John,

We hear stories in the news every day about the risks to our election systems. From rampant voter suppression and disenfranchisement through the closing of polling places, to ongoing efforts to thwart voting by mail, the fight for the right to vote remains as important as ever. Yet there is one major threat to our elections that has not received enough attention: the presence of vulnerable wireless modems in voting machines used across the country.

One of the major takeaways from the 2016 election was evidence that Russian intelligence agents infiltrated local election networks in 2016, and campaigns to interfere in the 2020 election are already underway. Many election jurisdictions have purchased voting systems with wireless modems under false information from the vendors, who claimed that the modems don't connect to the internet. In reality, these modems directly connect election systems to the internet, exposing election infrastructure to remote cyber-attacks. With one of our nation’s most critical elections on the horizon, we must do all we can to protect our election systems from hackers and interference.

Free Speech For People is committed to ensuring that every vote cast is secure, accurate, and reliable. We brought this issue to the attention of the Election Assistance Commission in January in a letter that detailed evidence showing that ES&S, the nation’s largest voting machine manufacturer, was deceptively marketing its voting machines. Last month, in response to our letter, the EAC censured ES&S for fraudulently marketing its machines with wireless modems as federally certified.

Free Speech For People will continue to fight to secure our elections, but we need your help. Can you chip in to help us protect our elections from cyber-attacks?

Thanks for all you do,

John Bonifaz

President, Free Speech For People