Meet Command Central, the People in Charge of Wisconsin Voting Machines

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://wcmcoop.com/members/meet-command-central-the-people-in-charge-of-wisconsin-voting-machines/

May 22, 2012

"Command Central is one of Wisconsin’s leading vendors of voting machines and election supplies. They are distributors for Dominion Voting Systems, a privately-owned electronic voting equipment company. Founded in Canada in 2002, Dominion is now based in Denver, CO, since their acquisitions of Premier Election Solutions, from Election Systems & Software (ES&S), and Sequoia Voting Systems.

Command Central deals directly with Wisconsin county and municipal clerks and is closely involved in their selection of voting machines, ballots, and other election supplies. Command Central does all the maintenance on the voting machines and provides tech support throughout the year, with a special 'hot line' should clerks need help with glitches, etc., on election day.

In June 2011, the Wisconsin County Clerks Association held their annual summer conference in Ladysmith. Seventy-five county clerks from across the state came together to, among other things, 'assist the legislators in developing sound legislation that affects county clerks and county government by providing accurate and useful information.' WCCA Legislation Committee chair at the time was Kathy Nickolaus."

Much more at the link. Via Occupy Wall Street

[PeaceNikki]

1. How many people said, "fuck it, it's all rigged anyway" and didn't bother?

We could have used them today.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. We need to find out if it was. This just doesn't feel right, you know?

These bastards will resort to any and all levels of hook and crook. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

[PeaceNikki]

5. I live among the cultist sheep stand with that criminal assholes. and they vote.

The odds were against us and we timed it like fucking idiots.

This place is a mess.

[sabrina 1]

18. Probably very few. Why, do you think that recognizing a problem means opting out? I find the

opposite to be true. I don't know a single Democrat who is informed about the fraud in our election system who chose not voting as a solution. Nor have I ever seen anything to show that this is a problem.

What you seem to be saying is that we should not talk about this disastrous system at all, which I could not disagree more with. That is how it got so bad, because of that kind of thinking, sorry.

[flamingdem]

3. Dominion?

Any relationship to Dominionist?

yikes

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Yeah, hopefully not. This needs a giant spotlight put upon it for a great length of time.

[Kurovski]

6. it's a depraved and demoralized version of Democracy

that lets private for profit corporations control the voting apparatus



From the article: • Do not vote on touch screen machines. Call your clerk before Election Day and insist on voting on paper. Refuse to vote on the DRE touch screens and offer to send your clerk information on the dangers of these machines. See a list of all Wisconsin clerks here.



If they steal our vote, they steal our voice and they steal our power. Stand up and help change election systems in Wisconsin. This is not an issue of “left” vs “right.” It’s “right” vs “wrong.”

[ellisonz]

7. I wouldn't doubt there was some nonsense that went on in some places...

But in the end, it just wasn't going to happen

[Matariki]

8. "Dominion Voting Systems"??? Dominion? Really?

Associated with the Dominionists and not trying to hide it.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

11. exactly. And check out the logo for "Command Central"

New World Order eyeball in pyramid

[eowyn_of_rohan]

9. thank you for posting this article - I was just about to

[eowyn_of_rohan]

10. and the argument that not enough turned out to vote doesnt cut it this time, brothers and sisters

this was a blatant theft

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. Kick

[tarby]

13. PAPER BALLOTS...what a novel idea...

Ballot counts could be well scrutinized by rep. of both parties in each precinct and results submitted 1-3 days later, however long it takes to GET IT RIGHT! It is absolutely insane to trust results of these machines and their internal vote-flipping capabilities! Elections have such devastating consequences! Waking up the day after POTUS election this Nov. to the victorious face of Mitt Romney is terrifying!

[shcrane71]

14. Welcome to DU! Couldn't agree more.

[Skinner]

15. Welcome to DU, tarby.

[greytdemocrat]

16. Kid...

Sometimes a loss is just a loss. Don't let this stuff destroy you.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. This company is evidently run by just two people out of the same strip mall Michelle Bachmann does.

Hmmmm......hmmmmmm....

[hedda_foil]

19. A two person (family) office ...

This guy and his mother in law! Mom does the programming and sonny boy apparently sells them. This whole thing sounds way too much like the tiny, out of the way family company that did the programming for Ohio's 2004 election and recount, Triad

The following information was originally found and investigated on DU, , and many, many DUets worked on every stage of the recount, and made donations to help pay for it.

http://www.alternet.org/story/99337/how_the_gop_wired_ohio's_2004_vote_count_for_bush_to_win

...<snip> ...

After the 2004 election, the Green and Libertarian Parties paid for a statewide recount where 3 percent of the vote in counties was to be examined. Green Party observers reported the company programming and servicing the county vote-count tabulators in 41 mostly rural Republican-majority counties, Triad Government Services, Inc., replaced hard drives before the recount was conducted. In Hocking County, when the Board of Election Deputy Director, Sherole Eaton questioned this and recounted the incident in sworn affidavits used in litigation, she subsequently was fired from her job.


According to previous statements by Spoonamore, the family that controls Triad and related sister companies, the Rapp family of Xenia, Ohio, are evangelical Republicans and GOP donors. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Lincoln Bronzeville litigation have previously stated that the 2004 Ohio presidential results only had to be altered in three southeastern counties -- Warren, Cleremont and Butler -- to increase George W. Bush's margin to re-elect him to a second term.