Minnesota Supreme Court Briefing - #transparencyproject - Part 15.
Oral arguments requesting scrutiny of the use of modems in our elections expected this spring! / 1 of 20
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Part 12: Minnesota Courts Take a Path of Least Resistance in Scrutinizing Modem Usage in Elections
Final Request for Review has been made to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
On December 18, 2023, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of our election lawsuit requesting data disclosure and scrutiny of the use of modems in Rice County voting machines. On January 8, 2024, we submitted a request for certiorari review of the dismissal or our request for judicial review of the electronic transfer of early election data via modem on election day from Rice County to the Minnesota Secretary of State.
Part 9: Election Transparency and Accountability
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On September 21st, I appeared at the Minnesota Court of Appeals in support of an on-going effort to obtain transparency and accountability in the election process. 1 of 25
Part 7: Reply Brief #transparencyproject
All written arguments to the Minnesota Court of Appeals are now completed in the matter of Benda for Common-sense and Hagen v. Anderson and Simon.
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#transparencyproject - Part 6: Appellants’ Brief
As reported previously, we have appealed the District Court’s January 17, 2023, Order for Dismissal. We are now in the briefing stage where each party submits written arguments or briefs to the court. 1/16
#transparencyproject Part 5: Writ of Mandamus
Due to an unusual procedural wrinkle in this case we filed a special request to the Minnesota Court of Appeals called a "writ of mandamus." The following is a summary of the request that was recently submitted to the Court of Appeals
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Part 3: EVS Version 5.3.2.1; or the story of the Lincoln County Cattleman.
My initial motivation to initiate a lawsuit against Rice County was driven by simple frustration over the utter lack of responsiveness by local election officials. tweet 1 of 18.
No amount of denial will change the fact that modems make all machines vulnerable. To complete a proper risk-benefit analysis we need more information and therefore this #transparencyproject will continue.
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Part 2: Vulnerabilities
On October 14, 2022, Politico ran a story entitled: “The voting machine hacking threat you probably haven’t heard about.” In this article, the author points out that,
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Part 1: Confirmation.
We now have confirmation that Rice County has modems installed in all ES&S DS200 and DS450 electronic voting machines. While this sounds like a simple, non-controversial statement, the journey to obtain this fact is a long one.