Alabama Voting Machines Have Previously Had Internet Modems

In the fiercely opposed, and ultimately aborted recounts of the 2016 election, authorized by Jill Stein, (the only redeeming act of hers), it was discovered that the ES & S model 200 scanner had a wireless modem and was thus able to be connected to the internet.

Mind you, Federal election laws (that is one F of an oxymoron for you) prohibit voting equipment to have internet connectivity capabilities and prohibit the equipment from being internet accessible ( I know, redundant).

Evidently, the voting equipment being used in ‘bama is the ES&S equipment, using the model 200 scanner.
Now this does use a paper ballot, filled out/marked by the voter.

After the ballot is marked, the voter, at least in my county, in Ventura, Calif., puts the ballot into the scanner, which reads it and saves it to memory. If the ballot is marked incorrectly, the scanner rejects the ballot, the voter is alerted, and can fill out/mark a new one, with poll worker instructions why the ballot was rejected. A rejected / incorrectly marked ballot is termed a “Spoiled Ballot” and is not counted.
Here is what was discovered in the 2016 recount:


http://columbusfreepress.com/article/real-story-recount

by Bob Fitrakis

“Chief WEC administrator Michael Haas offered shocking testimony confirming that some of Wisconsin’s voting machines can connect to the internet: “Some of the newer equipment does have modems that operate using wireless internet. And so after the polls close, then when those unofficial results are transmitted, in some cases, they could be transmitted. The instantaneous transaction would be conducted over the internet.”
Election integrity activist John Brakey who was on the ground in Wisconsin confirmed the use of modems and SIM cards in ES&S Optiscan voting machines. ES&S never tried to hide this and included it in their marketing materials for the DS200 model. .”


Feel safe folks?

Now, the second part of problematic issues in today’s ‘bama election.
There mostly likely will be registered Repubs who will cross party lines and vote for the Dem, Doug Jones. This is where it gets dicey.
As per reports today from ‘bama voters, there is a line at the top of the ballot, in which a voter can mark “Straight Party Ticket”, i.e. if marked “R” then all that voter’s vote selections will be for the R’s. Same goes for Dems. There is no crossover voting allowed when this option is chosen.
If a Repub voter marks that straight ticket line, and then crosses over and votes for the Dem, Doug Jones, that ballot will be “Spoiled” and not counted.
I have not yet read where if a ballot so marked, when entered into the scanner, will notify the voter that their ballot is spoiled. This part is important.
There has been some additional info on this by the Montgomery Reporter, quoting Christopher Turner, the assistant director of
elections for Montgomery County, who stated that this will not create a spoiled ballot and will over the straight line party command.

Who knows?

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2017/12/12/new-voting-machines-cause-senate-election-problem-montgomery-polling-place/944247001/

Verified Voting has uncovered further problems with the ES & S Equipment:

"Skewed Ballots 2 During testing on the Unity 3.2.1.0, a DS200 did not count a valid mark for a race. The anomaly was discovered when county testers reviewed the printed election summary report for the DS200 unit. The count for a single contest did not match the expected results. The test was performed to verify that ES&S had corrected a previous anomaly with similar symptoms. The county testers were using a 17” ballot with contests concentrated in the lower sections of the ballot. In discussion with the EAC, ES&S stated that they have only been able to replicate this issue in testing by removing the plastic guides and physically altering the ballot (cutting of a corner). In an effort to understand the issue the EAC focused on reviewing ballot images from several states and previous test campaigns. The review included 11”, 14”, 17” and 19” ballots. In the course of the review, the EAC found various degrees of ballot image distortion; with the 17” ballot having the largest degree of skew. The EAC is working with jurisdictions, VSTLs and the manufacturer to understand and resolve this issue."

https://www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/voting-equipment/ess/ds200/

In a State, where it seems to be acceptable that a 32 year old Ultra religious extremist bigoted male can try to rape 14 year old non-religious extremist believing girls, than having/using wireless, internet connected voting tabulating equipment, subject and accessible to Tabulation Manipulation, can be an extremely serious threat to the whole concept of Representative Democracy.

In America, Election Fraud is not a problem.
What America does have, are Fraudulent Elections.