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I did abide by the stated rules of the community. I had comments deleted and was permabanned anyway. With no explanation on which specific thing was wrong. As you've been told ad nauseum, you little weaselly worm.
We literally know you are abusing your powers by refusing to listen to members of the community, that is entirely the criticism here. Learn to read, kiddo. We do get a "say," and we say you're shit.
You got permabanned repeatedly pushing a debunked election conspiracy theory. Get the fuck over yourself.
Debunked? Souce?
And I have sources including the TREASURY DEPARTMENT saying otherwise
You'd have to go state by state, but here you go to get you started:
California:
https://elections.sbcounty.gov/faqs/not-connected-to-internet/
"No. According to California Elections Code section 19205, “no part of a voting system shall be connected to the internet at any time, or electronically receive or transmit election data through any exterior communications network.”
Colorado:
https://coloradonewsline.com/2024/10/15/colorado-voting-machines-not-connected-to-the-internet/
"Most counties in Colorado have upgraded their voting systems equipment since 2020 to models that physically cannot connect to the internet, and those that rely on older machines are statutorily required to disable any wireless capability.
Election officials say that even the older models do not create a vulnerability in the voting system, as some conservative politicians and activists claim."
Texas:
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/conducting/security-update.shtml
"No voting system is ever connected to the internet at any point - either when votes are being cast or when they are being counted. (Sec. 129.054, Texas Election Code)."
Washington D.C.
https://dcboe.org/getmedia/0af1fe48-d63c-4ec5-8bcf-ca61f2c2de5e/Cyber-Security-detail.pdf
"It is important to note that DC’s voting machines are never connected to the internet; voting machines have tamper- resistant seals; and our machines are audited regularly while we continually update our equipment with the latest technologies and protections."
You can do the other 47 states yourself, I'm not going to spoon feed you.
So what's with Rockland County's current case then? Doesn't seem debunked to me at all, judge doesn't think so either
https://rocklandtimes.com/2025/06/19/state-supreme-court-could-order-hand-recount-of-rocklands-2024-ballot/
And just so we are clear, you permaban every single user who says the 2024 election wasn't fair?
Let's look at each line and source pertaining to election fraud and machines being connected to the internet:
There's more but um, okay, we can see that this point is well supported.
This is literally a link to a local news station announcing Starlink being installed on machines. Can't be more straightforward or factual.
(11) www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1112436
Hmm, and here's another pbs article too btw: www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/voting-experts-warn-of-serious-threats-for-2024-from-election-equipment-software-breaches
Same guy in 2024 saying we never got all those machines offline from 2020.
Okay, we are here:
So far... Nothing has been unsubstantiated.
(12) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-georgias-effort-to-secure-voting-machines-as-experts-raise-concerns
Ok, they are possible to be tampered with, check.
(13) https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/01/us-election-software-national-security-threats-00176615
Pretty clear.
(14) https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/pro-trump-dark-money-network-tied-to-elon-musk-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/
Okay, so what exactly is wrong with what I said?
Wow Jordan didn't respond to this, weird!!
Lol so shocking /s