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ES&S Security Head “Can’t think of one” When Asked Reason Montana Election Records Switched Off
At the weekly Joint Select Committee on Election Security hearing last Thursday, ES&S Vice President of Security and Chief Information Officer Christopher Woloshin testified that he could not think of any reason why county and state officials were not collecting and making available vital election records known as Cast Vote Records (CVR) generated by the…
Montana Records Retention Laws Violated By State, Counties in Elections Software Contracts
Election fraud has been a hot-button issue lately, with films like 2000 Mules exposing ballot harvesting operations, and journalists in Montana and around the country uncovering connections between the United States’ voting systems and elections software company Konnech, which reportedly has connections to China. Locally, there are concerns that the state’s voting process is in…
Carbon County Commissioners, Clerk and Election Administrator Intentionally Keep Public Information from the Public
Montana and Federal law states all election records are required to be retained for at least 22 months. Counties like Carbon use computer equipment to tabulate our votes but do not consider video or electronic records from those tabulation computers as “records” that must be lawfully kept. Also, counties can keep records for as long as they like as…