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9/11/2001 Never forget. Never again.
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U.S. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) decision starts with this: It has long been established that mail-in ballots are prone to fraud. See, e.g., Veasey v. Perry, 71 F. Supp. 3d 627, 676 (S.D. Tex. 2014) (“Mail-in ballots are not secure.”), aff’d in relevant part, 830 F.3d 216, 256 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc). That is why voting by mail jeopardizes election integrity and democracy itself. Full decision link is in next comment.
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Replying to @nytimes
@nytimes @alanfeuer @nytnickc Dr. Andrew Paquette's substack is at zarkfiles dot substack dot com
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One correction for the record: the NYT attributed this analysis to Dr. Walter Daugherity (@ZoomWalter). Dr. Daugherity is a valued collaborator. However, the Substack the Times appears to have been reading is mine. Dr. Daugherity does not have a Substack. /8
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Replying to @AKinghornTX
🚨 BREAKING: Texas SOS quietly certified the Hart Vanguard voting system on March 31, 2026 despite its own examiners’ reports (including the Attorney General-appointed examiner and multiple SOS examiners) declaring it vulnerable to hacking and large-scale election fraud. Attorney General-appointed examiner Dr. Andrew Appel (Princeton): “A sophisticated actor could hack a Verity Vanguard voting system, even without insider access, and commit large-scale election fraud.” SOS examiners flagged the same issues: non-independent hash validation tool, software version mismatch concerns raised in public testimony, and failure to meet Texas Election Code §122.001(a) security standards. Certified anyway. Thread 👇
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🚨 BREAKING: Texas SOS quietly certified the Hart Vanguard voting system on March 31, 2026 despite its own examiners’ reports (including the Attorney General-appointed examiner and multiple SOS examiners) declaring it vulnerable to hacking and large-scale election fraud. Attorney General-appointed examiner Dr. Andrew Appel (Princeton): “A sophisticated actor could hack a Verity Vanguard voting system, even without insider access, and commit large-scale election fraud.” SOS examiners flagged the same issues: non-independent hash validation tool, software version mismatch concerns raised in public testimony, and failure to meet Texas Election Code §122.001(a) security standards. Certified anyway. Thread 👇
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Texas Voting System Examiner’s Report Is Still Missing Updated February 10, 2026 Here’s the story: Hart InterCivic applied to the State of Texas for certification of their new Verity Vanguard 1.0 voting system, which if approved would add that model to the official list of equipment Texas counties can choose to use in elections. As part of the process to decide on approval in Texas, expert examiners are chosen by the Secretary of State (@TXsecofstate @SecJaneNelson) and by the Attorney General (@TXAG @KenPaxtonTX). The chosen experts examined this voting system September 16-18, 2025, and also the following week. The examiners then have 30 days to write their reports, which are required by Texas Administrative Code Title 1 §81.60(9)(B) to be posted on the Secretary of State's website before the public hearing held in accordance with paragraph §81.60(10). However, one examiner’s report is still missing. As shown by the following email, obtained by a public records request, two of the examiners were Andrew Appel and Clay Parikh:📷 Although expert examiner Andrew Appel’s report was posted at sos.state.tx.us/elections/la…, expert examiner Clay Parikh’s report was not. Not only was Clay Parikh’s report not posted before the public hearing December 19, 2025, as required, but as of February 10, 2026, it has still not been posted. To underscore the importance of Clay Parikh’s report, here is what the FBI said about his expertise in their January 28, 2026, affidavit posted at justthenews.com/sites/defaul…: 43. Since at least 2003, Clay Parikh has worked in the cyber security field in both private sector and for government agencies. Since 2008, he has done security and performance testing of voting machines. Due to his background in voting machine security and performance, Parikh is often asked to review data related to technical questions related to voting machines. Parikh is currently a Special Government Employee, a temporary officer or employee in the U.S. Executive Branch appointed to work for up to 130 days. This makes expert examiner Clay Parikh’s report on Hart Vanguard all the more valuable for the public to see. Multiple inquiries have been made to the Attorney General’s office, but they have so far refused to release Clay Parikh’s report. What’s in the still-missing report? When will the public be allowed to see it? Everyone please call the AG’s office at (512) 475-4213 and politely request that Clay Parikh’s report on the Hart Vanguard voting machine be released to the public. Texans need to know what’s in it! @GregAbbott_TX @rasmussen_poll @realJoeHoft @EmeraldRobinson @DebbieCanWeTalk @theprofsrecord @elonmusk @ColonelReynolds @VoterGa @weible_rick @Wernick4Dallas @LauraScharr @EricMetaxas @EFFE4USA @pjcolbeck @RachIC @WethePeopleAZA1 @BlehmLawAZ @mad_liberals @ShawnSmith1776 @JackPosobiec @CauseAmerica @aaron_reitz @laralogan @SidneyPowell1 @owengregorian @amuse @j3669 @JoeTalkShow @realDonaldTrump @DC_Draino @seanhannity @realkahall @joerogan @JasonFrazierUSA @BuckSexton @JamesOkeefeIII @TalkMullins @WorldViewTube @CarolSnowinNC @RSBNetwork @AKinghornTX @LauraLoomer @GuySmith1713057 @PatriotMarkCook @ParikhClay
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@GregAbbott_TX @KenPaxtonTX @SecJaneNelson @catturd2 @rasmussen_poll @honestpollster @realJoeHoft @HermesLux @Bannons_WarRoom @EmeraldRobinson @DebbieCanWeTalk @theprofsrecord @elonmusk @ColonelReynolds @VoterGa @weible_rick @Wernick4Dallas @LauraScharr @EricMetaxas @EFFE4USA @pjcolbeck @RachIC @WethePeopleAZA1 @BlehmLawAZ @mad_liberals @ShawnSmith1776 @JackPosobiec @CauseAmerica @aaron_reitz @laralogan @SidneyPowell1 @owengregorian @amuse @j3669 @JoeTalkShow @realDonaldTrump @DC_Draino @seanhannity @realkahall @joerogan @joshua__b @JasonFrazierUSA @BuckSexton @JamesOkeefeIII @TalkMullins @WorldViewTube @CarolSnowinNC @RSBNetwork @AKinghornTX @LauraLoomer Reportedly the Texas Office of the Attorney General says the reason they haven't released Clay Parikh's report on Hart InterCivic's Vanguard 1.0 voting system is that the report has photographs in it. However, previous examiners' reports on other voting systems contained photographs and were published at sos.state.tx.us/elections/la…. Here are screenshots of some examples, with the report filename at the top. So why not publish Clay Parikh's report too?
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TIME’S UP! 24 DAYS PAST THE DEADLINE… …to DISAPPROVE the Hart InterCivic Verity Vanguard 1.0 voting machine which fails to meet federal, state, and Texas Secretary of State requirements, as shown at nitter.cf/ZoomWalter/status/2002…. The deadline to DISAPPROVE it was January 18th, the 30th day after the public hearing on December 19, 2025. Today is February 11, 2026, which 24 days late to DISAPPROVE it. @JamesOkeefeIII @TalkMullins @WorldViewTube @CarolSnowinNC @RSBNetwork @AKinghornTX @LauraLoomer @HowseLive @GuySmith1713057 @DrazhaS @MarlyHornik @PatriotMarkCook @ScottAdamsSays @FSociety_1942 @TXAG @ParikhClay @TXsecofstate @smithdavid
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You may also submit written comments by email to [email protected]. Use "Public Hearing on Certification of Hart Verity Vanguard 1.0" as the subject line of your email. Attach any documents in PDF or Word format if needed. To be on the safe side, email your comments on or before December 18, 2025, the day before the public hearing. Note that comments should be concise, fact-based, and relevant to the certification criteria.
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