SpaceX founder Elon Musk stirred controversy during a town hall in Pennsylvania, claiming that voting machines are responsible for rigging elections, according to a report by ABC News.
Musk, who is already making a speech tour throughout the important swing state, expressed doubts about the validity of voting systems, especially those from Dominion Voting Systems, who have been the subject of prior election disputes.
During his speech, Musk drew a strong correlation between Republican loss in both Philadelphia and Arizona and Dominion systems. ” There’s often a sort of question of of, state, the Dominion voting machines. It is strange that, you know, I think they’re used in Philadelphia and Maricopa County, but not in a lot of different spots”, Musk said, implying possible discrimination. ” Does n’t that seem like a heck of a coincidence”?
He went on to call for a global shift to report vote, hand-counted for clarity.
Musk, an outspoken supporter of Republican member Donald Trump, just donated$ 75 million to Trump’s Political Action Committee, making him one of the largest contributors to the 2024 presidential campaign period, as per ABC News.
” I’m a technician, I know a lot about desktops”, Musk said to the Pennsylvania group. ” The last thing I would do is trust a computer system, because it’s just too quick to hack”. His notes go against a broader tale among those who remain skeptical of electronic voting machines.
But, Dominion Voting Systems immediately responded to Musk’s claims. A spokeswoman for the business clarified several items, saying,” Fact: Dominion does not provide Philadelphia County. Fact: Dominion’s election systems are now based on voter-verified paper vote. Truth: Dominion machines consistently produce accurate results after finger counting and conducting audits of these paper ballots. These are not things of mind. They are credible information”.
The spokesperson’s speech referenced Dominion’s previous engagement in a legal challenge with Fox News, which had promoted false claims of a vote-rigging crime in the 2020 election. In 2023, Domino and Fox reached a location$ 787 million settlement.
Due to Musk’s city hall comments, Dominion also prematurely released a statement, urging voters to rely on reliable sources of information. ” We are carefully monitoring states around the 2024 election. We strongly encourage people to rely upon verified, reliable sources of election information—sources who can thoroughly explain the many layers of real, administrative, and technological safeguards that exist to protect the integrity of our elections”, the company said.
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