Posted on 11/17/2020 10:42:24 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement last week defending the integrity of the 2020 election. The problem, however, is two of the main election software companies that have been called into question – Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic – sit on CISA. And that information was never disclosed, the Epoch Times reported.
Below is the the joint statement put out by the Executive Committee of the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (SCC):
“The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result.
“When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.
“Other security measures like pre-election testing, state certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.
“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections.”
The two election software companies are members of the GCC's Sector Coordinating Council:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Arrikan, Inc./Chaves Consulting, Inc.
- Associated Press (AP) Elections
- BPro, Inc.
- Clear Ballot Group
- Crosscheck
- DemTech Voting Solutions
- Democracy Live
- Democracy Works
- DMF Associates
- Dominion Voting Systems
- Election Systems & Software (ES&S)
- Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)
- Freeman, Craft, McGregor Group
- Hart InterCivic
- KNOWInk
- Microsoft
- Microvote General Corp.
- NTS Data Services
- PCC Technology Inc.
- Pro V&V
- Runbeck Election Services
- SCYTL
- SLI Compliance
- Smartmatic
- Tenex Software Solutions
- The Canton Group
- Unisyn Voting Solutions
- Voatz
- VOTEC
- Votem
- Voting Works
- VR Systems
According to the Election Infrastructure Subsector Coordinating Council Charter, the goal of the group is to "advance the physical security, cyber security, and emergency preparedness of the nation’s election infrastructure, in accordance with existing U.S. law" and "serve as the primary liaison between the election subsector and federal, state, and local agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), concerning private election subsector security and emergency preparedness issues."
CISA's goal, on the other hand, is to work "collaboratively with those on the front lines of elections—state and local governments, election officials, federal partners, and vendors—to manage risks to the Nation’s election infrastructure
State and local election officials decide what voting software and programs to use and CISA has no control over that.
Interestingly enough, I received an email tonight from Dominion about "setting the record straight." They cited the above statement as reason to trust them but failed to disclose their CISA connection.
Here's some of the bigger points made in their email:
Dominion Voting Systems categorically denies false assertions about vote switching and software issues with our voting systems.
According to a Joint Statement by the federal government agency that oversees U.S. election security, the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity, & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised." The government & private sector councils that support this mission called the 2020 election "the most secure in American history."...
3) Dominion is a nonpartisan U.S. company
Dominion has no ownership relationships with the Pelosi family, Feinstein family, Clinton Global Initiative, Smartmatic, Scytl, or any ties to Venezuela. Dominion works with all U.S. political parties; our customer base and our government outreach practices reflect this nonpartisan approach.
- As reported by the Associated Press, "Dominion made a one-time philanthropic commitment at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting in 2014, but the Clinton Foundation has no stake or involvement in Dominion’s operations, the nonprofit has confirmed." The meeting included bipartisan attendees focused on international democracy-building.
- There have been no "raids" of Dominion servers by the U.S. military or otherwise, and Dominion does not have servers in Germany.
...
7) Assertions of voter fraud conspiracies are 100% false
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has debunked numerous claims, including claims about the existence of a secret CIA program for vote fraud called Hammer and Scorecard.
All U.S. voting systems must provide assurance that they work accurately and reliably as intended under federal U.S. EAC and state certification and testing requirements. Election safeguards—from testing and certification of voting systems, to canvassing and auditing—prevent malicious actors from tampering with vote counts and ensure that final vote tallies are accurate. Read more from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
This isn't the first time Dominion's software has been called into question. Democrats voiced concern over the software last December. The Denver Post warned about their election security earlier this year. The Michigan GOP said a software glitch caused 6,000 votes to flip from Trump to Biden, although the Michigan Secretary of State said that wasn't the case. It's one of the reasons Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the legal process needs to play out in the courts.
One of President Trump's attorneys, Sidney Powell, on Sunday said the team has evidence of election fraud relating to Dominion and Smartmatic's voting software.
Can somebody explain to me how a hand recount of the paper ballots would not expose voting machine anomalies? And wouldn’t those who chose to use/code software to switch votes, no matter how complex the process, anticipate a recount exposing the fraud?
“Other security measures like pre-election testing, state certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.
OH, big deal... certification is utterly meaningless. No doubt Iraq, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba certify their voting equipment too.
As people have noted on other threads, Dominion Voting Systems is also known as DVS.
Which is pronounced “devious”.
Paper ballots marked only with BIDEN and no other races, were brought in to back up the computer switching of votes. That is why the counting was stopped for so long.
And the people that did the data manipulation are running a PR gaslighting campaign for the President to concede and not count votes. When obvious switching is found, it always is “human error”, the explanation we are supposed to accept on it’s face. Election officials, including Republicans, are compromised through various ways.
Remember, the big steal catch up only had to take place in Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta and Phoenix. The election started with a 2.5-3.5% algorithm run in Trump counties everywhere, where Trump would win, but his percentage would be less than when he ran against Hillary. They thought that would be enough to get BIDEN the win, but TRUMP’S landslide was too big.
Actually it is worse because it is 3, not 2. SCYTL is owned by Paragon Group. Scytl is one of the largest election services companies, along with fellow election technology company Dominion Voting Systems.
How on earth does one defend the indefensible? Please explain that to me. That the most massive Voter Fraud Program in modern history was unleashed on the formerly sovereign American Public while DHS was supposed to be standing watch is a disgrace of biblical proportions.
All I can say, it is a good thing for some that DHS personnel aren’t held to the same standards that Samurai were held to.
And don’t even get me started on those spineless bastards in the House and Senate GOP.
At this point in time I’m not sure if I should be extremely sad for my once proud country or if I should be pissed off at the low life scumbags who are wantonly destroying it.
My advice to any and all democrats: Do NOT walk up to me and ask for “unity”. You will regret it, instantly.
In the fwiw department, Florida uses ballots that are filled in and then optical scanned.
Florida had certifiable results the next day.
Two weeks early voting, and absentee ballots only.
No mail in ballots.
Easy pease.
Anything else is voter fraud.
5.56mm
If they make the manipulated difference in votes big enough, there will be no recount of any kind, unless the plaintiff pays for it personally. So, the bet is hedged by insuring that the final difference is, say, >2%.
Foxes in the hen house. The Deep Swamp is turning into the Deep Marianas Trench. You can’t trust anyone who lives or works inside the I395 Washington Beltway.
more than 3.
other voting machine companies listed allegedly use the same software.
then KNOWInk is listed:
4 Nov: Gov Tech: Digital Poll Book Failures Slowed Voting in Several States
Technical issues with the electronic poll books used to check voters in forced at least one polling place to abandon the technology for a traditional paper record. The delays also meant extended voting hours at some polls.
by Kartikay Mehrotra and Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg News
The system voters use across the country to identify themselves at polling places may be yet another reason for delayed results on Election Day, after digital poll books failed at local voting jurisdictions in at least four states.
Voters in parts of Georgia, Ohio and Texas all experienced various levels of system disruption with their ePollbooks provided by the vendor, KnowInk. In Nevada, voters in some Clark County precincts had to wait for their digital poll books to access their voter records before polls could open.
DeKalb County in Georgia, population 760,000 and heavily Democratic, is allowing two polling places to stay open an additional 40 to 45 minutes because of “inability to operate the poll pads as designed, preventing voters from casting their ballots,” county Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Franklin County, Ohio, ditched their ePollbooks for paper records at 5:30 a.m. after election officials couldn’t determine why they were malfunctioning, said Ed Leonard, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, adding that the move to paper could slow tabulation of results in the Columbus region.
Similarly, voters in Upshur County, Texas, extended voting hours through 8 p.m. after their KnowInk ePollbooks yielded “connectivity issues,” according to a spokesman at the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
KnowInk, based in St. Louis, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Georgia and many states across the U.S. are now utilizing voter check-in electronic poll books supplied by KnowInk, as well as KnowInk scanners to count provisional ballots. Like many states, Georgia uses iPads with proprietary software to verify that voters are eligible to receive a ballot.
Failing ePollbook systems can hamper vote auditing programs that attempt to reconcile the number of votes cast with the number of votes entered, said Harri Hursti, a cybersecurity and election security expert observing elections in Georgia. “They also will slow the ability to count the votes, as many jurisdictions have been handing out provisional ballots, which need to be individually verified.”
Hursti said it’s too soon to discern between technical snafus and a malicious cyberattack, but that early report from poll workers indicate the need for a broader investigation. In one Georgia precinct, the problem “magically disappeared,” he said. In another, the system refused to start. “Only the lights came up, nothing else happened.”
Poll book problems happened across Spalding County, which is south of Atlanta. The 61,000-person county voted for Trump in 2016 by 61%. Poll workers checked registrations and did a manual override of the ballot marking devices, which led to long lines. Spalding County extended voting until 9 p.m.
Similar poll book problems led to delays in Morgan County, Georgia, with 19,000 residents, 71% of whom voted for Trump four years ago.
Poll book issues also contributed to an election meltdown in Georgia in June, leading to long wait times to vote...
https://www.govtech.com/security/Digital-Poll-Book-Failures-Slowed-Voting-in-Several-States.html
now add Voting Works, which is on the list:
21 Nov 2019: The Hill: DHS cyber agency invests in election auditing tool to secure 2020 elections
BY MAGGIE MILLER
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency announced Thursday it would partner with election officials and private sector groups to develop an election auditing tool that can be used to help ensure the accuracy of votes in 2020.
DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is partnering with non-profit group ***VotingWorks on an open-source software tool known as Arlo, which is provided to state and local election officials for free.
According to CISA, Arlo conducts an audit of votes by selecting how many ballots and which ballots to audit and comparing the audited votes to the original count.
“Heading into 2020, we’re exploring all possible ways that we can support state and local election officials while also ensuring that Americans across the country can confidently cast their votes,” CISA Director ***Christopher Krebs said in a statement.
Krebs added that “At a time when we know foreign actors are attempting to interfere and cast doubt on our democratic processes, it’s incredibly important elections are secure, resilient, and transparent.”
Use of post-election audits have been widely recommended by experts as a major step to secure elections, particularly in the wake of attempted Russian interference in 2016.
The use of audits was a step recommended by the Senate Intelligence Committee to secure elections in volume one of its bipartisan report on Russian interference efforts in 2016...
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/471577-dhs-cyber-agency-invests-in-election-auditing-tool-to-secure-2020
following provides links:
Archived: Influence Watch: ***VotingWorks
VotingWorks is a left-of-center non-profit provider of voting machines and open-source election verification software. In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it would partner with VotingWorks to pilot the use of its vote verification software in six battleground states during the November 2020 election. In April 2020, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, VotingWorks announced it would be providing technological assistance to states and local jurisdictions seeking to scale-up voting by mail opportunities...
VotingWorks was created within and incubated by the left-leaning Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in December 2018 and later and spun off as a separate non-profit. CDT’s major donors are large technology firms, such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft; and large left-of-center foundations, including George Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society, the Ford Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation...
In November 2019 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it would partner with VotingWorks to pilot the use of Arlo in six battleground states during the November 2020 election...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, VotingWorks announced it would be helping states scale-up voting by mail. An April 2020 news release announced VotingWorks was building VxMail, a set of tools to help implement and deploy vote-by mail with services such as ballot printing, envelope stuffing, mailing, ballot receipt, signature verification, and ballot tabulation...
https://archive.is/7Egpy
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