A long-simmering legal battle in rural Pennsylvania is again raising serious questions about the integrity, security, and transparency of the nations voting systems.
In September 2022, officials in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, filed a major lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems, alleging extensive breaches of contract, certification failures, and grave security vulnerabilities in the companys election equipment. According to The Gateway Pundit, the complaint zeroed in on issues that corporate media and Democrat officials have repeatedly dismissed as debunked conspiracy theories, including alleged internet connectivity, outdated security protections, remote accessibility, and the unexplained use of external USB devices on voting machines.
The lawsuit asserts that county officials first realized something was seriously wrong in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. On or after November 2020, Fulton County became aware of severe anomalies in the Dominion Voting Systems due to the inaccuracy and/or inability to reconcile voter data with votes actually cast and counted, i.e., tabulated, by the System in Fulton County, the complaint states, suggesting that basic reconciliation between voters and votes could not be reliably achieved.
The county further contends that Dominions systems did not even meet the conditions required for their own certification. On or after November 2020, Fulton County became aware of certain factors and aspects of the Dominion Voting Systems that did not meet the conditions for certification set forth in the January 2019 / February 2019 certification report, the filing continues, indicating that the machines allegedly failed to comply with the standards under which they were approved for use.
Concerns in Fulton County were amplified by outside expert analysis, including a report from computer security specialist J. Alex Halderman. In addition, Fulton County was informed of additional anomalies and problems in Dominions voting systems via an expert report written by J. Alex Halderman in July 2021, the lawsuit notes, referencing the Halderman Declaration dated September 21, 2021, and filed as Exhibit C.
Haldermans declaration, as cited in the complaint, describes a host of vulnerabilities in Dominions ICX software that could be exploited by bad actors. In his declaration, Halderman described numerous security vulnerabilities in Dominions ICX software, including flaws that would allow attackers to install malicious software on the ICX, either with temporary or physical access (such as that of voters in polling places) or remotely from election management systems, the filing states, underscoring the potential for both local and remote compromise.
At the time of Haldermans report, the vulnerabilities were not hypothetical or historical, but allegedly ongoing. At the time of that report, the author described that these vulnerabilities still existed, and could be mitigated, but that such mitigation would take months for Dominion to assess the problems, develop responsive software updates, test them, obtain any necessary approvals from the EAC and state-level certification authorities, and distribute the new software. the lawsuit recounts, implying that any meaningful fix would be slow and bureaucratically cumbersome.
Subsequent forensic reviews, including a September Report cited in the complaint, raised even more troubling red flags about physical access and data integrity. The September Report showed that external USB hard drives had been inserted in the machines on several occasions, and that there is no known list of approved external drives that could have been or were used or inserted into the machines, the filing states, adding that investigators could not determine whether and to what extent these unauthorized drives compromised the data or the system.
The same report allegedly documented extensive and unauthorized changes to the system drives after installation of Dominions software. The September Report further concluded that there had been substantial changes to the drives as seen with the inclusion of over 900 .dll files and links created since the date of installation of the Dominion software and these pathways constituted a security breach due to the introduction of an unauthorized script into the Dominion voting systems used in Fulton County the lawsuit claims, suggesting that foreign code may have been introduced into the election environment.
Perhaps most alarming for those concerned about foreign interference, the September Report allegedly identified a connection to an external IP address in Canada. The September Report further determined that [a]n external IP address that is associated with Canada is found on the Adjudication01 [workstation] and [t]his shows that at least one of the network devices has connected to an external device on an external network and that this was the same device that the post-certification python script was found on, the complaint states, noting that this constituted a direct violation of and failure of the conditions required for certification in the Dominion Certification Report.
The log files, according to the lawsuit, traced that connection to a specific foreign location. The log files for the Adjudication device showed an IP address of 172.102.16.22, which derives from a location in Quebec, Canada and that this revealed a serious issue to be connected remotely to a Canadian system, the filing alleges, raising the specter of foreign access to a U.S. election system.
Basic cybersecurity hygiene also appears to have been neglected, if the countys claims are accurate. The machines and devices only had Windows Defender dating to July 2016 and that no other updates had been made, the lawsuit states, adding that the report concluded that viruses or malicious software created after that date would not be combated by the systems without proper updates.
These revelations stand in stark contrast to the posture adopted by Democrats earlier in 2022, when they argued that voting machines were too fragile to be subjected to independent forensic inspection. At that time, their position was that if investigators so much as touched the machines, they would have to be replaced, a stance that conveniently shielded the systems from outside scrutiny while officials insisted the 2020 contest was the most secure election ever.
Attorney Peter Ticktin, a prominent figure in election-related litigation, told The Gateway Pundit he has been encouraged by the recent actions of Attorney General Todd Blanche. I am learning to respect and appreciate Todd Blanche. I never had a personal problem with him. I just wanted to see things get done. I am happy to report that Attorney General Blanche now has his feet on the ground, and they seem to be running, Ticktin said, suggesting that key law enforcement officials may finally be taking election integrity concerns more seriously.
Ticktin stressed that the stakes extend far beyond partisan politics or a single election cycle. He added, I believe that he is getting the fact that our whole nation is at risk due to the election rigging which occurred in 2020 and is still occurring, framing the controversy as a systemic threat to the republic rather than a mere dispute over past results.
Updating The Gateway Pundit on the Fulton County case, Ticktin described how the county initially sought to hold Dominion accountable. In this regard, the County Commissioners of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, sued Dominion Machines on the basis of a fraudulent inducement to sell its machines for the election fraud after the 2020 Election was over. The Dominion Machines showed an extra unauthorized machine was used and that the machines were accessed by a foreign power he explained, tying the alleged foreign access directly to the broader claims of election manipulation.
Yet local political shifts appear to have undermined the countys resolve to pursue the matter aggressively. In any event, the County Commissioners changed, and the new Commission was less intent on going after Dominion. The case ended and the judge was going to have the machines turned over to Dominion, Ticktin recounted, indicating that crucial physical evidence was on the verge of being returned to the very company under scrutiny.
Ticktin told The Gateway Pundit that he intervened to prevent that outcome, working with Attorney General Blanche to preserve the machines. I alerted Todd Blanche, and he stepped in to make sure that the machines that prove foreign involvement are secured. This is the kind of quick action we need, he said, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding potential proof of foreign interference before it can be destroyed or altered.
He also pointed to a broader web of officials whom he believes must be held accountable if the rule of law is to be restored. Of course, there are many other issues that need to be addressed, such as bringing (Colorado Secretary of State) Jena Griswold to justice, and going after AUSAs (Assistant US Attorneys), judges, police, and others who were fighting to harm Donald Trumps success in fighting the true insurrectionists, Ticktin argued, casting the presidents opponents as the real threat to constitutional order.
After years of stonewalling, censorship, and partisan spin surrounding the 2020 election, many Americans understandably view any new investigation or lawsuit with skepticism. Yet for those who still believe in secure elections, local control, and accountability for powerful corporations and officials alike, the Fulton County case and the preservation of those Dominion machines represent a critical test of whether the truth about 2020and any ongoing vulnerabilitieswill ever be fully exposed to the public.
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