Thread by @jennycohn1

BREAKING NEWS. “[Ballot image] Audit of 2020 Election in Volusia County [Florida] Reveals Flaws in [ES&S] Voting System.” h/t Ray Lutz & @susanpynchon1. 1/

“Equipment Vendor Elections Systems & Software should explain these security and quality issues.”

“Transparency award to be presented to Volusia Election Supervisor Lisa Lewis and Staff” 2/

The audit was conducted by Citizens Oversight, a nonprofit founded by Ray Lutz. Yes, I consider Lutz trustworthy. I interviewed him here. I’m not affiliated with his organization but know Ray through the election integrity community. 3/

I don’t know which party, if either, benefited from the discrepancies. Even if one or the other benefited,
w/o a meaningful STATEWIDE audit, it’s impossible 2 draw broad conclusions. Miami Dade, Seminole County, Broward, & other large Florida counties destroyed their images. 4/

Note how Lutz’s press release does NOT assume “fraud” or call for a revolution. This is the way to responsibly report these types of issues. Steve Bannon, Trump, & their apologists would disapprove bc they are reckless bad faith hucksters who want bloodshed. 5/

This seems to be the key finding. “The voting equipment, provided by [ES&S] maintains two independent internal tabulations that may become inconsistent…” The report considers this a security risk and calls on @essvote to explain why their system does this. 6/

The other key finding is that the ballot image audit worked as a proof of concept. This may be our only viable option to try to discover fraud and error, if any, in 2022. State & federal lawmakers have failed to prioritize & pass laws requiring meaningful manual audits. 7/

Lutz offered to conduct a STATEWIDE ballot image audit in Arizona, but Rs there have so far turned him down. Which is telling. Republicans only want “audits” where & in a manner that they they think will further their narrative. That is the definition of propaganda. 8/

I’ll try to post more on this later today. 9/

TY to @vcelections for furthering election transparency! This is fantastic. 10/