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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

24

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

25

The Business of Voting, Penn Wharton, Caufield, p. 16.

26

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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