Dominion been sued?”
Interesting question. If their machines are defective, is that a crime? Or a civil tort? (Honest question) I don’t know.
Anyone who has standing to sue them has undoubtedly signed a sales contract stating that they have examined the machines for suitability and found them adequate, or accurate, or both.
Even a few democrats in Georgia figured out that the Dominion machines were problematic and were against purchasing them. The machines had a lot of problems during the primary election as well.
Overall report: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/dominion-d-suite-5.5-a.pdf
And why it's dated Jan 24th 2020, ya got me.
Brandon Hurley, esq: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-hurley.pdf
Brian Mechler, Technical Examiner: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-mechler.pdf
Chuck Pinney: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-pinney.pdf
James Sneeringer, Ph.d: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-sneeringer.pdf
Ryan Vassar: (TX Gen’l Counsel) https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-vassar.pdf
Tom Watson: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-watson.pdf
(That's Houston and Ft. Worth areas)
In this last election?
I’m completely unaware of how it would be possible that Dom machines were or could have been used if the TX SoS refused to certify them.
http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/news/2019/new-voting-machines-arrive-in-tarrant-county-.html
Apparently, Tarrant Co used machines by Hart Systems.
https://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/elections/hart-voting-system.html
and rejected Dominion and ESS systems. (eg; “...chose Hart over Dom or ESS...”)
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article233785927.html
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