Thread by @jacknicas

Today many right-wing accounts are spreading claims that election software from Dominion Voting Systems caused widespread problems.

We looked into each claim of problems and found that they were either caused by human error or didn't affect vote counts.
nytimes.com/2020/11/11/tec…

Some Republicans have pointed to voting and vote-counting issues in five counties in Michigan and Georgia.

The Dominion software was used in only two of those counties, and in every instance there was a detailed explanation for what had happened.

In the two Michigan counties that had mistakes, the inaccuracies were because of human errors, not software problems, according to Michigan officials. Only one of the two counties used Dominion.

Here's Michigan officials' explanation: michigan.gov/documents/sos/…

In one Georgia county, Dominion software did delay reporting of the vote tallies, but didn't affect the actual vote count. Here's the county's report.

In two other counties, a separate company’s software slowed poll workers’ ability to check-in voters.
gwinnettcounty.com/web/gwinnett/h…

“Many of the claims being asserted about Dominion and questionable voting technology is misinformation at best and, in many cases, they’re outright disinformation,” said @eddieperezTX, an election-technology expert.

It's appropriate to want to better understand how the machines that underpin our democracy work. But in the case of this election, there is no evidence of widespread problems.

Read more here: nytimes.com/2020/11/11/tec…

After the Dominion conspiracy theory has been widely refuted, the president just spread it again.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1326740844427304960?s=20