Regulators Caught Colluding With Voting Machine Manufacturers

[Grumblenuts]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

 

[shockedcanadian]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

Why would there be internet connection in voting machines?

 

[Oddball]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

Why would there be internet connection in voting machines?

Wait a sec......

I thought every liberoidal hack from sea to shining sea swears up and down that the machines weren't connected to the interwebz.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

Why would there be internet connection in voting machines?

Instant results and collation--but still a spectacularly bad idea.

 

[Mac-7]

Instant results and collation--but still a spectacularly bad idea.

Instant cheating is more like it

 

[shockedcanadian]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

Why would there be internet connection in voting machines?

Instant results and collation--but still a spectacularly bad idea.

In a federal election for the nation that the entire West relies on (whether they admit it, understand it or not) for their liberty, you shouldn't have ANY concerns, questions or issues with the results.

There should be clear photo I.D shown, protections from abuse and theft, there should be harsh jail sentences for those trying to cheat the election, and, you should avoid any technology that can be compromised.

No other Western nation used machines for their federal elections. Why would America?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Thanks to watchdogs like Susan Greenhalgh, looks like internet connectivity built into voting machines in the U.S. could finally be banned:

Federal law requires the agency to develop its guidelines for voting systems in public, said Susan Greenhalgh of the nonprofit Free Speech for People, the group that brought the lawsuit along with University of California, Berkeley computer scientist Philip Stark, who sits on the commission’s advisory board.

Greenhalgh said that was not done ahead of the February vote by commissioners to ratify what had been draft standards.

“Instead, the EAC brazenly flouted its legal obligation to adhere to a transparent process, choosing instead to invite the manufacturers into private meetings so they could alter the voting system standards to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers,” she said.

U.S. EAC Sued to Restore Guidelines After Secret Meetings With E-Vote Vendors Allowed Modems: 'BradCast' 7/14/2021

Guest: Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of plaintiff Free Speech for People; Also: Senate Dems announce deal for 'transformative' $3.5 trillion health care, climate, infrastructure package...

bradblog.com

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers. - Free Speech For People

Free Speech For People and renowned election security expert Professor Philip Stark allege Election Assistance Commission violated federal laws to privately solicit input from voting system vendors for federal voting system requirements. Stark serves on the Board of Advisors for the federal...

freespeechforpeople.org

Why would there be internet connection in voting machines?

Wait a sec......

I thought every liberoidal hack from sea to shining sea swears up and down that the machines weren't connected to the interwebz.

I believe that this is still in the drafting/proposal stage...however, some potential vulnerabilities do exist--to hackers via the cell phone net. We definitely need to upgrade our election security--the fact that machines have modems installed..even if 'disabled' is unacceptable.

That does not mean that the election was stolen, or that any egregious impropriety occured--but as we have seen, the very possibility is used to cast doubt.

Experts find more than 30 U.S. voting systems connected to internet

A team of election security experts used a “Google for servers” to challenge claims that voting machines do not connect to the internet and found some did.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Grumblenuts]

Several States are mentioned in the Bradcast that still have voting machines legally connected to the internet. Why? As quoted above, "to ease requirements and benefit the manufacturers". Instead of sending their techs all over, the manufacturers can simply update their software remotely, for one example. This obviously invites remote hacking and tampering.