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In reply to the discussion: Voting machine company behind so many surprise wins this year raises some questions [View all]NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)5. "Chinese parts, hidden ownership, growing scrutiny: Inside America's biggest maker of voting machine
of voting machines.
Scrutiny of the U.S. election system, spurred by Russias interference in the 2016 election, has put Election Systems & Software in the political spotlight."
Snip~ "NBC News examined publicly available online shipping records for ES&S for the past five years and found that many parts, including electronics and tablets, were made in China and the Philippines, raising concerns about technology theft or sabotage."
https://securityledger.com/2019/12/study-finds-chinese-hardware-powers-u-s-voting-machine/
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Voting machine company behind so many surprise wins this year raises some questions [View all]
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Dec 2020
OP
expert on election security Jennifer Cohn has been screaming about ES&S forever
Grasswire2
Dec 2020
#3
"Chinese parts, hidden ownership, growing scrutiny: Inside America's biggest maker of voting machine
NoRoadUntravelled
Dec 2020
#5
Noticed that. Unlikely to be the John Galt born in 1700s & head of the Canada Company. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2020
#66
The "electronic backdoors" that were programed into the machines operating systems were no mistake..
Botany
Dec 2020
#34
ESS has been reporting "surprise Republican upset election victories" since the beginning
DFW
Dec 2020
#11
K&R, Either the US has the worst polling of any developed country on planet Earth or voting is off
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#12
Shocking: didn't we think something was fishy is just these state elections ?
RANDYWILDMAN
Dec 2020
#15
+1, either the US has the worst polling of any developed country on the planet ever or ...
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#74
someone higher up GOP told trump the election was rigged so he was expecting to win but and
certainot
Dec 2020
#19
What was the name of the company that grassley had his sticky fingers in during the 2000 and
niyad
Dec 2020
#25
This company has no media storm. Nobody in the media is talking about them.
Mr. Sparkle
Dec 2020
#40
About fricking time. Should have been done for every election from 2000 til now
judesedit
Dec 2020
#42
and the fact that software patches were installed a few weeks before the election.
AllaN01Bear
Dec 2020
#68