
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As reported by <em>Gateway Pundit</em>, the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems lied under oath when speaking to the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee about the integrity of the company&#8217;s voting machines. The hearing took place in Lansing, MI in December of 2020.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The perjury accusation comes from Michael Lewis Butz, a member of the Election Integrity Team for Macomb County, MI. In a letter dated January 25th, 2024, he wrote the following to Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham: “I have reviewed the Senate testimony of Mr. Poulos and have concluded that he failed to provide accurate and transparent information to Senators &#8211; Poulos committed perjury!&#8221; </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Butz also noted in his letter that &#8220;Dominion was forced to disclose in Williamson, TN, that its source code was defective and the Dominion voting systems did not accurately tally the votes.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Michigan was among 28 states that utilized Dominion voting equipment during the 2020 presidential election. The equipment came under question ;after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and others claimed the machines were hacked in favor of then-rival candidate Joe Biden in the state of Georgia, potentially costing Trump the election. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During his testimony, Dominion CEO John Poulos was asked whether the voting machines could be connected to the Internet. His response was vague, but seemed to suggest that it was the responsibility of local election officials to monitor whether or not the tabulators attached to the voting machines were connected to the Internet. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to manufacturers, modems are sometimes installed inside tabulators so that unofficial election results can be shared with the public as soon as possible. These modems can connect to the Internet via cell phone networks. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Experts say that even a brief connection to the Internet represents a major security risk. ;According to ;the National Institute of Standards and Technology, voting machines should not even have wireless network capabilities. ;</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Once a hacker starts talking to the voting machine through the modem, the hacker cannot just change these unofficial election results; they can hack the software in the voting machine and make it cheat in future elections,” explains Kevin Skoglund, senior technical advisor at the National Election Defense Coalition. In many cases, he added, voting machines have been left online even after officials were briefed on the risks. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When asked whether Dominion voting machines could be hacked using a USB drive, Poulos told lawmakers that he &#8216;didn&#8217;t think so&#8217; and added that any attempt to hack into the machines would be detected immediately. When asked how voters could be confident in the system&#8217;s integrity, Poulos answered simply that a &#8220;hand count audit and recount&#8221; would resolve any doubts. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Macomb Prosecutor Peter Lucido, a former Michigan State Senator who witnessed Poulos&#8217;s testimony in 2020, heard about Butz&#8217;s perjury complaint, he sent the following message to local attorney Michael J. Smith: &#8220;When I was in the Senate, on the Oversight Committee, we did Dominion. It was published and recorded, and it should be online. ;The president of Dominion testified, and so did his engineer or software maker, and the questions were centered around whether or not there was access to the Internet on these machines that Dominion made. He said no and ;it was a lie!”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As Smith later wrote, &#8220;Truthful testimony from election software and equipment vendors is critical for Michigan township and city clerks, county clerks, senators, and other public officials to identify potential election system problems and implement appropriate solutions to mitigate risks to election integrity.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Detroit attorney ;Stefanie Lambert, who is representing Butz, has asked US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to subpoena Poulos and Lucido to testify before the ;House Judiciary Committee.<strong> Lucido says he is willing to testify that Poulos lied under oath, but the Lansing Police Chief has yet to acknowledge the case. </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Poulos&#8217;s 2020 testimony was further undermined by University of Michigan computer scientist ;J. Alex Halderman, who showed lawmakers how a Dominion voting machine could be manipulated during a security trial in January 2024. Using a BIC pen and a $10 smart card, he was able to hack into the machine and flip a hypothetical vote from one candidate to another in less than 1 minute. He was also able to rig the machine to produce extra ballots. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;I know America&#8217;s voting machines are vulnerable,&#8221; argues Halderman, who has made a career studying electronic voting security. He explained to lawmakers how his team has been able to create &#8220;attacks that ;can spread from machine to machine like a computer virus and silently change election outcomes.&#8221; In every case, &#8220;we found ;ways for attackers to sabotage machines and to steal votes. These capabilities are certainly within reach for America’s enemies.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Though officials in Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County claim Halderman&#8217;s hacking could never have taken place in real life due to existing security measures, the facts remain.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A separate investigation launched against Dominion back in 2017 seeks to determine whether the voting system is so vulnerable to hacking and errors that it represents a violation of Georgians&#8217; constitutional rights. Plaintiffs seek a return to hand-marked paper ballots that are easier for voters and officials to understand. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">US District Judge Amy Totenberg, who in 2019 banned the state of Georgia from using its previous all-electronic voting system over concerns of fraud, has made it clear to plaintiffs that she lacks the authority to order the state to return to a hand-marked system. She can, however, ask the state to conduct additional audits and/or stop using controversial QR codes. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Author&#8217;s Note:</strong> We expected something like this to come from the allegations against Dominion and it is very bad timing for states to consider whether they need to replace existing voter equipment. Despite how time-consuming it can be, perhaps our best bet is to return to a paper system we can all trust. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:</strong> Amen</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Sources:</strong></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/witness-shows-how-to-tamper-with-georgia-elections-in-security-trial/WUVKCYNV3ZGOVNB6X6TDX2GEFQ/">Expert shows how to tamper with Georgia voting machine in security trial <br></a><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/georgia-dominion-voting-machines-trial-rcna136275">Georiga&#8217;s Controversial Electronic Voting Machines Face Their Biggest Test Yet ;</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://alumni.umich.edu/michigan-alum/hacking-the-vote/">Hacking the Vote: It&#8217;s Easier Than You Think ;</a></p>

CEO of Dominion Voting Systems Lied Under Oath
