In a startling revelation experts have demonstrated how votes can be manipulated on Dominion Systems voting machines. Those votes are manipulated, the experts show, using software embedded on the machines.
“We used only what was on the system…The Microsoft SQL database management program is sitting right on their system and it’s not authorized by the EAC [Election Assistance Commission],” Michigan attorney Matt DePerno told ITN. “I want to be careful; it’s not an illegal program. But it shouldn’t be there. And it actually makes their system uncertifiable.”
The analysis stems from a case being tried by DePerno in Antrim County, Michigan, that alleges the vote of Michigan resident William Bailey was disenfranchised in the November 3 election. The case has resulted in the only forensic audit of Dominion voting machines to have taken place in the country so far.
What the demonstration by DePerno’s team shows is that by using programs embedded in the election management software vote totals can be switched from one candidate to another and in selected races on the ballot.
In the demonstration, performed by systems vulnerability expert Jeffrey Lendberg, ballots indicating 4 votes cast for Donald Trump and two votes for Joe Biden were switched to 4 votes cast for Biden and 2 votes for Trump.
“The results match the tape print out here,” Lendberg says of the tape print out showing the tabulation results. “So when you do the canvass they will match. But they’re not correct.”
Insidious about such a capability is that the vote manipulation is untraceable. As long as the total number of votes reported at the county level are less than the number of voters the county lists as registered voters and the number of votes cast in a given election, county officials have no reason to suspect foul play.
“Once you run an election and print off the tape the canvassing board and the county, their job is actually to verify the results,” DePerno said. “But all they do is look at that printed tape, look at the number of people who voted and compare it to their poll book as to the number of people that came in to vote. And if they match, they certify the election. And in this situation you’d never know. Because the tape is correct. You’d never have a reason to look at the ballots.”
Such a revelation highlights the importance of conducting audits of actual ballots, such as the one currently taking place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
“Look around the country. Who has let anyone look at ballots,” DePerno asked. “Nobody.”
DePerno, who has been trying for months to draw attention to the Antrim County case says he has faced a complete blackout from mainstream media sources. This week that has changed with outlets like The Washington Post, the Associated Press reaching out to him.
“This is so interesting,” DePerno says of the new attention. “No one has asked me about the significance of the actual content. They’ve only asked me about the process of how we got machines.”