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L.A. County Paying $5M to Settle Case Alleging Constitutional Violations in Prosecution of Election Management Company's Owner

I wrote about this back in October 2022, when the charges were filed, and then in November 2022, when they were dropped; now here's this update (NBC Los Angeles [Eric Leonard]): Los Angeles County will pay [Eugene Yu,] the owner of Michigan-based election management software company[, Konnech,] $5 million to…

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LA prosecutor put on leave over questionable case sparked by election conspiracy theories

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County deputy district attorney has been placed on administrative leave for his role in the questionable prosecution of a Michigan software executive that may have been sparked by conspiracy theorists who deny the validity of the 2020 presidential election.

Los Angeles Times

L.A. County D.A.'s Office Drops Charges Against Konnech

I blogged about the charges on Oct. 6 ("Sometimes the Conspiracy Theorists Might Have Something of a Point: The Konnech Controversy"), but on Nov. 9 the D.A.'s office dropped the charges: In an abrupt reversal, Los Angeles County has dismissed charges against the chief executive of an election software company,…

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US far-right group sparks legal firestorm over drive to monitor drop-box voting

Melody Jennings of Clean Elections USA teamed up with True the Vote for project that echos Trump’s false claims about 2020

The Guardian - US

True the Vote fraud conspiracists jailed

Leaders of Texas-based group, which promoted election conspiracy theories, were taken into custody on Monday

Salon

Federal judge orders arrest of True the Vote founders behind bogus voter fraud claims

US Marshals detain group’s founders in latest turn in sprawling election conspiracy theory case

The Independent UK

San Francisco Bay Area counties defend use of election software ensnared in China data-sharing probe

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest counties will continue to use polling station software that was ensnared in a Los Angeles data breach investigation and resulted in at least four other election jurisdictions ditching the software amid allegations of embezzlement and Chinese data sharing.

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Election software CEO is charged with allegedly giving Chinese contractors data access

The Los Angeles County district attorney alleges that the CEO of Konnech, which makes scheduling software for poll workers, improperly gave Chinese contractors access to sensitive employee data.

WEKU

Georgia's DeKalb County to keep controversial elections software, move poll worker data

ATLANTA — The DeKalb County elections board has chosen not to end its relationship with Konnech, a software company whose founder was recently arrested on accusations he stole the personal data of California poll workers.

Tribune News Service

Sometimes the Conspiracy Theorists Might Have Something of a Point: The Konnech Controversy

"District Attorney investigators found that in contradiction to the contract, information was stored on servers in the People's Republic of China."

Reason

A software CEO was arrested on suspicion of storing poll worker data in China

The Los Angeles County District Attorney accused the CEO of a small company that makes software for election workers of illegally storing data on servers in China. The company denies the allegation.

WEKU

CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges

The founder and CEO of a software company targeted by election deniers has been arrested on suspicion of stealing personal identifying information on Los Angeles County poll workers

The Independent UK

Arrest made in breach of LA County election worker data

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors have accused the CEO of a small Michigan software company of compromising the personal information of hundreds of county elections employees.

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