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Part of the problem is that Republicanism has become a bit of a religion: public policy positions have been increasingly replaced with incoherent dogma. Republi

Part of the problem is that Republicanism has become a bit of a religion: public policy positions have been increasingly replaced with incoherent dogma. Republicans have been claiming for years, completely without merit, that Dominion has been involved in a variety of vote-changing schemes. It is highly doubtful that Giuliani ever even checked to determine where Dominion's machines were even being used before he started in on various conspiracy theories to keep Trump happy. He and Lin Woods and Sidney Powell made similar claims about Smartmatic, which only has one client in the United States: Los Angeles County. Even so, the entire idea that a group of hucksters can completely annihilate the reputation of a company based on absolute nonsense from a bunch of angry losers is a bit frightening.

throwaway12992 6y ago
Republicans have been claiming for years, completely without merit, that Dominion has been involved in a variety of vote-changing schemes Just Republicans? https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/19/8-times-liberals-claimed-election-stolen-rigged/ https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/19/8-times-liberals-claime...
- detaro 6y ago
  Which of the examples in your list alleges that "Dominion has been involved in a [...] vote-changing scheme"?
  - throwaway12992 6y ago
    Not sure. Here's a democrat that wanted to look at the source code for the Election Systems & Software. Inc. machines. https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061229/News/605248599/SH/ https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061229/News/60524... Your question implies that you feel that Dominion is somehow different from other companies doubted by democrats, and itself must never be doubted. Why is it different?
    - heurist 6y ago
      Dominion Voting Systems was created because ES&S was forced to sell Premier Election Solutions due to antitrust concerns. ES&S has been subject of various errors and controversies: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-market-for-voting-machines-is-broken-this-company-has-thrived-in-it https://www.propublica.org/article/the-market-for-voting-mac... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en/Election_Systems_&_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en/Election_Systems_&_Software https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-ownership-growing-scrutiny-inside-america-s-biggest-n1104516 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-owners... I also recall seeing liberal concern over Dominion in GA prior to the election. Regardless, it's a powerful industry with a justifiably large amount of public scrutiny, even if we don't always get the transparency we deserve. All of these systems should be public, open source, and verifiable with paper trails.

throwaway12992 6y ago

Republicans have been claiming for years, completely without merit, that Dominion has been involved in a variety of vote-changing schemes Just Republicans? https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/19/8-times-liberals-claimed-election-stolen-rigged/ https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/19/8-times-liberals-claime...

detaro 6y ago
Which of the examples in your list alleges that "Dominion has been involved in a [...] vote-changing scheme"?
- throwaway12992 6y ago
  Not sure. Here's a democrat that wanted to look at the source code for the Election Systems & Software. Inc. machines. https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061229/News/605248599/SH/ https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061229/News/60524... Your question implies that you feel that Dominion is somehow different from other companies doubted by democrats, and itself must never be doubted. Why is it different?
  - heurist 6y ago
    Dominion Voting Systems was created because ES&S was forced to sell Premier Election Solutions due to antitrust concerns. ES&S has been subject of various errors and controversies: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-market-for-voting-machines-is-broken-this-company-has-thrived-in-it https://www.propublica.org/article/the-market-for-voting-mac... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en/Election_Systems_&_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en/Election_Systems_&_Software https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-ownership-growing-scrutiny-inside-america-s-biggest-n1104516 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-owners... I also recall seeing liberal concern over Dominion in GA prior to the election. Regardless, it's a powerful industry with a justifiably large amount of public scrutiny, even if we don't always get the transparency we deserve. All of these systems should be public, open source, and verifiable with paper trails.