Things are starting to heat up in Florida. We've heard for the past few months how after Leon County election supervisor Ion Sancho successfully demonstrated that Diebold machines can be hacked to change election results, the three authorized vendors in Florida have decided not to sell machines to the county, leaving them in violation of the federal Help America Vote Act. Rather than applauding his efforts which have exposed a vunerability to our democracy, Jeb and his attack dogs have threatened Sancho's job.
Now the attorney general has fired back, hitting Diebold, ES&S, and Sequoia with idential subpoenas demanding more information into possible antitrust violations.
Brief version on Tampa Bay 10 News
More detail on Black Box Voting
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It should also be noted that this set of subpoenas is timely - it occurs less than 90 days after the point at which Ion Sancho came under the worst fire from the actions of these three companies. Most companies have a 90-day records retention policy (at a minimum) and the timing of this set of subpoenas matches that timeline. The AG isn't just making a political statement: he's aiming for the time period most likely to contain problematic documents.
Page after page is spent on definitions and the types of data they want. No arguing over what the meaning of "is" is. Most interestingly on the bottom of page 3 (marked "1" on paper) is an order to produce records in their original file formats such as .PST for Microsoft's e-mail system, .NSF for Lotus Notes, etc:
See the full article for a complete list of questions and the actual subpoenas. Between this action and what is happening in Utah, these election machine manufacturers have plenty to worry about.