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1/8 #election #VoterSuppression
Of course, this is in response to the numerous repostings by the NY Times of this:nyti.ms/38BHA3r

2/8 NYT June 11 article cites many problems with the newest Dominion Voting Machines, esp in Georgia, and links to several sources.
nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/…

3/8 "A cascade of problems caused block-long lines across Georgia, as primary voters stood for hours while poll workers waited for equipment to be delivered or struggled to activate the system’s components."
nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/…

4/8 3/ Kay Stimson, the director of government relations for Dominion, said the company had to replace only 20 components for about 30,000 machines. “That’s a very low number for a statewide voting system rollout across 159 counties,” she said.

5/8 Dominion’s Democracy 5.5 system, the one used in Georgia, was approved by the National Elections Assistance Commission in 2018. The next year, it FAILED certification in Texas.
sos.texas.gov/elections/form…

6/8 In Philadelphia, election officials reported performance issues with machines in more than 40 percent of locations in 2019, according to a report by Reuters.
in.reuters.com/article/usa-el…

7/8 Georgia’s decision to adopt the technology in 2019 and roll it out this year was such a bold plan that it warranted a write-up in November in the trade journal Government Technology, which said the “swift transition had raised eyebrows.”
govtech.com/security/Georg…

8/8 “If you look at this as a system analysis problem, all of this argues that you want the system to be as simple as possible,” Dr. Buell said. “Things are going to go wrong.”

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