JUST NOW: A diary appeared about attempt to discredit ES&S competitors.
An analysis of the Kentucky election results by Alison Greene on DCRreport.org describes how Mitch McConnell, and several other Republican Senators seem to have won the election. You can read the story here. In one paragraph:
In a Dec. 4 filing in Georgia, Trump’s legal team referred to a “machine-controlled algorithm deliberately run” by a voting machine vendor, Dominion Voting Systems. They allege this algorithm “generally took more than 2.5% of the votes from Mr. Biden and flipped them to Mr. Trump.” So Trump’s own legal team, instead of providing evidence of fraud by Biden’s side, may have inadvertently revealed fraud benefiting Trump. In describing a deliberate, vendor installed, machine-controlled algorithm automatically taking a percentage of Biden’s votes and giving them to Trump, they certainly are outlining how fraud could have been executed.
This is a classic case of Republicans accusing Democrats of what they are doing. Yes, this election was corrupt, and if you look in the right places (Hint: E S & S)
Lindsey Graham’s race in South Carolina was so tight that he infamously begged for money, yet he won with a comfortable 10% lead—tabulated on ES&S machines throughout the state. In Susan Collins’ Maine, where she never had a lead in a poll after July 2, almost every ballot was fed through ES&S machines. Kentucky, South Carolina, Maine, Texas, Iowa and Florida are all states that use ES&S machines. Maybe the polls didn’t actually get it wrong.
This company, which produces machines with no paper trail, and no way to verify results is not new to controversy.This Pro Publica article goes into some detail of the controversy. They treat their ownership as a secret. There have even been stories about their machines “loosing votes” in earlier years on network TV.
The title of the diary says “action required”, so what am I asking for? Certainly investigations, but that will not happen without public pressures. For too long the democratic party leadership have been closing their eyes to this issue. They must be forced to take this seriously.
Finally, again from Greene:
When Trump says “look over here” at Dominion voting machines, maybe we should look at ES&S machines instead. When Republicans spout unfounded claims that Democrats stole the election, maybe we should be looking at Republican vote totals instead. And when Trump calls this the most fraudulent election in our history, maybe he knows of what he speaks.