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"Wyden also wrote that Voatz claims to have had its technology audited by two independent auditors, but has released neither the details of the audits nor the identities of the auditors."
fastcompany.com/90445600/votin…
"Voatz says its technology has now been used in 54 elections, including pilots in a West Virginia state election, a municipal election in Denver, and a county election in Utah County..."
Voatz is funded by Medici Ventures, which is a subsidiary of Overstock com. Patrick Byrne started Overstock and was forced to resign a few months ago because his "involvement in a 'deep state' investigation had irreparably linked his personal life with the public company."
"On Overstock letterhead the week before, he claimed that he had romanced a Russian agent at the urging of the “Men in Black” — his term for federal agents — and effectively inserted himself into an international political scandal."
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
"But perhaps the biggest bombshell was Byrne’s claims of entanglement with the FBI...Byrne said he'd been assisting fed agents in their investigation of Russian election interference through his 3-year relationship w/ Maria Butina..."
washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
Oct. 5, 2019
"Voatz (is) completely opaque, and that is the exact opposite of what a cutting-edge security product used for government elections should be. This gives the technical community zero confidence in their product or operations."
cnn.com/2019/10/04/pol…
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