A common sense approach to a liberal world.
Posted on 11/20/2020 10:42:06 PM PST by bitt
An understaffed tiny federal agency and 2 private testing labs responsible for certification of nation's voting systems
The fallout of the Nov. 3 elections has put the spotlight on the integrity of electronic voting machines used in the United States. In response, authorities have pointed to certifications of the machines as a safeguard against potential systemic problems with the voting machines and their software.
A deeper look into the certification process used for the machines, however, reveals that the main certification agency in the United States, the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC), maintains an unexpectedly small staff, and one of its chief employees is a former executive of Dominion Voting Systems.
Furthermore it appears the bulk—if not all—of the testing of the election equipment is conducted by only two companies, Pro V&V and SLI Compliance.
Electronic voting systems have become increasingly incorporated into the election process, raising concerns over their security, reliability, and accuracy in the process. Lightly-staffed federal agencies who appear to maintain overly close ties to the companies they are supposed to be monitoring raises additional questions about the thoroughness and integrity of the verification process.
Kathy Boockvar, just two weeks after she was appointed as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth, concluded in a Jan. 17, 2019 report (pdf) that Dominion’s “Democracy Suite 5.5A” voting machine “can be safely used by voters at elections,” and certified the Dominion voting systems in Pennsylvania.
Representing Dominion in that process was Jessica Bowers, director of certification for Dominion. In addition to Pennsylvania, Bowers appears to have been responsible for the implementation of Dominion Systems into a number of other states, including California, Colorado, Nevada, and Tennessee.
However, after enjoying a 10-year career at Dominion, Bowers would find her way into a new career path at the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
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There’s more investigative reporting in this piece than virtually the entire MSM has done on the topic, with rare exceptions.
SLI is owned by GLI LLC.
SLI COMPLIANCE, A DIVISION OF GAMING LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) provides the gaming industry’s leading testing and certification services. And we are so much more than just testing, with an unsurpassed range of services and tools for regulators, suppliers and operators.
New Jersey-based Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) is well known in the casino industry. It is one of two companies that is
Gaming Labs agrees to six-figure fine over disciplinary actionauthorized to test and certify gambling technology and products for casinos around the globe, giving it a lot of power. That power, however, was put in check recently in Nevada after gaming authorities in the state slapped it with a six-figure fine. GLI has reportedly agreed to pay the fine and will hand over $125,000 to the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC).
According to an exclusive report by CDC Gaming Reports, the NGC slapped GLI with the fine after the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) presented a three-count complaint against the company. The complaint was lodged over how GLI had conducted testing and certification of a product being developed by Interblock.
I’m pretty sure SLI was the company certifying the Pennsylvania machines as well as many Dominion setups.
Interesting. Texas had their own 6 SoS examiners and all refused to certify Dominion. The employees and machines are a mess; https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/laws/oct2019-dominion.shtml
Full article with no log in required; https://archive.is/U73EI
Kinds reminds me of other fedgov agencies where staff rotate in and out of the related private sector. EPA and Monsanto. FDA and top employees of big pharma companies. Revolving door bureaucracy.
All we need is a PDF of our last ballot cast in an election added to our voter registration records at the county. Then we can present ourselves, with Real ID, and confirm our vote. Imagine this election with 100k+ voters checking their votes and finding a switch occurred, just in Detroit. The Dominion Voting machines already compare the signatures, so it’s just a matter of recording the PDF with the county the voter is registered in.
A common sense approach to a liberal world.
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