Thread by @jennycohn1

1. THREAD re: Voting Machine Vendor Due Diligence.

2. States planning 2 use ANY sort of voting machines owe the public a DUTY 2 confirm in writing that no CONVICTED FELONS r owners, officers,

3.... employees, contractors, consultants, etc. of the voting machine vendor.

4. NO ONE ELSE IS CONDUCTING THIS BASIC DUE DILIGENCE ABOUT WHO HAS ACCESS TO OUR VOTING MACHINES.

5. Diebold/Premier (30% US voting equipment) was founded by three criminals. freepress.org/article/felons… …

6. Voting machine giant Diebold/Premier (previously called "Global") made CONVICTED FELON Dean a Sr. VP in 2000. people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/voting/…

7. Dean was no ordinary criminal. His crimes involved COMPUTER tampering. wired.com/2003/12/con-jo…

8. The crimes 4 which Dean was convicted (b4 joining Diebold) involved a "HIGH DEGREE OF SOPHISTICATION & PLANNING" wired.com/2003/12/con-jo…

9. According to Wired, CONVICTED FELON Dean "wrote & maintained...code used to count hundreds of thousands of votes" wired.com/2003/12/con-jo…

10. CONVICTED FELON Dean programmed the GEMS central tabulator system, which counted 1/3 votes in 37 states in 04 theguardian.com/politics/2005/… …

11. Soon after hiring Dean, Global hired a convicted drug trafficker to oversee punch card printing people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/voting/… … …

12. Punch cards. can be rigged, by selectively die-cutting so that some chads dislodge more easily than others. scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0312… …

13. Here's an excerpt from the CRIMINAL SENTENCING DOCUMENT for J. Dean who did the VOTING MACHINE PROGRAMMING discussed above.

14. Here's an SEC filing showing that CONVICTED FELON Dean was the majority shareholder of Global in 01 (which Diebold acquired in 02).

15. It would be nice if the mainstream media had discovered & reported this information about the CRIMINALS at Diebold. But it did not.

16. This info was discovered & reported only due to the investigative efforts of election integrity advocate @BevHarrisWrites.

17. With just a few exceptions (e.g., Wired, Vanity Fair, & Harpers), the MSM has ignored the #DieboldFelons even after learning about them!

18. Diebold told the AP that convicted felon Dean left the company when it acquired Global in 2002. blackboxvoting.org/bbv_chapter-14… … …

19. The MSM conducted no follow up. Even @paulkrugman took Diebold at its word that Dean left after the acquisition. nytimes.com/2004/01/23/opi…

20.But @BevHarrisWrites obtained Dean's court file, which included internal Diebold memos showing that Dean remained as a Diebold CONSULTANT

21. Here is the link to post 20 re: CONVICTED FELON Dean's consulting relationship w/ Diebold Election Systems. blackboxvoting.org/bbv_chapter-14…

22. After learning of Dean's criminal record & relationship w/ Diebold, GA's Election Board & AG DID NOTHING. voterga.org/category/uncat…

23. Reporters like @miwines of the NYT consider such criminal affiliations INAPPROPRIATE subjects for "journalism."

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24. We have all heard the phrase "Democracy dies in darkness." Where is the sunlight in this situation?

25. Because the media and election officials have declined to follow up on Dean, we can only speculate when (if at all) he left the company.

26. If our democracy is to survive, we must wake up NOW to the reality that our mainstream media & elected officials will NOT voluntarily...

27. vet the people with direct access to our voting machines. Thus, we must find a way to SHAME or otherwise COMPEL them to do this vetting.

28. If we cannot trust our media and elected officials to let us know when actual criminals have direct access to our votes, then I do not..

29. ... see how we can in good conscience continue to use voting machines at all.

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31. Dominion bought Diebold/Premier in 2010. Note the name of the Dominion spokesperson in this article. news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/07/1…

32. P.S. Robert Urosevich, who was president of Global (Diebold/Premier precursor) when FELONS Dean & Elder were brought on board, ...

33. ..founded ES&S (previously called AIS/DataMark) w/ his brother. Thus, ES&S is related to Diebold of the felons. verifiedvoting.org/resources/voti…

34. Another source for post 33. omaha.com/columnists/kel…

35. As of 2010, Diebold and ES&S accounted for 70% of US voting equipment. justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

36. ALL voting machine vendors & contracts should be publicly vetted. This is just basic due diligence. This is simple common sense.

37. People like @BevHarrisWrites should not have to do this vetting for our media and elected officials.

38. I shouldn't have to do Twitter exposes about the FELONS at DIEBOLD, hoping against hope that someone like @miwine or @iamsambee or @maddow or @JasonKander will find their way to my Twitter feed and want to help out.

39. I feel like I'm SCREAMING IN THE DARK. This is INSANITY. This must CHANGE. We need #TransparentElections.