re Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <jonathan.s.shapiro () gmail com>
> Date: July 18, 2018 at 10:36:48 PM GMT+9
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] re Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
>
> [for IP]
>
> Dave:
>
> I read with interest Joly MacFie’s note regarding the State of New York’s well-founded suspicion of electronic voting 
> machines. I’d add several points to his comments:
>
> 1. Because the software that *runs* the voting machine is not created or maintained in a secure environment, the 
> absence of networking does not render a voting machine secure. Further: there have been multiple demonstrations of 
> successful on-site compromises of non-connected machines.
>
> 2. Of even greater concern, there is considerable evidence that the vote TABULATING machines have been compromised in 
> close jurisdictions. This means that paper ballots can’t be trusted in those jurisdictions without a thorough audit.
>
> 3. The very close votes in key jurisdictions mean that statistical sampling is not sufficient to audit the vote in 
> those jurisdictions. Each ballot must be individually confirmed.
>
> 4. The overwhelming vulnerability of our election process, coupled with the time limits on certification and the 
> obstruction (both by political means and technical means) of vote validation means that we cannot have well-founded 
> confidence in the results of recent elections. 
>
> 5. The Russian compromise of voter databases severely hampered Democratic efforts to get out the vote in 2016. I can 
> say from personal experience that a staggering percentage of allegedly Democratic residents in door-to-door 
> canvassing during the 2016 election turned out to be Republicans. While the database is never perfect, our experience 
> suggests a 25%-30% error rate. That’s un-heard of.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Jonathan Shapiro



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