<story><title>Head of election worker management company arrested for theft of personal data</title><url>https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/head-election-worker-management-company-arrested-connection-theft-personal-data</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adamrezich</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m just tired of the rhetoric that 100% of such software is 100% unassailable and 100% utilized by 100% honest actors with 100% honest motives, 100% of the time, and anything else is a &amp;quot;conspiracy theory.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>ceejayoz</author><text>&amp;gt; Konnech distributes and sells its proprietary PollChief software, which is an election worker management system that was utilized by the county in the last California election. The software assists with poll worker assignments, communications and payroll. PollChief requires that workers submit personal identifying information, which is retained by the Konnech.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m so very tired of proprietary software made by tiny little outfits being critical to elections.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>woodruffw</author><text>Nobody believes this: there&amp;#x27;s a reason why DEF CON has had a voting village for years.&lt;p&gt;What people believe is that, &lt;i&gt;in spite&lt;/i&gt; of numerous flaws in voting software, the integrity of the vote is not seriously in question. And there are good reasons for believing this: physical backups, consistency with exit polling and, well, the fact that no party in this godforsaken country has been able to hold onto the presidency for more than 2 terms in nearly 30 years.</text></comment>
<story><title>Head of election worker management company arrested for theft of personal data</title><url>https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/head-election-worker-management-company-arrested-connection-theft-personal-data</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adamrezich</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m just tired of the rhetoric that 100% of such software is 100% unassailable and 100% utilized by 100% honest actors with 100% honest motives, 100% of the time, and anything else is a &amp;quot;conspiracy theory.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>ceejayoz</author><text>&amp;gt; Konnech distributes and sells its proprietary PollChief software, which is an election worker management system that was utilized by the county in the last California election. The software assists with poll worker assignments, communications and payroll. PollChief requires that workers submit personal identifying information, which is retained by the Konnech.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m so very tired of proprietary software made by tiny little outfits being critical to elections.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vkou</author><text>Oh, I agree that elections are not 100% unassailable. In fact, I strongly believe that they &lt;i&gt;are&lt;/i&gt; being assailed. Mostly through voter suppression and disenfranchisement.&lt;p&gt;A good example of this is when the state tells you that you can vote, and then arrests you and charges you with voter fraud, because you actually can&amp;#x27;t. [1]&lt;p&gt;Or, alternatively, when the state bars you from voting until you pay all outstanding court fees and fines, but also refuses to tell you whether or not you actually owe any outstanding court fees or fines.&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t have a free and fair election when you secretly disqualify people from voting, but refuse to tell them that until &lt;i&gt;after&lt;/i&gt; they vote.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.clickorlando.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;local&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;2-people-accused-of-voter-fraud-say-they-were-allowed-to-register-to-vote&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.clickorlando.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;local&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;2-people-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>