Do you think Trump cheated in the last election?

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114. Those are excellent questions

And they should all be answered to 100% satisfaction because what is alleged is so consequential.

But the short answer is that ESS was founded by highly partisan Republicans and has been a concern since the beginning. And ESS has the lion's share of voting systems throughout the country, and are incumbent in every swing state. However, the same scenario could apply to other companies, many of which are (allegedly) controlled by people in the Tech Bro club.

But setting that aside for the moment, the (alleged) operation could have been accomplished using only the ESS equipment. A key point is all of this is that they were (allegedly) flipping votes on selected tabulators in real time, and also monitoring all voting on all compromised tabulators. If the compromised tabulators were only 5% of the total tabulators in use, the scenario is still completely viable in a close race.

Let's look at Pennsylvania, because that is the state where Trump boasted about how much rigging Musk was doing. Here's a simple Google AI result:

Pennsylvania employs a variety of certified voting systems, and ES&S systems are used in over half of the counties
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Here are some specific ES&S voting systems used in Pennsylvania:

ES&S EVS 6.3.0.0, 6.0.2.1, and 6.1.1.0: These versions of the ES&S Electionware (EVS) system are certified for use in Pennsylvania.
ES&S DS200: This is a popular tabulator that scans hand-marked paper ballots. It's a component of the ES&S EVS 6.1.1.0 system.
ES&S ExpressVote XL: A ballot marking device with a touchscreen that produces a printed vote record for tabulation. It is used as the sole polling place voting system in jurisdictions where it is implemented. This system allows all voters, including those with disabilities, to have equal access to the ballot.
ES&S iVotronic: This is a direct recording electronic (DRE) voting system with a touch screen. It's important to note that the iVotronic machines in Fulton County, Pennsylvania were decertified and replaced after the 2020 election

I think you will find similar numbers in the other swing states.