#electiondenial — Public Fediverse posts

Voting machines are a brisk and effective means of tabulating votes, unlike error-prone humans counting paper ballots. Now comes the next—and only—logical and moral step to ensuring the freest and safest elections while keeping our votes secret and conspiracist bunk at bay: make them open-source.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/07/1089524/open-source-voting-machines-us-elections/

#electionDenial #electionIntegrity #elections #electionSafety #electionSecurity #electionTransparency #eVoting #openSource #publicScrutiny #votingRights #VotingWorks

DOJ Admits DOGE Team Caught Sharing Social Security Data With Election Denier Group

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/22/doj-admits-doge-team-caught-sharing-social-security-data-with-election-denier-group/

RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE

The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.

RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE

The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.

Weekly output: Google’s AI Mode, Waymo’s software testing, Trump threatens Chris Krebs, Venmo’s dubious privacy defaults

I had a short and useful visit to the future home of Starfleet Academy’s headquarters, courtesy of NTT’s Upgrade 2025 conference there hosting me (including comped airfare and lodging), and now I need to finish writing two pieces from that Japanese telco’s event.

4/7/2025: Google Expands Its Conversational ‘AI Mode’ Search Option, PCMag

Since I already had access to AI Mode and since this is a gardening time of the year, I tested this search option with some queries on that subject for Google’s Gemini AI.

4/8/2025: For Waymo’s Software Team, Bug Hunting Sometimes Happens at 45mph, PCMag

I wrote up an enlightening talk from a Waymo engineer at a software-quality conference I attended the week before hosted by a Tysons Corner startup called Antithesis–and then I got to experience the results of Waymo’s ongoing work during two uneventful rides in San Francisco.

4/10/2025: Still Mad About Losing the 2020 Election, Trump Targets Cybersecurity Pro, PCMag

One reason that I haven’t yet filed anything from NTT’s event is that I took time Thursday to report and write this post to ensure that it would adequately convey the fraudulent nature of Trump’s complaint against Chris Krebs, the CISA director he hired in 2018 and then fired in 2020 for telling the truth about the integrity of that year’s election.

4/11/2025: Venmo’s dubious defaults look like a permanent privacy foul, Fast Company

I’ve had a version of this story on my to-do list for a while, but then the inept opsec of the Trump administration served up a news peg when journalists found the Venmo accounts of multiple White House principals and started exploring their public-by-default friends lists. (Everyone in this administration should have known better, since BuzzFeed News located Joe Biden’s Venmo and inspected his friends list back in 2021). I quizzed a few subject-matter experts, but getting a statement out of Venmo took a little longer.

#2020Election #AIMode #Antithesis #BugBash #ChrisKrebs #defaultSettings #electionDenial #electionSecurity #GoogleAI #GoogleGemini #PayPal #TrumpRetribution #Venmo #VenmoFriendsList #Waymo

What the GOP does to voters is:

Gerrymander,
Obstruct, &
Purge.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/01/im-in-disbelief-that-this-is-actually-happening-denial-hits-north-carolina/

#election #elections #electiondenial #gerrymander #obstruct #purge #gerrymanderobstructpurge #gop #northcarolina #NC #ncsupremecourt #riggs #allisonriggs #stealingthevote #unamerican #unpatriotic #unconstitutional

What the GOP does to voters is:

Gerrymander,
Obstruct, &
Purge.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/01/im-in-disbelief-that-this-is-actually-happening-denial-hits-north-carolina/

#election #elections #electiondenial #gerrymander #obstruct #purge #gerrymanderobstructpurge #gop #northcarolina #NC #ncsupremecourt #riggs #allisonriggs #stealingthevote #unamerican #unpatriotic #unconstitutional

What the GOP does to voters is:

Gerrymander,
Obstruct, &
Purge.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/01/im-in-disbelief-that-this-is-actually-happening-denial-hits-north-carolina/

#election #elections #electiondenial #gerrymander #obstruct #purge #gerrymanderobstructpurge #gop #northcarolina #NC #ncsupremecourt #riggs #allisonriggs #stealingthevote #unamerican #unpatriotic #unconstitutional

An #ElectionDenial Group Has Spent Months Compiling ‘Suspicious Voter’ Lists in #NorthCarolina

Emails obtained by WIRED show that technology from a company called #EagleAI Network is helping election deniers target their neighbors.
#election2024 #election #ElectionDeniers #ai #voters

https://www.wired.com/story/eagleai-network-suspicious-voter-lists-north-carolina/

#ElectionDeniers Are Out in Full Force. We Went Where They Did

Vast networks of true believers, convinced beyond all reason that the last #election was stolen, have spent years preparing to undermine this one. At last, their time has arrived.
#election2024 #ElectionDenial #maga

https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-weekend-activity-fraud-claims/

Elon Musk's #AmericaPAC Has Created an #ElectionDenial #Cesspool on X

The group has nearly 50,000 members, many enthusiastically sharing debunked claims about #voting fraud. “It's just an #election denier jamboree,” says one expert.
#twitter #ElonMusk #Musk #election2024 #disinformation #conspiracytheories

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-election-denial-community-x/

Meet the Far-Right #Constitutional #Sheriffs Ready to Assert Control if #Trump Loses

There are hundreds of #ConstitutionalSheriffs around the country who believe they are the ultimate legal power in their county. We break down how they have coalesced with the election denial movement.
#ElectionDenial #election #election2024 #djt #donaldtrump #maga

https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-denial/

Former #Trump adviser #MichaelFlynn ‘at the center’ of new movement based on #conspiracies and #ChristianNationalism

#Flynn is spearheading the attack on our #democracy, which is coming from many quarters, and he is affiliated with many of these sectors, from the #military to #ChristianNationalists to #electionDenial to #extremist groups. All of this comes together to present a very live #threat. And he’s at the center.

#Christofascists #ChristianLies #religionOfHate

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/former-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-at-the-center-of-new-movement-based-on-conspiracies-and-christian-nationalism

Jim Banks (R-IN) is a traitor who tried to overturn the 2020 election results.

GOP rep questions Pentagon on Walz's military record
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4820356-jim-banks-pentagon-walz-military-service/

#JimBanks #Indiana #GOPTraitor #ElectionDenial #ElectionFraud #NoRepublicansEverAgain

…#RightWing #media outlets have promoted the challenges, casting public ofcls as corrupt & creating fodder that could be used in another round of #legal challenges should #Trump lose again.

…The undertaking pulls from every corner of the #ElectionDenial movement. Its parent grp is an offshoot of #CletaMitchell’s nat’l network. A top deputy to #MikeLindell, a promoter of election-related #ConspiracyTheories, helped conceive of the data program the activists use to hunt for *suspicious* #voters….

#mcdaniel #gop #electiondenial #fakeelectors #bribery #michigan #DefendDemocracy

https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/111625182514215689

Election denial
Allows for the past, banned future
Political backlash

#2020elections #electiondenial #politicalbacklash #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/meta-ad-policy-allowing-2020-election-denial-warning/story?id=105437974

Trump lawyers ID election denial’s Patient Zero: Russian interference

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/28/trump-russia-election-interference/

#WashingtonPost #TrumpLawyers #ElectionDenial #RussianInterference #PatientZero #2023 #Politics #News

#KenBuck is a #conservative #reactionary of the first water, a House #FreedomCaucus member, a throw-back to a darker time in #Colorado ...

... and today's #Trump ass-kissing, #ElectionDenial, #DeathThreat -provoking #GOP has gotten too wackadoodle for *him*.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4287623-rep-ken-buck-wont-run-for-reelection-criticizing-gops-election-denialism/

#MikeJohnson like almost all #Christians Has a #Dangerous #VictimComplex.

What links his #electiondenial and his #antigay #policies is his #belief that he's a member of a #persecuted #minority.

https://newrepublic.com/article/176509/mike-johnson-dangerous-victim-complex

Election Denial, “Sexual Anarchy,” Noah’s Ark: All the Mike Johnson Details We Regret to Inform You Of

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/everything-to-know-about-mike-johnson

#VanityFair #MikeJohnson #ElectionDenial #SexualAnarchy #NoahsArk #Politics #News

Eight GOP contenders for Speaker
With election-deniers still keener
Their vote filled with strife
All threatened for life
For not toeing the party believer

#gop #electiondenial #threatsofviolence #speakervotechaos #limerick #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/8-of-10-republicans-who-have-declared-or-are-running-for-speaker-are-election-deniers-196128837861

#MikeLindell’s Lawyers Say He Owes ‘Millions’ in Fees

The disclosure, made in a #court filing this week, is a sign that the pillow “magnate” …is facing financial stress.

For nearly 3 years, …#Lindell has been one of the leading financial supporters of the #ElectionDenial movement, a tireless promoter of the #BigLie that #Trump won the 2020 election & of efforts to change how Americans #vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/06/us/politics/mike-lindell-mypillow-elections-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Insightful cartoon from NickAnderson. He comes up with the best stuff!

“Donald #Trump infamously called urged fellow Republican Brad #Raffensperger, the #Georgia secretary of state, to “find 11,780 votes" to overturn his defeat. Now, we only need 12 jurors to save us from Trump.”
#electiondenial #election #Indictment #penstrokes
https://nickanderson.substack.com/p/votes-needed

Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams is Colorado’s new GOP chair, and part of a growing trend.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x4j4/colorado-dave-williams-republican-party-chairman
#News #GOP #COLORADO #davewilliams #thebiglie #DonaldTrump #TinaPeters #kristinakaramo #electiondenial

Election deniers who ran for statewide offices didn't fare well last year. Now the movement of conspiracy theorists is hoping for more success by focusing on controlling state Republican parties. The stakes are high heading into campaign 2024.

#Election2022 #Election2024 #Voting #ElectionDenial
https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-colorado-6ab686410f80d67b4fe0950a54f16bdb

These 5 election deniers now control state voting systems:

#MonaeJohnson, #SouthDakota
#WesAllen, #Alabama
#CordByrd, #Florida
#ChuckGray, #Wyoming
#DiegoMorales, #Indiana

#ElectionDenial #Voting #SecretaryOfState #SoS
https://www.rawstory.com/election-deniers-2659440917/

Kari Lake’s ‘Expert’ Witness Undermines Her Election Lawsuit

Kari Lake's cyber expert, Clay Parikh, became angry in court when he was pressed to admit that ballots would eventually be counted even if they were printed at the wrong size.

Parikh has previously spoken at a Mike Lindell event.

#Arizona #MaricopaCounty #KariLake #ElectionDenial #HerBigLie #MisprintedBallots #ClayParikh #MikeLindell
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lakes-expert-witness-undermines-her-election-lawsuit

~sigh~ 🤦🏾‍♀️

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/12/10/az-governor-candidate-kari-lake-asks-court-to-name-her-election-winner/69717118007/

#Arizona #ArizonaPolitics #LocalNews #ElectionDenial