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Title: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: corbe on January 23, 2020, 07:27:08 pm
Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment

Poor planning by the county’s top election official is costing Dallas taxpayers millions and jeopardizing election security.

By Erin Anderson

January 20, 2020

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“We’re going to try to do the best we can, but there’s no perfect election," said Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole on the race to replace unsecure e-pollbooks ahead of March primaries. #Primary2020 #TX2020 #TXLege

Dallas County taxpayers are shelling out another $6 million for new voting equipment, after the county discovered components bought just last year can’t be used securely—a costly mistake one local official blames on the head of the county’s elections department.

In 2019, the county spent $30 million on a brand-new voting system; it included “hybrid” electronic voting machines with paper backups, plus electronic pollbooks used to access the county’s list of registered voters. But the county has since discovered the pollbooks can’t interface securely with the voting machines and must be replaced.

Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole asked the commissioners court at their last meeting for $388,000 to add 300 more electronic pollbooks to a December order of 4,200 units, bringing the total spent on the replacement equipment to just over $6 million.

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https://texasscorecard.com/local/dallas-county-wasted-taxpayer-money-on-unsecure-voting-equipment/ (https://texasscorecard.com/local/dallas-county-wasted-taxpayer-money-on-unsecure-voting-equipment/)
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: Wingnut on January 23, 2020, 07:34:36 pm
Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole is dumber than a box of rocks.   The only reason she still has a job is, 
1.  She's a Dallas Co Rat and
B. she is a darker shade of pale. 
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: Wingnut on January 23, 2020, 07:41:22 pm
More of her stunning stupidity.

Dallas County elections official admits she was confused, Russian hacker claim was wrong.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/10/04/dallas-county-elections-official-admits-she-was-confused-russian-hacker-claim-was-wrong/ (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/10/04/dallas-county-elections-official-admits-she-was-confused-russian-hacker-claim-was-wrong/)
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: Bigun on January 23, 2020, 07:46:24 pm
The entire premise is wrong!  The Dallas County election officials got EXACTLY what they wanted and paid for.
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: berdie on January 23, 2020, 10:38:04 pm
Quote from: Bigun on January 23, 2020, 07:46:24 pm
The entire premise is wrong!  The Dallas County election officials got EXACTLY what they wanted and paid for.



Hmmm...so they are all coo-coo? and inept?
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: PeteS in CA on January 23, 2020, 10:55:12 pm
Has Chad Hang spoken on this?
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: Free Vulcan on January 24, 2020, 12:17:34 am
Now the question is whether it was accidental or deliberate.
Title: Re: Dallas County Wasted Taxpayer Money on Unsecure Voting Equipment
Post by: Bigun on January 24, 2020, 12:54:26 am
Quote from: Free Vulcan on January 24, 2020, 12:17:34 am
Now the question is whether it was accidental or deliberate.

 :yowsa: And my money is heavily on deliberate.