It’s reports like this that are most upsetting to me, because there’s nothing any of us can DO. It reminds me of when I first heard about Cambridge Analytica and what they were doing with people’s Facebook data. I heard about that from independent underground journalists BEFORE the 2016 election, I tried to warn as many people as I could, and got nowhere. It was many months before the mainstream media started reporting on it and by then it was far too late, the election was already in the rearview mirror. Something tells me this — and anything like it — will just be the same. We are so screwed.
That's why I am spreading awareness as much as I can. The more people know, the more we can fight for change. Even if it seems impossible. Every movement starts small.
🇨🇦 as it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the American election was absolutely rigged fraudulent and stolen I wondered about our Canadian elections. Whenever I vote we go behind a cardboard box and the people employed in the voting station are very kind but firm about your secret ballot. Then it’s a piece of paper with your few simple choices on it a circle, which you mark an X in. After that, I really didn’t know what happened, but the polling station closes. No one‘s allowed to go out or in the candidate and or representatives are allowed to watch. There’s a lot of people watching every vote being counted and then when everything is counted, if there’s any discrepancies they start all over again Once they have a tally, they inform elections Canada from every riding, say in our recent federal elections and elections Canada let’s the media know what’s happening the early counts. Of course we have a smaller population but every polling station in America perhaps could work this way if you’re ever allowed to vote again that is God help good people in America trying to save your country.
Yr system works very well for you and we should be taking notes! The 2424 election was absolutely rigged & stolen from Kamala & Tim. Trump won by the slightest of margins & the anomalies weren't enough to set off any alarms in every single county he needed to win the election. Every single county in all 7 swing states...the odds of this happening are something like 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 to one - an enormously huge number, don't you think? Data zipping around Peter Thiel's, Russel Voight's, Stephen Miller's, & Elon Musk's hands using Musk's computer skills & Starlink satellites. 🤬🤬🤬🤮
You have a good system. The only thing that would improve it is the use of mark-sense ballots that can be machine counted for quicker results (and they can be hand-counted if deemed necessary). I've watched the machines being checked before the election: the testing is rigorous and publicly monitored in our town.
This article and the one preceding it are succinct, detailed, amazing investigative reporting. Thank you. I will pass this around. You are brave and honest and very smart.
No doubt they are doing everything to win the next election- but who is really behind this, tech bros, using maga as a cover, billionaires using maga as a cover, or some other actor like Putin or Xi, using MAGA as a cover.
I think everyone you mentioned is working on it, in concert. Additionally, The Heritage Foundation has worked up the general mission and operating procedures for numerous past years. Peter Thiel certainly had some input. The plan was hatched 40 years ago when Newt Gingrich and the moral majority took hold. Christian nationalist, white supremacists, evangelical christians, and maga are all cut from the same cloth. The administration knew how to use them as their tool if choice since so many of that grouping are cultlike in their behavior and their prolific use of brainwashing. All just my opinion.
I read several years ago, Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. Really lays out the work that has been tried and also failed in the past by the Heritage group, they never stopped trying, but our strong institutions held them back. That appears to be gone now for the most part, we can only hope their infighting and our resistance holds.
I feel, and have felt since I was 10 yrs old, that the chains if Christianity bind me up into a moral ball of putrid yarn. I've spent my life trying to disentangle myself from my childhood teachings that conflict with my personal values and thoughts.
You should have seen me the day I realized I was brainwashed by the church as a child.
Well before the Nov 6 , 2025 election, Andra Watkins was writing on Substack about the harmful Project 2025 that they were planning to implement. Now all of that is past hustory, I can't believe it went that fast. I detest the level of quasi Christian hate they have used to control, pillage, and murder throughout history.
Lots and lots of analyzed data from districts across swing states here, defying probability. Also on YouTube and Substack with more updates.
I also read that shortly after your ‘She won’ series Newsweek interviewed Jack Cobb and he said some sloppy things—like there was no more than 3 minutes of exposure between election systems and Starlink or other internet. REALLY? That’s an eternity in data.transfer. electiontruthalliance.org
You were blocked because you also followed me from BlueSky after I realized you’re parroting two-year-old specs while pretending that Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell network is still stuck in SMS mode.
It’s not. And the real punchline is your 5G comment.
Hello? If you're stealing an election, why on earth (or in space. ha!) would you use a commercial 5G network—which leaves footprints, requires infrastructure, and is trackable by domestic telecoms—when you have access to a proprietary, low-orbit satellite mesh that was explicitly designed to bypass all of that?
Starlink DTC was built for stealth. Peer-to-peer, off-grid, no towers required. That’s not a conspiracy theory—it’s in SpaceX’s own promotional materials and confirmed by satellite engineers who understand the architecture.
So yes, you were blocked—because we’re not here to argue with bored old men on permanent vacation in their vans.
This isn’t hobbyist ham radio hour. It’s a forensic investigation into a satellite network explicitly designed to bypass terrestrial infrastructure. If you think election theft requires a window and 144 characters, you’re not just behind—you’re a dinosaur.
Responding to the Starlink “Nonsense” Claim:
This kind of post is a perfect example of how plausible-sounding techno-snark is used to discredit serious questions—without actually addressing the evidence.
Point by point:
1. “Starlink DTC only supports SMS.”
That’s simply outdated or deliberately misleading. While early versions of Direct-to-Cell (DTC) supported only SMS, SpaceX’s own roadmap—confirmed in partnership documents—explicitly states that full data transmission (voice, IoT, and broadband uplink/downlink) is being rolled out between 2024 and 2026.
More importantly, Starlink satellites don’t have to send entire packets over SMS—they can enable relay or handshake mechanisms that connect to ground stations or inter-satellite links to route more complex instructions. The idea that hacking must happen in 144-character bursts is a straw man.
2. “DTC only works with a clear line of sight.”
Sure—and how many election tabulators are operating in metal vaults with no signal at all? Most modern polling places are in schools, churches, or gyms with WiFi, LTE, and sometimes even publicly accessible IP addresses. Not only that, but election equipment has documented vulnerabilities to RF-based interference—including through cellular relay devices like routers, hotspots, and embedded cellular modems.
If a tabulator is near a window, an outside van with the right gear could connect it to a DTC-enabled relay device. We’ve already seen penetration tests where devices in secured facilities were accessed via cellular vulnerabilities. The point isn't the fantasy of a "window heist"—it's about remote access pathways being quietly enabled.
3. “Why not just use 5G?”
Really? lol. Because 5G leaves a trace. DTC is harder to detect because it doesn’t rely on local cellular infrastructure. If you're building a covert system to interfere with isolated equipment without triggering alarms or showing up in network traffic, satellite DTC is ideal—especially if the receiving devices are paired or whitelisted beforehand.
Bottom line: dismissing complex systems as "nonsense" because they sound futuristic doesn’t make the vulnerabilities go away. Starlink's DTC capabilities are real, rapidly expanding, and—most importantly— they are unregulated and largely invisible to local election officials.
If someone’s best defense is “but that sounds hard,” they’re not doing security. They’re doing spin.
As for the rest of your straw man arguments re: ECO-1188—wrong again. DIB has already handled them deftly, so I see no reason to add to her takedown of your quasi-analysis. Good day.
These guys are not ones I follow. They seem a bit weird. (But so do a good many podcasters, right?? ) But from 8:11 on this has some very good material and links in the drop downs. (Sorry about the ‘skip ads!) : https://youtu.be/8ogVR-C6b64?feature=shared
Dynamic in tallying itself means the count changes to show in time results. However, if the programmer is the only one defining what the program does with no oversight. 😕
I don't know where you came from, but you are like an angel that appeared magically in 2025 voting research. I've been thinking this since I started reading your work. First the vivid real life stories on ICE detainments. And now the inside research on voting equipment irregularities. You have great instincts and persistance. I recently became a paid subscriber because of your research and writing ability. Good work gal ! I look forward to seeing more of your work. If I could assist you I would. In fact, let me know if I can. Thank you.
We need to go back to paper ballots, no machines! If we have to fill in the circles anyway, why are we bothering with electronics. Now would be a good time to start a SubStack called "I voted" where we can take photos of our ballots and submit a photo on SubStack
I doubt the poll workers would let us take photos of our balots. Where I live we sit at tables to fill the balots in, and the poll workers would definitely see us taking a picture.
A question, there were 8 people in our voting polling center from open to close. 8 people have checklist with Candidates names; Why could those 8 people look and record and pass it down the line, independently of the other 7, those votes. At the end of the day, compare and if it's an all 8 match it moves forward and certified.
Thank you for your in-depth reporting. I wonder if we have any tech teams working to change this infiltration by bad actors. Do we have a team on the ground working with a different voting machine company that might be more honest and dependable? I am like Violet (below) in that now that we know, what are we doing about it?? Maybe what we are doing cannot be posted, but I'd like to THINK that some team is working on this. (Some team with people like you.)
An earlier reference in this post cited an 11-page ECO‑1188 report that is not publicly available. The official documents currently accessible from the Election Assistance Commission consist of a two-page summary and an approval letter. The quote regarding source code submission was drawn from a secondary source and has not been independently verified. Ongoing FOIA requests aim to clarify all details. I regret the error and remain committed to sharing only confirmed information as it becomes available.
You’re correct that the hashcheck excludes certain dynamic files — like configuration files that vary per deployment. But that misses the point entirely.
The file removed from the hashsum isn’t just some harmless system log. It’s eco-1188.bin — a binary executable capable of running election-critical code.
It’s not a static file, which is exactly why removing it from integrity checks matters. That’s the file that can do things — change behavior, influence ballot processing, or execute new logic. And because it’s excluded from hash verification, you’d never know if it was altered.
You say:
“The hashsum check is still conducted for all other static files, including the ELECTION SOFTWARE.”
That’s true. But eco-1188 is election software. It’s not just config data. It’s part of the executable logic layer — a field-deployable override mechanism.
Now let’s talk about the testing:
You say:
“She’s wrong that ECO-1188 wasn’t tested… Read the report.”
I did.
And here’s what’s actually in the EAC’s own report on ECO-1188 (the one you linked):
• Page 11:
“Source code was not provided for ECO-1188. A binary was submitted.”
• Page 13:
“Source code testing was not possible due to the proprietary nature of the changes.”
In plain terms:
No one outside ES&S knows exactly what’s inside that binary.
They tested it as a black box. They ran simulations. But the source code itself was never reviewed.
And that’s the entire issue.
⸻
If you have a file that controls election behavior,
If it’s not hash-checked,
And if its source code isn’t open to testers or officials,
Then you have a non-transparent, unverifiable control point embedded in the system.
Whether that gets abused or not isn’t even the issue — the potential is there, and the public has no way to know or verify.
⸻
This isn’t about conspiracy — it’s about auditability, transparency, and public trust.
If ECO-1188 is clean, show the source.
If it’s essential, hashcheck it.
If it’s safe, let the public validate that.
Until then, the point stands:
One file can change the election — and you’d never know it.
It’s reports like this that are most upsetting to me, because there’s nothing any of us can DO. It reminds me of when I first heard about Cambridge Analytica and what they were doing with people’s Facebook data. I heard about that from independent underground journalists BEFORE the 2016 election, I tried to warn as many people as I could, and got nowhere. It was many months before the mainstream media started reporting on it and by then it was far too late, the election was already in the rearview mirror. Something tells me this — and anything like it — will just be the same. We are so screwed.
That's why I am spreading awareness as much as I can. The more people know, the more we can fight for change. Even if it seems impossible. Every movement starts small.
Yes , they do start small . But time is wasting and we need to catch up !
Liberty starts with one person—what will you do today to make sure you start being free and productive for yourself and others?
🇨🇦 as it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the American election was absolutely rigged fraudulent and stolen I wondered about our Canadian elections. Whenever I vote we go behind a cardboard box and the people employed in the voting station are very kind but firm about your secret ballot. Then it’s a piece of paper with your few simple choices on it a circle, which you mark an X in. After that, I really didn’t know what happened, but the polling station closes. No one‘s allowed to go out or in the candidate and or representatives are allowed to watch. There’s a lot of people watching every vote being counted and then when everything is counted, if there’s any discrepancies they start all over again Once they have a tally, they inform elections Canada from every riding, say in our recent federal elections and elections Canada let’s the media know what’s happening the early counts. Of course we have a smaller population but every polling station in America perhaps could work this way if you’re ever allowed to vote again that is God help good people in America trying to save your country.
Yr system works very well for you and we should be taking notes! The 2424 election was absolutely rigged & stolen from Kamala & Tim. Trump won by the slightest of margins & the anomalies weren't enough to set off any alarms in every single county he needed to win the election. Every single county in all 7 swing states...the odds of this happening are something like 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 to one - an enormously huge number, don't you think? Data zipping around Peter Thiel's, Russel Voight's, Stephen Miller's, & Elon Musk's hands using Musk's computer skills & Starlink satellites. 🤬🤬🤬🤮
So let’s stop wallowing in what could’ve, should’ve, or would’ve happened and make a difference today, now. Get your resources and help US all!
You have a good system. The only thing that would improve it is the use of mark-sense ballots that can be machine counted for quicker results (and they can be hand-counted if deemed necessary). I've watched the machines being checked before the election: the testing is rigorous and publicly monitored in our town.
This article and the one preceding it are succinct, detailed, amazing investigative reporting. Thank you. I will pass this around. You are brave and honest and very smart.
No doubt they are doing everything to win the next election- but who is really behind this, tech bros, using maga as a cover, billionaires using maga as a cover, or some other actor like Putin or Xi, using MAGA as a cover.
I think everyone you mentioned is working on it, in concert. Additionally, The Heritage Foundation has worked up the general mission and operating procedures for numerous past years. Peter Thiel certainly had some input. The plan was hatched 40 years ago when Newt Gingrich and the moral majority took hold. Christian nationalist, white supremacists, evangelical christians, and maga are all cut from the same cloth. The administration knew how to use them as their tool if choice since so many of that grouping are cultlike in their behavior and their prolific use of brainwashing. All just my opinion.
I read several years ago, Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. Really lays out the work that has been tried and also failed in the past by the Heritage group, they never stopped trying, but our strong institutions held them back. That appears to be gone now for the most part, we can only hope their infighting and our resistance holds.
I feel, and have felt since I was 10 yrs old, that the chains if Christianity bind me up into a moral ball of putrid yarn. I've spent my life trying to disentangle myself from my childhood teachings that conflict with my personal values and thoughts.
You should have seen me the day I realized I was brainwashed by the church as a child.
Well before the Nov 6 , 2025 election, Andra Watkins was writing on Substack about the harmful Project 2025 that they were planning to implement. Now all of that is past hustory, I can't believe it went that fast. I detest the level of quasi Christian hate they have used to control, pillage, and murder throughout history.
I agree with your last sentence.
Lots and lots of analyzed data from districts across swing states here, defying probability. Also on YouTube and Substack with more updates.
I also read that shortly after your ‘She won’ series Newsweek interviewed Jack Cobb and he said some sloppy things—like there was no more than 3 minutes of exposure between election systems and Starlink or other internet. REALLY? That’s an eternity in data.transfer. electiontruthalliance.org
3 min is more than enough time to fuck everything over.
I was in error—three seconds. But as any insider trader knows—still an eternity in data corruption.
You were blocked because you also followed me from BlueSky after I realized you’re parroting two-year-old specs while pretending that Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell network is still stuck in SMS mode.
It’s not. And the real punchline is your 5G comment.
Hello? If you're stealing an election, why on earth (or in space. ha!) would you use a commercial 5G network—which leaves footprints, requires infrastructure, and is trackable by domestic telecoms—when you have access to a proprietary, low-orbit satellite mesh that was explicitly designed to bypass all of that?
Starlink DTC was built for stealth. Peer-to-peer, off-grid, no towers required. That’s not a conspiracy theory—it’s in SpaceX’s own promotional materials and confirmed by satellite engineers who understand the architecture.
So yes, you were blocked—because we’re not here to argue with bored old men on permanent vacation in their vans.
This isn’t hobbyist ham radio hour. It’s a forensic investigation into a satellite network explicitly designed to bypass terrestrial infrastructure. If you think election theft requires a window and 144 characters, you’re not just behind—you’re a dinosaur.
Responding to the Starlink “Nonsense” Claim:
This kind of post is a perfect example of how plausible-sounding techno-snark is used to discredit serious questions—without actually addressing the evidence.
Point by point:
1. “Starlink DTC only supports SMS.”
That’s simply outdated or deliberately misleading. While early versions of Direct-to-Cell (DTC) supported only SMS, SpaceX’s own roadmap—confirmed in partnership documents—explicitly states that full data transmission (voice, IoT, and broadband uplink/downlink) is being rolled out between 2024 and 2026.
More importantly, Starlink satellites don’t have to send entire packets over SMS—they can enable relay or handshake mechanisms that connect to ground stations or inter-satellite links to route more complex instructions. The idea that hacking must happen in 144-character bursts is a straw man.
2. “DTC only works with a clear line of sight.”
Sure—and how many election tabulators are operating in metal vaults with no signal at all? Most modern polling places are in schools, churches, or gyms with WiFi, LTE, and sometimes even publicly accessible IP addresses. Not only that, but election equipment has documented vulnerabilities to RF-based interference—including through cellular relay devices like routers, hotspots, and embedded cellular modems.
If a tabulator is near a window, an outside van with the right gear could connect it to a DTC-enabled relay device. We’ve already seen penetration tests where devices in secured facilities were accessed via cellular vulnerabilities. The point isn't the fantasy of a "window heist"—it's about remote access pathways being quietly enabled.
3. “Why not just use 5G?”
Really? lol. Because 5G leaves a trace. DTC is harder to detect because it doesn’t rely on local cellular infrastructure. If you're building a covert system to interfere with isolated equipment without triggering alarms or showing up in network traffic, satellite DTC is ideal—especially if the receiving devices are paired or whitelisted beforehand.
Bottom line: dismissing complex systems as "nonsense" because they sound futuristic doesn’t make the vulnerabilities go away. Starlink's DTC capabilities are real, rapidly expanding, and—most importantly— they are unregulated and largely invisible to local election officials.
If someone’s best defense is “but that sounds hard,” they’re not doing security. They’re doing spin.
As for the rest of your straw man arguments re: ECO-1188—wrong again. DIB has already handled them deftly, so I see no reason to add to her takedown of your quasi-analysis. Good day.
The time isn't the problem: the connection to the Internet is. Where I live that will happen over my (and several other's) dead body.
These guys are not ones I follow. They seem a bit weird. (But so do a good many podcasters, right?? ) But from 8:11 on this has some very good material and links in the drop downs. (Sorry about the ‘skip ads!) : https://youtu.be/8ogVR-C6b64?feature=shared
Dynamic in tallying itself means the count changes to show in time results. However, if the programmer is the only one defining what the program does with no oversight. 😕
I don't know where you came from, but you are like an angel that appeared magically in 2025 voting research. I've been thinking this since I started reading your work. First the vivid real life stories on ICE detainments. And now the inside research on voting equipment irregularities. You have great instincts and persistance. I recently became a paid subscriber because of your research and writing ability. Good work gal ! I look forward to seeing more of your work. If I could assist you I would. In fact, let me know if I can. Thank you.
This is awesome. Thanks Dissent. I’ll attach this now to mine.
2015 @jennifer1
tried to alert people to ES&S.
Media etc. kept "reporting" it was DOMINION that had problems.
@jennifer1 said ES&S machines were connected to the internet.
NO ONE took her seriously, and ES&S certainly didn't want people to look into it.
Probably they have been tampering with voting machines for YEARS. In Washington State we have VOTE BY MAIL.
IT WORKS, which is why people keep saying how "bad" it is.
THANK YOU for pursuing this.
If people REALLY wanted fair elections they would have Vote By Mail nationally.
Same rules, same times, and LOTS of drop boxes.
Seattle had 80 dropboxes.
🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦
We need to go back to paper ballots, no machines! If we have to fill in the circles anyway, why are we bothering with electronics. Now would be a good time to start a SubStack called "I voted" where we can take photos of our ballots and submit a photo on SubStack
I doubt the poll workers would let us take photos of our balots. Where I live we sit at tables to fill the balots in, and the poll workers would definitely see us taking a picture.
I took one of mine while I was at the table and a picture of the ballot machine "your vote has been submitted" when I fed it into the machine.
Great! I live in Alabama and I doubt they'd let us take a picture of our ballot. But I'll definitely try it whenever we get to vote again.
A question, there were 8 people in our voting polling center from open to close. 8 people have checklist with Candidates names; Why could those 8 people look and record and pass it down the line, independently of the other 7, those votes. At the end of the day, compare and if it's an all 8 match it moves forward and certified.
This is excellent work. Please keep yourself safe. I do worry about you.
Thank you for your in-depth reporting. I wonder if we have any tech teams working to change this infiltration by bad actors. Do we have a team on the ground working with a different voting machine company that might be more honest and dependable? I am like Violet (below) in that now that we know, what are we doing about it?? Maybe what we are doing cannot be posted, but I'd like to THINK that some team is working on this. (Some team with people like you.)
Federal law enforcement should be working on it, but we all know thats not going to happen.
Our machines were only connected to evetrical source not internet. Why can't they all be fine this way?
Please make the proper authorities aware!
GOP controls all the so called proper authorities currently.
That may be so, but there's a fraction in those controls and it keeps getting louder if only you listen.
Important read, restack please
Oh wow this article really needs to be read by every single voter in this country
What you deserve to know — and what you can do now:
1. Who approved it
• Pro V&V reviewers Wendy Owens & Michael Walker
• EAC’s Paul Aumayr
They signed off on September 10 & 16, 2024—after certification, without public input.
2. What was lost
• The configuration.ini file went from static to dynamic—meaning no hash check, no fingerprint, no tamper alert.
3. Your next steps
• Email the EAC (info@eac.gov) – demand full logs, reason for post-cert change, and retest records.
• Push your local election office – are these machines in your county? Were they reviewed after ECO‑1188?
• Tag watchdogs & media – this can’t stay quiet. Make it impossible to ignore.
This isn’t tech talk. It’s your right—to know, verify, and uphold election integrity.
If they eroded the guard quietly, we’ll restore it loudly.
Disclaimer:
An earlier reference in this post cited an 11-page ECO‑1188 report that is not publicly available. The official documents currently accessible from the Election Assistance Commission consist of a two-page summary and an approval letter. The quote regarding source code submission was drawn from a secondary source and has not been independently verified. Ongoing FOIA requests aim to clarify all details. I regret the error and remain committed to sharing only confirmed information as it becomes available.
You’re correct that the hashcheck excludes certain dynamic files — like configuration files that vary per deployment. But that misses the point entirely.
The file removed from the hashsum isn’t just some harmless system log. It’s eco-1188.bin — a binary executable capable of running election-critical code.
It’s not a static file, which is exactly why removing it from integrity checks matters. That’s the file that can do things — change behavior, influence ballot processing, or execute new logic. And because it’s excluded from hash verification, you’d never know if it was altered.
You say:
“The hashsum check is still conducted for all other static files, including the ELECTION SOFTWARE.”
That’s true. But eco-1188 is election software. It’s not just config data. It’s part of the executable logic layer — a field-deployable override mechanism.
Now let’s talk about the testing:
You say:
“She’s wrong that ECO-1188 wasn’t tested… Read the report.”
I did.
And here’s what’s actually in the EAC’s own report on ECO-1188 (the one you linked):
• Page 11:
“Source code was not provided for ECO-1188. A binary was submitted.”
• Page 13:
“Source code testing was not possible due to the proprietary nature of the changes.”
In plain terms:
No one outside ES&S knows exactly what’s inside that binary.
They tested it as a black box. They ran simulations. But the source code itself was never reviewed.
And that’s the entire issue.
⸻
If you have a file that controls election behavior,
If it’s not hash-checked,
And if its source code isn’t open to testers or officials,
Then you have a non-transparent, unverifiable control point embedded in the system.
Whether that gets abused or not isn’t even the issue — the potential is there, and the public has no way to know or verify.
⸻
This isn’t about conspiracy — it’s about auditability, transparency, and public trust.
If ECO-1188 is clean, show the source.
If it’s essential, hashcheck it.
If it’s safe, let the public validate that.
Until then, the point stands:
One file can change the election — and you’d never know it.