There is no reason for adopting such voting systems. Most countries still use paper ballots that are personally marked by the voter. The US did so until recently. Don't fix something that isn't (wasn't) broken! If even the possibilities of hacking, software defect, etc. exist then why risk it?
Dominion Voting System Corp., was founded in Canada in 2002-2003 with an openly progressive mission тАУ to develop electronic voting software which would not just process ballots, but also тАЬmobilize votersтАЭ тАУ a popular slogan of the Left.
It is not clear what products or services the company has developed. It found almost no buyers, until Obama was elected in 2008. In 2009, New York ordered a few dozens of systems from it. In 2010, ObamaтАЩs DOJ (Holder тАУ Mueller) took the EVS unit, purchased from Diebold, away from the market leader ES&S, and gave it to Dominion. This gift included the installed base of about 30% of the US electronic voting systems (EVS) market. Within two weeks, Dominion also acquired Sequoia, which was formally spun from Smartmatic, but ties between these two companies remained. Smartmatic is a UK based EVS vendor, whose software was used by Chavez to тАЬwinтАЭ the Venezuelan referendum in 2004. SmartmaticтАЩs unit Sequoia faced troubles in the US. Those troubles quickly ended when its assets were purchased by Dominion.
Thus, the new Democratic party created a pocket pet corporation, gave it the lion share of the US electronic voting systems market. Dominion is ideologically aligned with the Democratic Party, owes it everything it has, dependent on it for most of its business, and needs it in power to avoid prosecution for corruption. Sounds like a conflict of interest.
The blockchain system seems quite robust, as you report.
One of the methods of gaming the vote is to have frail elderly sign off on their mail-in ballots which are filled in by someone else (and there is also the "convenient" phenomenon of ballot harvesting). Regardless of how well designed the blockchain system is, couldn't there still be "blockchain key" harvesting? Also, what if the issuer of the unique keys is not trustworthy---large numbers of spurious but valid keys could be created, and is possible to swing elections by flipping only a relatively few key districts.
Yes, i was basically agreeing with you, but also pointing out that cheaters will cheat probably no matter what, given the huge and vast operation that is a national election. Your suggestion is certainly an improvement over what is implemented now. Next step: Convince every state to adopt the method (election methodologies are adopted separately by each state)....
Dominion is a legal entity without the right to file a lawsuit for defamation because its sole purpose and function is driven by State needs. This should have been thrown out of court.
There is no reason for adopting such voting systems. Most countries still use paper ballots that are personally marked by the voter. The US did so until recently. Don't fix something that isn't (wasn't) broken! If even the possibilities of hacking, software defect, etc. exist then why risk it?
Dominion Early History
Dominion Voting System Corp., was founded in Canada in 2002-2003 with an openly progressive mission тАУ to develop electronic voting software which would not just process ballots, but also тАЬmobilize votersтАЭ тАУ a popular slogan of the Left.
It is not clear what products or services the company has developed. It found almost no buyers, until Obama was elected in 2008. In 2009, New York ordered a few dozens of systems from it. In 2010, ObamaтАЩs DOJ (Holder тАУ Mueller) took the EVS unit, purchased from Diebold, away from the market leader ES&S, and gave it to Dominion. This gift included the installed base of about 30% of the US electronic voting systems (EVS) market. Within two weeks, Dominion also acquired Sequoia, which was formally spun from Smartmatic, but ties between these two companies remained. Smartmatic is a UK based EVS vendor, whose software was used by Chavez to тАЬwinтАЭ the Venezuelan referendum in 2004. SmartmaticтАЩs unit Sequoia faced troubles in the US. Those troubles quickly ended when its assets were purchased by Dominion.
Thus, the new Democratic party created a pocket pet corporation, gave it the lion share of the US electronic voting systems market. Dominion is ideologically aligned with the Democratic Party, owes it everything it has, dependent on it for most of its business, and needs it in power to avoid prosecution for corruption. Sounds like a conflict of interest.
Much, much more here with references: https://iowaclimate.org/2020/11/10/shocking-history-of-dominion-vot...
Missouri has paper ballot marked by the voter. However, the marked ballots are tabulated by machines... Ergo the uselessness of the paper ballots.
The blockchain system seems quite robust, as you report.
One of the methods of gaming the vote is to have frail elderly sign off on their mail-in ballots which are filled in by someone else (and there is also the "convenient" phenomenon of ballot harvesting). Regardless of how well designed the blockchain system is, couldn't there still be "blockchain key" harvesting? Also, what if the issuer of the unique keys is not trustworthy---large numbers of spurious but valid keys could be created, and is possible to swing elections by flipping only a relatively few key districts.
Yes, i was basically agreeing with you, but also pointing out that cheaters will cheat probably no matter what, given the huge and vast operation that is a national election. Your suggestion is certainly an improvement over what is implemented now. Next step: Convince every state to adopt the method (election methodologies are adopted separately by each state)....
Dominion is a legal entity without the right to file a lawsuit for defamation because its sole purpose and function is driven by State needs. This should have been thrown out of court.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/even-more-facts-you-need-to-know-about-blackrock-the-company-that-owns-the-world