Thread by @coangelaramirez

Voting machine cyber security issues and a foreign supply chain had been areas of concern since 2005.

But in the face of a Donald Trump loss, those concerns are out the window for some.
thenomanzone.com/index.php/2020…

Dominion Voting Systems is under scrutiny after the #Michigan GOP discovered the software flipped 6,000 votes cast for Republican in favor of their Democrats competitors.

In #Georgia, DVS machines went down due to what the county clerk called an “vendor update” the night before

Now, lawyer @SidneyPowell1 is calling the vote-switching that occurred in Michigan a “feature” of Dominion’s software. This statement is supported by US voting machine manufacturers’ history of lax cyber security improvement & lack of supply chain integrity.

I explain below:

Despite over a decade of alarms being raised about the security of voting machines, the MI Sec of State has issued a statement dismissing the idea of a “glitch,” insisting that the misallocated votes were simply a result of human error.
michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-1…

In 2005, cyber security expert Harri Hursti demonstrated that he could easily adjust voting results in a single-step hack. In an affidavit, Hursti explained that multiple aspects of U.S. voting machines’ are susceptible to hacking - including tabulators. forbes.com/sites/jodywest…

Hursti’s work detailing the easily manipulation of America’s voting machines was featured in a documentary called “Hacking Democracy.”

hackingdemocracy.com/about

Hursti came forward in April to warn that the voting software and machines he easily hacked back in 2005 were STILL being used throughout the U.S., though it’s unclear if Georgia and Michigan were among the states still using the outdated software.
newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/03/23/sof…

Brennan Center Report: "Colored Pencils Receive More Federal Oversight than Election Infrastructure"

brennancenter.org/our-work/polic…

In a report issued by the Brennan Center for Justice back in 2019, the institute slammed the U.S. government for a lack of federal regulation in the electronic voting infrastructure industry.

They point out that a weakness in election infrastructure - in a single U.S. county - could cause severe repercussions for democracy.

However today, with multiple glitches being investigated, the center called the election "largely glitch free."

brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

This article was written by Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center. He was the speech writer for none other than Bill Clinton

Instead of addressing the multiple glitches being reviewed in MI and GA, Waldman says "this election, democracy won."

He later writes that it was a "largely glitch free" election.

Pretty odd for an organization that was just pointing out serious weaknesses in voting software just one year ago.

But anyway, back to the thread about the concerns with voting machine security -

Back in 2019, the Brennan Center said:

“There is almost no federal regulation of the vendors that design and maintain the systems that allow us to determine who can vote, how they vote, or how their votes are counted and reported.” -The Brennan Center for Justice, 2019

The authors of the report pointed out that all other areas of U.S. critical infrastructure receive extensive oversight and regulation - but for unclear reasons, the manufacturers of voting machine software and machines do not.

They point out that the “big three” - Dominion Voting Systems, ES&S, and Hart InterCivic - had long been prioritizing manufacturing convenience over maintaining integrity in cyber security.

Now that we've gotten to the part about convenience over maintaining integrity in cyber security, it's time to talk supply chain integrity.

It is crucial to understand: ELECTIONS INFASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL INFASTRUCTURE.
dhs.gov/topic/election….

While other aspects of critical infrastructure (i.e. weapons & communications) take supply chain integrity seriously, the supply chains of elections infrastructure goes without meaningful regulation and review.

Why? (That's the question of the day)

The DSB task force on cyber security points out that microelectronics included in a manufacturer’s supply chain can cause serious security issues.
dsb.cto.mil/reports/2010s/…

“Insertion of a malicious microelectronic vulnerability via the supply chain can occur at any time during production…Exploitation via malicious insertion has, however, been confirmed in the commercial sector." -DSB Task Force on Cyber Security Supply Chains

Which brings us back to #Dominion Voting Systems and the two other manufactures that make up 90% of the U.S. voting machine market.

In January of this year, the "big three" met with congress to discuss foreign parts being used in supply chains.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…

Of course, with less than a year to the election, nothing changed.

It's worth mentioning again that other critical infrastructure sectors are under heavy scrutiny and regulation. For whatever reason, election infrastructure has flown under the radar.

Bottom line:

Despite over a decade of cyber security experts and defense experts raising the alarm about the weaknesses in U.S. voting machines, it appears the absolute bare minimum has been done to mitigate those risks.

Today, Americans are faced with an election in which (at least) two states have experienced suspicious phenomena with voting machines that resulted in either misallocated votes and uninvestigated system shut downs.

While MSM continues to insist there is "no evidence of fraud" or foul play, the fact that essential voting machine security measures/ supply chain integrity were largely ignored for years.

That revelation alone lends credence to Sidney Powell’s statement that the ballot-swap “glitch” is not a glitch at all, but a “feature” of the systems.