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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet Command Central, the People in Charge of Wisconsin Voting Machines
http://wcmcoop.com/members/meet-command-central-the-people-in-charge-of-wisconsin-voting-machines/
May 22, 2012 by Barbara With in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Barbara With, Citizen Media, Congress, Election Integrity, Governor, Lt. Governor, President, State Assembly, State Senate, US Senate, Voter Education with 0 Comments
By Barbara With, Marianne M. Moonhouse and John Washburn
Command Central is one of Wisconsins leading vendors of voting machines and election supplies. They are distributors for Dominion Voting Systems, a privately-owned electronic voting equipment company. Founded in Canada in 2002, Dominion is now based in Denver, CO, since their acquisitions of Premier Election Solutions, from Election Systems & Software (ES&S), and Sequoia Voting Systems.
Forty-six Wisconsin counties and 3,000 voting machines are being controlled by a two-person company operating out of a strip mall in Minnesota.
Command Central deals directly with Wisconsin county and municipal clerks and is closely involved in their selection of voting machines, ballots, and other election supplies. Command Central does all the maintenance on the voting machines and provides tech support throughout the year, with a special hot line should clerks need help with glitches, etc., on election day.
In June 2011, the Wisconsin County Clerks Association held their annual summer conference in Ladysmith. Seventy-five county clerks from across the state came together to, among other things, assist the legislators in developing sound legislation that affects county clerks and county government by providing accurate and useful information. WCCA Legislation Committee chair at the time was Kathy Nickolaus.
Last summers meeting featured a break-out session entitled, Mastering Tough Questions from News Media, Directors and Other Audiences:
FULL story at link.
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Meet Command Central, the People in Charge of Wisconsin Voting Machines (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
May 2012
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Colossus: The Voting Project
Ezlivin
(8,153 posts)2. Yet we're told the REAL problem is with voter fraud
Yeah, like a couple of impostors at the voting booth will throw off a whole election.
Fucking system sucks. We don't have fair elections.
Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)3. This is the only explanation Scott Focker is in office
The ONLY explanation
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)4. Thanks for the link.
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)5. Interesting. I hadn't heard about it before. n/t *bump*