Major questions are being raised about tonight’s Utah Republican Presidential Primary.With 40 delegates, the state’s “winner take all” election process makes this a critical night for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), if he wishes to fight conservative businessman Donald J. Trump all the way to the RNC convention in Cleveland, Ohio this summer.
But now, MAJOR questions are being raised about Utah’s very unusual internet-based voting process.
A bombshell report shows that the technology to conduct web-based voting comes from Smartmatic Group, which is based in England. Currently, the chairman of Smartmatic is Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, who also is on the board of billionaire liberal Geroge Soros’ Open Society Foundation and has personal ties to the billionaire.
More than a half-million dollars have been donated to Ohio Governor John Kasich’s Super PAC from Soros-related hedge fund managers.
The Wall Street Journal reports this as “one of the biggest online votes conducted so far in the U.S.” In addition:
Utah residents will have the option of casting ballots in the Republican presidential contest using computers, tablets, and smartphones next week. …
Online “polls” will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 11 p.m. on March 22. Voters will get a receipt that will verify that their vote was recorded correctly. The state party declined to release the number of online voter registrations that it has received. …
“We expect all the jurisdictions across the U.S. to take notice and to look at this experience as something to study and, hopefully, follow,” said Antonio Mugica, founder and chief executive of Smartmatic Group, an election-equipment vendor that is running the Utah election.
Mugica tried to address online voting concerns, noting that the company has “security protocols” and backups of data in case of recounts. But as internet hackers know, no web-based server is truly secure. (Just ask Hillary Clinton!)
WSJ didn’t mention the company’s chairman’s left-wing biography, which is posted publicly on their website:
Mark Malloch-Brown is a former number two in the United Nations as well as having served in the British Cabinet and Foreign Office. He now sits in the House of Lords and is active both in business and in the non-profit world. He also remains deeply involved in international affairs.
Mark served as Deputy Secretary-General and Chief of Staff of the UN under Kofi Annan. For six years before that he was Administrator of the UNDP, leading the UN’s development efforts around the world. He was later Minister of State in the Foreign Office, covering Africa and Asia, and was a member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet.
Other positions have included vice-chairman of George Soros’s Investment Funds, as well as his Open Society Institute, a Vice-President at the World Bank and the lead international partner at Sawyer Miller, a political consulting firm. He also has served as Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum. He began his career as a journalist at The Economist.
Malloch-Brown also serves on Soros’ International Crisis Group board.
Obama recently said at the South by Southwest technology festival in Texas that he supports expanded online voting systems. And in 2014, he created a commission to generate a report about how best to ensure online voter integrity.
Do you think there could be funny business going on today in Utah’s important GOP Primary? Please leave us a comment (below) and tell us!
I guess Utah is the smut capital of the world!! I guess it would be befitting that lyin Ted would win by fraud here. Apparently he has quite a call girl set up.Is lyin Ted a Mormon?? Where does this leave Mr. Rommney??
Typical hyperbole from Political Insider. They allege a potential of voter fraud, yet present not an iota of its occurrence. And of course Trumpkins lap it up like it was antifreeze. And to one poster, it is entirely possible to get 70% of the vote in a 3 person race especially if two of the losing candidates are toads like Trump and Kasich.
OF COURSE THERE WAS MASSIVE REPUBLICAN VOTER FRAUD IN UTAH… ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS OPEN POLLING SITES AND LET ALL THE PEOPLE SHOW UP WITH A PICTURE ID, TO VOTE WITH A REAL PAPER BALLOT THAT CAN BE VERIFIED AT ANY LATER DATE… BUT THE RNC IS JUST AS CROOKED AS THE DNC.
This does not surprise me! I am not really a Trump fan, To be honest I don’t like any of the candidates! But Trump does seem more like a human than the rest. Anyway! This is why we need to go back to the old way of voting! Anyone that believes their votes are being fairly prepossessed and counted are blind to reality!
I wrote processed! I have no idea why it says prepossessed! LOL
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL! RED ALERT RED ALERT! THEY CLOSED VOTING EARLY TO CHEAT TRUMP OUT OF THE VICTORY!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iV32Ua1ho They are cheating the American people, and it’s caught RED HANDED FOLKS! Don’t let the tyranny take hold, THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO BREAK FREE OF IT!
Utah needs to pray it was otherwise they voted for a High Class Call Girl as their first lady LOL https://www.ncscooper.com/donald-trump-bombshell-ted-cruzs-wife-former-call-girl/
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/21/donald-trump-tells-lies-misstatements-win-lie-year-award.html
I don’t agree with online voting but I don’t see any evidence of voter fraud in this article. Trump got skunked and you all can’t handle it.
It would Have to be voter fraud, there are simply not that many stupid people!!
Since Utah does not have exit polls (something I approve of) it is a fitting place for something like to take place, because without the exit polls, no one knows how the majority are voting. Therefore, fraud would be less evident to everyone.
Why an English company ? Whats wrong with our American companies? Something smells fishy here. Too easy to FIX the election. I guess the Political Establishment will do anything to stop Trump, may even go as far as pulling a Clinton on him….if you know what I mean…..
There is also this…
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message3126238/pg1
Systematic Paper Ballot stuffing
Totally against online voting. Too easy to mess with the results.
First of all, why iis Soros even medling in an election. He gets one vote like everyone else. Anyone who has taken his money should be dis-qualified. 2nd why do we need a firm from over seas to tally our election. This type of meddling is what got us Obama in the first place.
Two things.
First, these results are EXACTLY in line with what was expected based on virtually EVERY poll taken in Utah throughout the primary. Yes, Utah has bucked a national trend. However, it has not bucked its own trend, but has held to it pretty closely. Utahns are very Republican, yes, but they are also very Mormon, and polls in and out of Utah have shown that Mormons as a group really, really dislike Donald Trump.
Second, what’s the big deal, Trump supporters? Honestly. If someone were committing voter fraud, wouldn’t they use it to help Kasich, whom many of you view (ironically, due to Trump’s history) as a RINO? If Hillary Clinton were behind such fraud, she would use it to help TRUMP, because he’s the one with the least chance to beat her in the general. As for Cruz, how can a Trump supporter dislike that man? He’s basically just a less obnoxious and impulsive version of Trump: their policy positions are almost identical.
Ronald your comments take it in to account your bias only. computerized voting regardless the race is easily corrupted and not safe for any election.
Do not accuse me of bias when you are making claims without evidence. As I said already, the results are totally in line with virtually every poll and projection taken up to this point. You cannot just assume that fraud occurred because computer-based voting was involved. That proves nothing, especially when, again, the turnout was EXACTLY what should have been expected by anyone paying attention.
Experts were projecting 13.8% for Trump in Utah based on numerous polls. Google says he got 14%. Again, where’s the evidence of fraud?
As far as I can tell this is MASSIVE voter fraud! The lopsided numbers compared to every other primary….tend to point to this….Truth will out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, I lived in Utah for a decade. I don’t recognize the Utah I know, in these results.
Soros went too far. These numbers are so blatantly padded that even an idiot could see through them. They make no sense, whatsoever!
One Utah voter has already reported dozens of extra ballots being handed out where he voted, no check of credentials, nothing. He went to another precinct just to see if things were as bad there, they didn’t check his ID and handed him a ballot as soon as he walked through the door.
There must absolutely be an investigation. Forget a recount. The same people would be counting the same votes again. What is the point?!
I’ve been a Network Administrator for six years, managing network security, and a computer programmer and instructor for even longer. I know that programs can be hacked, as well as the servers which host them! It is entirely possible to record a vote differently than the receipt which is provided to the voter. It is also possible to record more votes than voters. This entire concept of Internet Voting before the necessary security issues have been resolved, provides a myriad of options for voter fraud. Vote and voter security is absolutely imperative and sacrosanct in the most fundamental component of a nation where the People and the States are sovereign and supreme in accordance with the tenth amendment to the Constitution!
How many more ‘SCAMS’ from England Based Computer Software people are being used on Wall St. and everywhere else in the world? And why is this country using computers from England to SCAM the voting counts? This should not be allowed at all. It’s not in our Constitution to even do this.
Something funny went on there. Not right
NOBODY garners nearly 70% of the vote in a three person race. They must think everyone lives in Colorado, right down the street from a marijuana dispensory!
Trump!
Surprise, surprise, surprise….. Gomer Pyle
May Soros choke on his $$$ and live warmly side by side with the devil in the dark beyond….
Donald Trump is fueling the massive voter turnout in EVERY STATE. And yet, he comes in last place in Utah, which just happens to be where the vote count is controlled by George Soros? There is no question these results are suspicious, to say the least. If there is a process to challenge the count to verify (and since it was done electronically, I can’t imagine how), it should be verified by someone OTHER THAN George Soros and his cronies.
I am in Utah and voted today. Yes most definitely there is fraud with this. There was also fraud at each precinct. Precincts were not informing the voters, especially new to the party, that in order to vote they had to be at their caucus at a specific time. I arrived late to mine late with my son. This is his first year voting and my first year voting as a Republican (I moved from the Democrats). We asked to vote for ( we are Trump supporters) and they said we were late and could not vote. I got upset and asked why. They then had a conversation with leaders of the precinct and then came back to me and told me ‘well, you can’t vote for your delegates but you can vote for the party nominee. I witnessed 10 in my precinct they turned away – while waiting for the elite of the precinct to decide. We almost left and thank goodness I spoke up angry about their ‘games’. I asked them how many people did they turn away? They mumbled a ton and dodged the question then got angry with me. I went home upset and got on Facebook to chat in my Pro Trump Group of 100,000 people. Many people all over Utah had a similar story. Several women said their precinct turned away 70 to over 100 people. Many other precincts were telling those who came that they had to sit through a 2 hour caucus to even vote for Trump, Cruz or Kasich. If they left early then they would not get to vote. The caucuses are only for the voting of the delegates and NOT for the nominee vote. The amount of complaints about this online gives truth to the voter fraud in Utah. There was an EXTREMELY large percentage of people that were turned away and not able to vote. I do not think I will stay with the Republican Party, especially after witnessing this year the ‘GAMES’ of cheating they play as well as the name calling, slander, bullying and down right cannibalism of their own.
I just wanted to take a moment to convey some encouragement to you, if possible, Dotti. Although I am not a Utah resident, I’ve been a Network Administrator for six years, managing network security, and a computer programmer and instructor for even longer. I appreciate and respect your concerns, and would just like you to know there are millions of people in this country who have grave concerns regarding voter fraud. Please don’t “throw out the baby with the bathwater” by holding someone accountable unjustly. The people who should be held accountable are among the Elite Washington Establishment who will stoop to any vile act and engage in any activity which will protect their strangle-hold on our Federal Government!
I know that programs can be hacked, as well as the servers which host them! It is entirely possible to record a vote differently than the receipt which is provided to the voter. It is also possible to record more votes than voters. Vote and voter security is absolutely imperative and sacrosanct in the most fundamental component of a nation where the People and the States are sovereign and supreme in accordance with the tenth amendment to the Constitution!
There is no way this can be anything but bad, what are they thinking? Your headline was misleading to say the least, but I can’t see this turning out well. Too easy for hackers connected to the system to change peoples votes. Honestly, why would anyone trust the computer with their vote?
this is not good, you see the fraud . soros needs to get out of anything in the usa
I surmise u r saying there is massive voter fraud, however u r reporting supposition do u have the good or r u just lying like the KLINTON people, whish u had the good on Soros and the Ohio governor, however at this point u are the false reporters sorry this news feed is bunk
Soros’s name mentioned in same breath with voter fraud —— who woulda thunk it ??????
Don’t you all think the chairman of Smartmatic, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, should not have any control of votes regarding our Presidential race as a conflict of interest?
Kasich Should Quit Campaigning He Should Be Arrested
GOP is so desperate they will do anything including fraud to take away from Trump! So pathetic! Go
Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what’s new with our people who seems to don’t want TRUMP to be our next PRESIDENT.