May 18, 2021 WSRP Follow up by Election Integrity Chairman Bill Bruch
On Saturday, May 15 at the Washington State Republican Party State Committee Meeting there was a Town Hall featuring WA State Secretary of State Kim Wyman. I am respectfully disputing the SOS answer to my question regarding over 1/2 of WA State County voting machines being legally certified for the 2018 and 2020 elections due to testing laboratories lapsed Election Assistance Commission (EAC) certifications. To keep it simple on Saturday I asked the SOS about WA states 17 counties Clear Ballot voting machines not being legally certified for the elections, because the Pro V & V lab EAC 2-year certification had lapsed Feb 24, 2017 and was not renewed until Feb 1, 2021 (the situation is actually much worse than 17 counties).
Secretary Wyman implied that if the lab doing the certification does not want to pay the fee to renew its certification of accreditation, the state's voting machines can still be certified. My understanding is that Kim is saying if there were no changes / modifications made to the voting machines or software then she can certify the machines.
For all other industries, i.e. expired Business License, Driver's License, Insurance license, Real-Estate license, Contractors License, etc. you are not allowed to operate legally and are forced to pay a fine, have license revoked, or even perhaps go to jail, until renewal of such licenses. But in the case of the most important and sacred of them all, Elections, it is somehow not relevant if a lab accreditation by a government agency has lapsed and are continuing to do business in their normal capacity. I contend that any certification of voting machines should be invalid if the testing lab is not certified / approved, this is backed up by:
WAC 434-335-040
Voting system requirements.
(1) No voting device or its component software may be certified by the secretary of state unless it:
(a) Secures to the voter secrecy in the act of voting.
(b) Permits the voter to vote for any person for any office and upon any measure that he or she has the right to vote for;
(c) Correctly registers all votes cast for any and all persons and for or against any and all measures;
(d) Provides that a vote for more than one candidate cannot be cast by one single operation of the voting device or vote tally system except when voting for President and Vice President of the United States;
(e) Produces a machine countable and human readable paper record for each vote that may be accepted or rejected by the voter before finalizing his or her vote. The paper record of an electronic vote may not be removed from the device by the voter. If the voting device is programmed to display the ballot in multiple languages, the paper record produced must be printed in the language used by the voter; and
(f) Has been tested and approved by the appropriate voting system test laboratory approved by the United States election assistance commission
It is also important to note that WA State follows the strictest procedures of Voting System Machine (“VSM”) certification:
RCW 29A.12.080: No voting device shall be approved by the Secretary of State unless it: (5) Except for functions or capabilities unique to this state, has been tested and certified by an independent testing authority designated by the United States Election Assistance Commission.
All voting systems, voting devices, and vote tallying systems must meet applicable federal standards and be certified and approved by the Secretary of State before they can be used in Washington state pursuant to RCW 29A.12.020. WAC 434-33-010.
Additionally, it says on the WA State SOS website - System Security / Tabulation Systems: Before a System is Washington State Certified, it must be tested by an Election Assistance Commission (EAC) accredited, independent testing authority.
CLAIM: Most all of the WA State 2020 elections are Null & Void and Material Harm to WA voters in 2020 and 2018 elections has resulted.
2020 EFFECTED: VOTERS COUNTIES DISTRICTS SENATORS REPS
IN DISPUTE: 3,337,135 25 47 44 90
TOTAL: 4,056,454 39 49 49 98
% OF TOTAL 82% 64% 96% 90% 92%
2018 EFFECTED VOTES:
IN DISPUTE 2,786,022
TOTAL 3,082,186
% oF TOTAL 90%
Bill Bruch,
WSRP Election Integrity Chairman
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