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Jonathan Simon
@JonathanSimon14
CODE RED Computerized Elections and The War on American Democracy https://t.co/0vhXxVJOVQ Transparent elections, hand-counted, hand-marked paper ballots.
May 10, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A rare tweetstorm brought on by #2000Mules, the 98% BS Dinesh DeSouza film that has MAGAs re-swallowing TRUMP'S BIG LIE whole. First, check out:
gregpalast.com/2000-mules-bel…

gregpalast.com/2000-mules-bel…
1/ @jennycohn1 Now add to all that this little chart: 2/
May 10, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A rare tweetstorm brought on by #2000Mules, the 98% BS Dinesh DeSouza film that has MAGAs re-swallowing TRUMP'S BIG LIE whole. First, check out:
gregpalast.com/2000-mules-bel…
gregpalast.com/2000-mules-bel… 1/ @jennycohn1 Now add to all that this little chart: 2/
May 31, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump… 1/ The biggest mistake we're making is assuming that GOP office-holders, by virtue of serving and holding office in a democracy, therefore support that democracy and hold values compatible with its survival. 2/
Apr 24, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
OK, some "interesting" numbers re. US COVID REPORTED case and death rates by partisanship of state governor. The updated stats come from: nbcnews.com/health/health-….

It sure looks like some GREAT healthcare in those red states! I'll copy in the spreadsheets at the end, but... 1/ just to sum it up: If you're unlucky enough to live in a state with a Democratic governor, you are 4.15 times as likely to die from COVID as your lucky red-state counterpart. How did we arrive at that stunning figure?

First, you are 2.6 times as likely to come down with COVID 2/
Sep 22, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
American "exceptionalism" is a particularly dangerous set of blinders and an inevitably fatal hubris that's eventually brought down EVERY empire. People are people, power is power, greed is greed, fear is fear, lust is lust, motives are motives, wherever and whenever...1/ That recognition should bring both empathy and humility. We have a right to be proud of our Constitution and diligent efforts to tame the Hobbesian beast. But we also would do well to acknowledge our many failures in that endeavor and many cruelties and injustices along the way.
Sep 12, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I couldn't agree less. Exit polls are used around the world as validation tools - in spite of the very issues you point out. Too much eagerness not a problem (can't answer unless asked); nonparticipants (refusals) are recorded & factored in; lying is against interest and rare. 1/ That said, exit polls are certainly not perfect - there's quite a bit of art (the stratification algorithm, e.g.) to go with the science. But when we observe certain pervasive patterns (e.g., accurate for noncompetitive/nonsuspect races, red shift for competitive/suspect)...2/
Aug 29, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
We've got to keep up this fight. But I think we've ALSO got to realize how banana-peel slippery is the ground under our feet. The whole system's ultimate aim is transparently to remain non-transparent! Whatever sleight of legislative/administrative hand that takes. 1/ Like, for example, seizing on a touchscreen "crisis" to push "paper," while KNOWING that the computerized devices that will mark that paper for the voter are just another open invitation to rig. And like promoting the useless SEA act in place of the effective SAFE act. 2/
Aug 15, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Sorry to put it this way but when you're down a rook in the endgame sometimes the only thing you can do is knock over the board. THEY got the jump - much is locked in, legally, technically, psychologically. We want to stop the rigging, we have to radically increase transparency. Butting heads with ES&S and the Kemps of the world over this or that detail isn't going to get that done. It is necessary but not sufficient. We need a huge surge in public awareness and alarm - and a MINDSET SEA CHANGE. Stop expecting it to be done FOR us. Get in there and do!
Jul 25, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
If you are talking about the actual screencaptures, we have them on several hard drives. Hundreds of captures, some partial, some full crosstabs. Not easy to transmit/display in this medium - here's one example (E2016-WI-P-+6'27"*):
*6min27sec after poll closing 1/ For those wondering why the time stamp is critical, these polls are "adjusted" towards congruence with the votecounts in the minutes and hours after poll closing, as those votecounts become available. So only first postings are (relatively) uncontaminated. 2/
Jul 8, 2019 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Confession: After a bout of low-key (likes-and-RTs) knee-jerk Pelosi/Dowd bashing this morning, I did what I should have done first and read through the Dowd NYT piece. As flaming left as I am, Pelosi makes good tactical sense and Dowd's paean is quite rational. 1/ As much as we may long for a progressive or quasi-socialist revolution and want to cheer its exponents, the dynamics of E2020 say beware. If the "extremes" of the Democratic candidate and Democratic behavior are put in play, Trump is far more likely to win. God help us. 2/
Jul 2, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Well there were SOME audits, of varying quality, in SOME places; as well as three recounts, of near-zero quality, in three states. The problem is there is no SYSTEMIC verification process, so we have to chase the election circus around with a forensic pooper-scooper. Absurd. 1/ Votes should be CAST in private and COUNTED in public - observably. It's really that simple. Instead, our computerized voting and counting system is DESIGNED FOR CONCEALMENT. 2/
Jun 27, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
SAFE Act for increased election security just passed the House 225 - 184, virtually EVERY Republican voting NO. 1/ For anyone asserting election integrity should be a "nonpartisan" issue (which it SHOULD), ask yourselves why not just McConnell but virtually EVERY House Republican is dead set against it. On what PRINCIPLE do they NOT want more election SECURITY? What GAME are they protecting??
Jun 27, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A dreadful, cynical, partisan decision, Gorsuch batting for Garland. Did the Constitution really contemplate Big Data ruthlessly micro-carving maps to completely ossify 80-90% of House and state legislative districts and lock in a right-wing majority indefinitely? 1/ Here's how it goes: 1) You take control of the voting equipment industry; 2) You exploit (or manufacture) a crisis in vote-counting (2000) to get virtually all votes counted on the computers you produce & program going forward; 3) You exploit that control to rig key elections; 2/