Established Fact During forensic examination of an ES&S DS200 ballot tabulator, analysts found a Telit LE910-SV1 wireless 4G LTE modem card installed internally within the enclosure of the machine (Figure 5 in the document). This was not an external peripheral — it was a built-in, internal component of the DS200 unit itself. The card is described […]
Established Fact Forensic examination of ESS DS200 tabulator thumb drives from a Michigan county confirmed that each DS200 tabulator had a Verizon 4G cellular wireless communications card installed and active at power-up. Both examined devices were configured to transmit election results to IP address 10.48.51.1 – a private network address that is accessible remotely only
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Established Fact Dominion Voting Systems, ESS, and other election technology vendors refused to comply with OSC legislative subpoenas, citing contractual confidentiality obligations. WEC Administrator Wolfe claimed private vendor contracts legally prohibited her from turning over public election records – a claim the OSC characterized as legally baseless. One voting machine vendor was documented as having
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Established Fact Interos mapped Machine A down to its third-tier suppliers and determined that 19.6% of the 140 identified components originate from China-based companies. Components sourced from Chinese firms enter the voting machine at every level of the supply chain — not merely at the periphery. This includes hardware for touchscreens ultimately packaged into the
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Established Fact During a January 9, 2020 Congressional hearing before the House Administration Committee – held less than ten months before Election Day – ESS CEO Tom Burt testified under oath that the programmable logic devices (PLDs) used within ESS tabulators, specifically the DS200 widely deployed in Wisconsin, are manufactured in a factory in China.
Established Fact Forensic examination of ESS DS400 tabulator thumb drives confirmed that each DS400 was equipped with a Verizon cellular wireless communications card that was active on power-up. Both devices were configured to transmit election results to IP address 10.48.51.1 – a private network address accessible remotely only through the public internet or a VPN.
Established Fact President and CEO of Election Systems & Software — testified under oath. When asked about supply chain components from China or Russia, Burt stated: “We do have a limited number of components that come from China… the potential for a backdoor threat really doesn’t pertain to inert items like a piece of plastic
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Established Fact Election Systems & Software (ESS), which operates the largest installed base of voting machines in the United States, admitted in a 2018 letter to Senator Ron Wyden that between 2000 and 2006, it installed pcAnywhere remote-access software on election management systems sold to customers – directly contradicting prior public representations. Critically, Symantec’s pcAnywhere
Established Fact Election Systems & Software (ESS) admitted in a 2018 letter to Sen. Ron Wyden that it had installed pcAnywhere remote access software on election management systems sold to customers between 2000 and 2006, directly contradicting its prior public representations that it had never done so. ESS refused to disclose which states and counties
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Established Fact The Wisconsin OSC (Gableman) Special Counsel Report documented that ESS voting tabulators deployed statewide were equipped with active 4G wireless modems enabling internet connectivity. In Green Bay, all ESS voting machines were connected to a secret, hidden Wi-Fi access point located at the Grand Hyatt hotel – the central count facility – controlled
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