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inventory provided by Smartmatic is inadequate, … which brings into
question the software credibility…” 24
h. Dominion acquired Sequoia Voting Systems as well as Premier Election
Solutions (formerly part of Diebold, which sold Premier to ES&S in
2009, until antitrust issues forced ES&S to sell Premier, which then
was acquired by Dominion). 25 .
i. Dominion entered into a 2009 contract with Smartmatic and provided
Smartmatic with the PCOS machines (optical scanners) that were used
in the 2010 Philippine election—the biggest automated election run by
a private company. The international community hailed the
automation of that first election in the Philippines. 26 The results’
transmission reached 90% of votes four hours after polls closed and
Filipinos knew for the first time who would be their new president on
Election Day. In keeping with local election law requirements,
Smartmatic and Dominion were required to provide the source code of
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Smartmatic-TIM running out of time to fix glitches, ABS-CBN News, May 4, 2010
https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/04/10/smartmatic-tim-running-out-time-fix-glitches
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The Business of Voting, Penn Wharton, Caufield, p. 16.
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Smartmatic-TIM running out of time to fix glitches, ABS-CBN News, May 4, 2010
https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/04/10/smartmatic-tim-running-out-time-fix-glitches
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