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Aleksander Essex
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1/3 Who owns (and therefore controls) election equipment companies? A fair question you may think. North Carolina recently required vendors to disclose their ownership. Their response is fascinating.
2/3 Each separately acknowledged they derive "actual value from this information not being generally known" to the public and make an effort to "maintain the secrecy of this information" to the degree they consider it a trade secret. ffec.org/voting-systems…
3/3 So the companies who count your ballots don't want you to know who owns them. The question is not whether you're surprised (they are private companies). Rather, is this an appropriate arrangement for public elections?
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