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ES&S FACTS: 1-@govkemp's Exec Counsel participated in a nat'l pay-for-play scheme w/ ES&S 2-Kemp’s Deputy COS was on ES&S payroll as a lobbyist in 2018 3-ES&S has engaged in egregious election security malpractice for YEARS 4-Yet Kemp may reward ES&S with a $150M contract THREAD
ES&S can’t be trusted w/ the single largest taxpayer purchase of voting machines in US history. Not when ES&S machines have been DIRECTLY TIED to significant undervotes in GA/FL/TX/AZ/PA/NC. Not when their machines are still rife w/ security problems in 2018!
ES&S has acted in bad faith:
-Refused to tell federal lawmakers wh/ states were sold critically flawed machines
-Violated Indiana law & lied to election officials in 2018 to hide software issues that led to long lines
-Sued WI to stop public disclosure of 2016 audit results
-Refused to tell federal lawmakers wh/ states were sold critically flawed machines
-Violated Indiana law & lied to election officials in 2018 to hide software issues that led to long lines
-Sued WI to stop public disclosure of 2016 audit results
Given this history, Georgians should be skeptical of ES&S when they say they'll stop selling paperless machines—especially when ES&S continued to sell ballot scanners to taxpayers for A DECADE after a massive security flaw was discovered (and never fixed).
& Georgians should be skeptical of ES&S proposing voting laws < 1 yr after hiring 2 DC lobbying firms to relieve pressure from federal lawmakers. A “paper ballot” is not enough. A paper ballot MUST be voter verifiable in how it is counted & audits MUST be made public.
The courts are focused like never before on Kemp's bad actions & our unconstitutional elections system. Will Team Kemp pick ES&S for the big GA contract? Will they keep trying to avoid accountability by the courts? So many questions. We'll keep fighting to #counteveryvote END
