Patrick Colbeck

Georgia’s ‘Forensic Audit’ of Dominion Machines Produced No Records — Because It Never Happened

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger publicly announced that Pro V&V had conducted a forensic audit of Dominion voting machines and found ‘no sign of foul play.’ Open records requests to the counties named in his announcement produced no records of any such audit.  Pro V&V’s own scope documentation confirmed it had performed only a logic […]

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Congressional Report on Censorship-Industrial Complex

Investigation by the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has revealed a coordinated effort by federal agencies to monitor and censor the online speech of American citizens. Central to this operation is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), which utilized non-governmental

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Non-Certified Software Deployment

EAC Certificate Election System Deployment Non-Certified Software Maintaining the integrity and security of electronic voting systems requires strict adherence to certified configurations and security protocols. Any deviations should be carefully evaluated and approved through proper channels to ensure they do not compromise the system’s security or certification status. Read Full Advisory

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Vote Tabulation Method Comparison

Separating Fact From Fiction Machine Count vs Hand Count Vote tabulation methods have changed over the years.  In recent years, the use of electronic voting systems to tabulate vote totals has gained prominence.  Electronic voting systems introduces unique risks to the conduct of elections. Cyberattacks, power outages, and malicious insider threats due to the inability

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Government-Sponsored Disinformation

Congressional Report Exposed by Weaponization of Government Subcommittee Government-Sponsored Disinformation On November 6, 2023, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report examining collaboration between federal agencies and non-government entities to monitor and moderate online speech related to elections. The report raised concerns

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Machine-Based Vote Manipulation

Suspicious Vote Tally Anomalies Machine-Based Vote Manipulation Electronic voting systems have several potential vulnerabilities not found with hand counts. If these vulnerabilities were exploited, the election results could be manipulated resulting in certification of fraudulent results. In order to secure our elections from such exploits, significant security rigor is required.  If election officials have insufficient

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Election System Risks

CISA Cyber Risk Summary Election Infrastructure Cyber Risk Assessment CISA’s National Risk Management Center (NRMC) assessed multiple criteria that quantify the scale of election infrastructure cyber risk, including machine preparation, device networking, and the centralization of infrastructure components. CISA NRMC also assessed additional risk criteria related to voter registration, voting machines, and electronic submission of

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Dominion CEO Perjury Allegations

Dominion CEO and Lawyer During Zoom Testimony Multiple Counts of Perjury Alleged Dominion CEO Testifies Under Oath On December 15, 2020, Dominion CEO John Poulos testified under oath with legal counsel present regarding Dominion Voting Systems in use in Michigan during the 2020 General Election. Upon review of his comments against the contents of publicly

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CISA Amber Alert

Election Infrastructure Subsector Cyber Risk Summary This report by the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides analysis, findings, and recommendations derived from non-attributable cybersecurity trends observed between November 3, 2019, and November 3, 2020—Election Year 2020 (EY20)—among Election Infrastructure (EI) Subsector entities subscribed to services provided by CISA. CISA’s analysis of the available

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Election System Internet Connections

Election System Internet Connections Internet connections to/from components within an election system compromise the security of elections.  Physical transfers of election records such as post-election results are secured with the application of configuration-controlled seals and bipartisan signatories.  In contrast, digital transfers of election records such as post-election results occur regularly without any bipartisan oversight and

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