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VOTING MACHINES ARE NOT EAC CERTIFIED AND OVER 10 YEARS OLD

Voting machines are using outdated operating systems or are no longer manufactured.

A majority of IL voting machines were purchased in 2002 using HAVA funds and not certified by the Election Assistance Committee. The IL approved voting systems are manufactured by Dominion, ES&S, Hart Intercivic, and Unisyn Voting Solutions. The only voting system still certified by the EAC is from Unisyn. Dominion withdrew from the EAC program in 2013 and still using Windows XP as its operating system, the ES&S system is no longer manufactured or sold by ES&S, and the Hart Intercivic system is only sold as a used system.

• www.reformforillinois.org/protectourvote/
• www.livingstoncounty-il.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SBE-Liv-Co-Eqpmnt-Lttr-Statute-5-1-10-040219.pdf
• www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/texans-say-voting-machines-are-flipping-selections-to-the-other-party

ILLINOIS ALLOWS VOTING MACHINES CONNECT TO INTERNET

Voting equipment connected to the Internet is at risk of being hacked

Voting machines provided by ES&S can connect to the Internet using a Verizon 4G modem. IL election official Matt Dietrich claims that cellular-enabled voting machines only transmit unofficial results. In 2016, Russian hackers were able to get into a voting database connected to the Internet and view the personal information of 76,000 voters.

• www.mcclatchydc.com/news/policy/technology/article219508945.html
• swillinoisnews.com/stories/525116051-state-board-of-elections-met-october-16
• www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-election-security-russian-hackers-20190805-qtoku33szjdrhknwc7pxbu6pvq-story.html

THIRTEEN CONVICTIONS OF MAIL-IN VOTER FRAUD SINCE 2000

There has been 13 convictions of fraudulent use of absentee ballots since 2000.

The fraudulent use of absentee ballots consists of requesting absentee ballots and voting without the knowledge of the actual voter, obtaining the absentee ballot from a voter, filling it in directly, and forging the voter’s signature or illegally telling the voter whom to vote for. Ten of these convictions were in St. Clair County with the remaining convictions in Cook County.

• www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/pacei-voterfraudcases.pdf
• www.bnd.com/news/local/article139970493.html

THIRTEEN PEOPLE CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD IN 2018

In two significant counties in IL, thirteen people were convicted of voter fraud in Lake County had eight people convicted of voter fraud in 2018; in that same year, St. Clair County had five people. The convictions were ineligible voting, ballot petition fraud, duplicate voting, and false registration. 2018 was a year that had seen the most convictions of voter fraud since 1982, when 63 people were convicted of voter fraud.

• www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-election-charges-st-0312-20180311-story.html
• www.heritage.org/voterfraud/search?state=IL&combine=&year=&case_type=All&fraud_type=All&page=0

ALORTON MAYOR SKIPS CHARGES OF BUYING VOTES AMONGST OTHER LEGAL TROUBLES

Mayor Jo Ann Reed was indicted and arrested for buying votes in 2016.

Legal troubles for Mayor Reed go back to 2014 when she plead guilty to felony smuggling of contraband into the county jail. Two years later, she was arrested for felony buying votes, and in 2018 she was arrested for felony official misconduct and impersonating an officer. These charges were dismissed due to insufficient evidence, and Reed plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge.

• www.kmov.com/news/multiple-metro-east-officials-indicted-for-alleged-corruption-other-crimes/article_9efe9bfa-4b24-512a-ba08-aea6ca64d08d.html
• edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/03/alorton-mayor-jo-ann-reed-electioneers-out-of-police-vehicle/
• fox2now.com/news/prosecutor-drops-charges-against-alorton-mayor/
• www.bnd.com/latest-news/article214781565.html

We, the People of the State of Illinois - grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He has permitted us to enjoy and seeking His blessing upon our endeavors - in order to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the people; maintain a representative and orderly government; eliminate poverty and inequality; assure legal, social and economic justice; provide opportunity for the fullest development of the individual; insure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; and secure the blessings of freedom and liberty to ourselves and our posterity - do ordain and establish this Constitution for the State of Illinois.