“Do machines always know best? Do they ever make mistakes?” For decades, we’ve lived in a world where machines have made life more convenient. Despite the convenience technology offers, one of the best quotes among technicians is, “Technology is great, when it works”. On May 25th, County Commissioners and members of the public were able to listen to experts expose election vulnerabilities impacting County machines used for voting in each election.
David and Erin Clements have dedicated their lives currently to finding and bringing to light several vulnerabilities in our current voting systems here in Torrance County, throughout the great state of New Mexico, and nationwide. An attorney and an engineer, they have rolled up their sleeves and taken upon themselves the role of protectors against tyranny.
Before you make the assumption that they’re doing it simply to ‘get Trump back in the White House,’ understand that their research goes back well beyond the 2020 election. That research reveals the existence of a decades-long non-partisan effort scrutinizing the dangers of machines running elections.
Within their research, David and Erin Clements demonstrate statistical proof of errors. Those errors are not exclusive to Presidential elections. The errors affect races all over the ballot, top to bottom and front to back.
The couple recently addressed the Torrance County Commission regarding their research and findings, on May 25th, 2022. In an address which ran for nearly 90 minutes, they went over a myriad of weaknesses in the machines that make up our voting system.
Machine-Related Vulnerabilities
- Main machine used also has an internal printer which fills in ovals for those with disabilities. The printer can fill out ovals in a way that a person can’t discern between human-input and machine-input.
- Voting machines can be remotely accessed by their manufacturers in order to troubleshoot issues with them. This shows they indeed are connected to the internet, despite the federal government and manufacturer claims otherwise.
- Realtime-voting data transmitted to Secretary of State throughout election day, again showing internet connectivity of machines to relay data.
This story is related to “2020 Election Ballots Inspected in Torrance County.”
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