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They could've just unplugged the server from the internet if it's vulnerable.

paulddraper 9y ago
Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. United States national ballot records must be kept for 22 months, and then they are likewise disposed. Florida kept (keeps?) its ballots especially long after the 2000 recount.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. When a lawsuit is filed (or even when you reasonably know lawsuit will be filed), you can not legally destroy evidence related to it, even in the course of otherwise routine document destruction. In state agencies and other large orgs, it's common to receive mass email orders from legal to preserve all documents and communications related to matter under dispute, regardless of normal retention policies, with reminders of severe legal consequences to the org and dire personal consequences if the directive is not complied with.
  - paulddraper 9y ago
    Of course. And that's exactly why Florida kept around its 2000 ballots especially long. My claim is that this sort of action in itself is not bizzare. That it was done with a pending lawsuit is bizzare. Whether it was due to malice or incompetance remains to be seen.
- xbmcuser 9y ago
  They were informed 3-4 weeks before the lawsuit was filed that they were going to be sued and they should not delete the data. But did it anyway so seems like they might be hiding something
  - jacobolus 9y ago
    Either they are acting in bad faith, or are completely incompetent. Neither sounds like what we want out of the folks running elections.
- commandar 9y ago
  >Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. There was a special election in Georgia on June 20; the servers were wiped two and a half weeks later on July 7.

Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. United States national ballot records must be kept for 22 months, and then they are likewise disposed. Florida kept (keeps?) its ballots especially long after the 2000 recount.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. When a lawsuit is filed (or even when you reasonably know lawsuit will be filed), you can not legally destroy evidence related to it, even in the course of otherwise routine document destruction. In state agencies and other large orgs, it's common to receive mass email orders from legal to preserve all documents and communications related to matter under dispute, regardless of normal retention policies, with reminders of severe legal consequences to the org and dire personal consequences if the directive is not complied with.
- paulddraper 9y ago
  Of course. And that's exactly why Florida kept around its 2000 ballots especially long. My claim is that this sort of action in itself is not bizzare. That it was done with a pending lawsuit is bizzare. Whether it was due to malice or incompetance remains to be seen.
xbmcuser 9y ago
They were informed 3-4 weeks before the lawsuit was filed that they were going to be sued and they should not delete the data. But did it anyway so seems like they might be hiding something
- jacobolus 9y ago
  Either they are acting in bad faith, or are completely incompetent. Neither sounds like what we want out of the folks running elections.
commandar 9y ago
>Electronic access, phyiscal access...it sounds more like it was a "routine" disposal of sensitive information 10 months after the election. There was a special election in Georgia on June 20; the servers were wiped two and a half weeks later on July 7.