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Legislature in a Battleground State (MI) Calls an Emergency Session Over Voting Irregularities

[Townhall] The Michigan Legislature on Saturday held a joint hearing of the House and Senate Oversight Committees, a rare occurrence. The session was called after reports of potential fraud taking place in the presidential election. One of the main ones was a software glitch that caused 6,000 votes in Antrim County to be incorrectly counted for Joe Biden. Once the a hand-count had taken place, those 6,000 votes went to President Trump. The Michigan Secretary of State, however, has said that this was "human error," not a "software glitch."

Regardless of the cause, the Republican-led legislature wanted answers.

"Every single legal vote needs to be counted, regardless of who cast it or who they voted for. And then the candidate who wins the most of those votes will win Michigan's electoral votes, just like it always has been. Nothing about that process will change in 2020," Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) said in a statement.

"America's democracy is sacred, and safe and secure elections are how we protect it. That is why the House and Senate oversight committees will begin hearings soon looking into the voting and counting process in our state to give everyone confidence in the results and to make sure the next election runs much more smoothly," Chatfield said. "The people of Michigan deserve peace of mind, and we are going to provide it."

The legislature ended up slapping state election officials with a subpoena for documents related to the state's election process, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Posted by Thusoting Big Foot1716 2020-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The Michigan Secretary of State, however, has said that this was "human error," not a "software glitch."

Of course it wasn't a glitch. The developers coded to spec.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-11-09 11:13|| 2020-11-09 11:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The real cheat isn't in the counting software (yet). It is the mail-in ballots.

Posted by Thusoting Big Foot1716 2020-11-09 11:23|| 2020-11-09 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 ^The real cheat is in not having a voter ID.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-11-09 12:06|| 2020-11-09 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 The Michigan Secretary of State, however, has said that this was "human error," not a "software glitch."

The original story was some kind of unspecified "glitch" occurred. After this was rightfully mocked and debunked, the plot changed to "user error" - the county clerk did not apply an update to the machine's software/firmware.

So the timeline looks like this:
1) Machine "glitches" and moves 6K votes from Trump to Biden
2) Mistake is discovered.
3) New software is loaded, over-writing whatever was running when the "glitch" occured.

As I understand, some of these machines are equipped with a cellular modem, ostensibly for reporting totals. Allowing remote access is just one more opportunity for hinkyness.

Posted by SteveS 2020-11-09 12:55|| 2020-11-09 12:55|| Front Page Top

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