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ARE FEDERAL ENTITIES INVOLVED IN KANSAS ELECTIONS?

This post is outside of my normal posts, but I wanted a way to share this information online easily with fellow Kansans. If you aren't interested, just ignore this post.

Sheri Graham
Aug 30, 2022
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Are federal entities involved in Kansas elections?

  • If voting machines are not connected to the internet, how is the EI-ISAC able to monitor cyber security for our Kansas elections?

  • Why is the CIS, CISA, and DHS involved in Kansas elections?

  • Why is our Secretary of State’s office denying that Kansas has an agreement with CIS?

  • Why are we using ES&S, who is partnering with DHS and CIS, to host our voter registration database which is in “real time” on our pollbooks that are connected to the network/internet?

I have lots of questions that need answers. Below I want to share research that I have pulled together that paints a very disturbing picture. This is not about Republican or Democrat or any party for that matter. This is about the integrity of our elections. If elections are to be run by the states, then why are the states partnering with federal entities like DHS and CIS to monitor our elections?

Please read through ALL the materials below. Go to the links and read for yourself. Watch the videos.

Please put aside what you have been told and look at this information with a discerning eye. If you can explain why federal entities have their hands in Kansas elections, please comment and explain. I am pretty sure that you will be reading information below that you have not heard before, and it will shock you as it has me.


Start by reading this article:

Article: “There Is No Place Like Home (land Security Running Elections)” that’s Unconstitutional

The above article details what is going on with Kansas elections, including FOIA documents of emails between the Secretary of State’s office and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). Please read through the embedded FOIA documents within the article.

Below is a screenshot of an email between Bryan Caskey, State Election Director at the Kansas Secretary of State’s office, and MS-ISAC, CIS, and ES&S regarding a “Warning Incident” that happened on Election Day, November 3, 2020.


What is EI-ISAC and MS-ISAC?

First, the EI-ISAC:

Quoted from this site:

The Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC), is a voluntary, collaborative partnership between the Center for Internet Security (CIS), CISA, and the Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council (EIS GCC). The EI-ISAC is funded through DHS grants and offers state and local election officials a suite of elections-focused cyber defense tools, including threat intelligence products, incident response and forensics, threat and vulnerability monitoring, cybersecurity awareness and training products.

Membership in the EI-ISAC is open to all state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations that support election officials of the United States of America. Membership is voluntary and no-cost for participants."

Read more about the EI-ISAC here.

Read the EI-ISAC member user guide.

Second, the MS-ISAC:

Quote from their site:

As a trusted cybersecurity partner for 13,000+ U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) government organizations, we cultivate a collaborative environment for information sharing in support of our mission. We offer members incident response and remediation support through our team of security experts and develop tactical, strategic, and operational intelligence, and advisories that offer actionable information for improving cyber maturity.

Benefits

  • 24x7x365 Security Operations Center (SOC) offering threat intelligence, detection, and response assistance

  • Regular webinars examining critical and timely cybersecurity issues

  • Access to the Nationwide Cybersecurity Review (NCSR) to review your cybersecurity maturity

  • No-cost cybersecurity tools and resources, including a CIS SecureSuite Membership

  • Cybersecurity Advisories and Notifications

  • Access to Secure Portals for Communication and Document Sharing

  • Cyber Alert Map

  • Malicious Code Analysis Platform (MCAP)

  • Weekly Top Malicious Domains/IP Report

  • Monthly Members-only Webcasts

Here is a list of the MS-ISAC members in Kansas from the CIS website.

  • Kansas - 18th Judicial District Court of Kansas

  • Kansas - 190th Air Refueling Wing

  • Kansas - 8th Judicial District of Kansas

  • Kansas - Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center

  • Kansas - Office of the Secretary of State

  • Kansas - State of Kansas

Here is a list of the EI-ISAC members in Kansas from the CIS website.

  • Kansas - Allen County Clerk

  • Kansas - Anderson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Atchison County Clerk

  • Kansas - Barber County Clerk

  • Kansas - Barton County Clerk

  • Kansas - Bourbon County Clerk

  • Kansas - Brown County Clerk

  • Kansas - Butler County Clerk

  • Kansas - Chase County Clerk

  • Kansas - Chautauqua County Clerk

  • Kansas - Cherokee County Clerk

  • Kansas - Cheyenne County Clerk

  • Kansas - Clark County Clerk

  • Kansas - Clay County Clerk

  • Kansas - Cloud County Clerk

  • Kansas - Coffey County Clerk

  • Kansas - Comanche County Clerk

  • Kansas - Cowley County Clerk

  • Kansas - Crawford County Clerk

  • Kansas - Decatur County Clerk

  • Kansas - Dickinson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Doniphan County Clerk

  • Kansas - Douglas County Elections

  • Kansas - Edwards County Clerk

  • Kansas - Elk County Clerk

  • Kansas - Ellis County Clerk

  • Kansas - Ellsworth County Clerk

  • Kansas - Finney County Clerk

  • Kansas - Ford County Elections

  • Kansas - Franklin County Clerk

  • Kansas - Geary County Clerk

  • Kansas - Gove County Clerk

  • Kansas - Graham County Clerk

  • Kansas - Grant County Clerk

  • Kansas - Gray County Clerk

  • Kansas - Greeley County Clerk

  • Kansas - Greenwood County Clerk

  • Kansas - Hamilton County Clerk

  • Kansas - Harper County Clerk

  • Kansas - Harvey County Clerk

  • Kansas - Haskell County Clerk

  • Kansas - Hodgeman County Clerk

  • Kansas - Jackson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Jefferson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Jewell County Clerk

  • Kansas - Johnson County Election Office

  • Kansas - Kearny County Clerk

  • Kansas - Kingman County Clerk

  • Kansas - Kiowa County Clerk

  • Kansas - Labette County Clerk

  • Kansas - Lane County Clerk

  • Kansas - Leavenworth County Clerk

  • Kansas - Lincoln County Clerk

  • Kansas - Linn County Clerk

  • Kansas - Logan County Clerk

  • Kansas - Lyon County Elections

  • Kansas - Marion County Clerk

  • Kansas - Marshall County Clerk

  • Kansas - McPherson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Meade County Clerk

  • Kansas - Miami County Clerk

  • Kansas - Mitchell County Clerk

  • Kansas - Montgomery County Clerk

  • Kansas - Morris County Clerk

  • Kansas - Morton County Clerk

  • Kansas - NIC Division of Tyler Technologies

  • Kansas - Nemaha County Clerk

  • Kansas - Neosho County Clerk

  • Kansas - Ness County Clerk

  • Kansas - Norton County Clerk

  • Kansas - Office of the Secretary of State

  • Kansas - Osage County Clerk

  • Kansas - Osborne County Clerk

  • Kansas - Ottawa County Clerk

  • Kansas - Pawnee County Clerk

  • Kansas - Phillips County Clerk

  • Kansas - Pottawatomie County Clerk

  • Kansas - Pratt County Clerk

  • Kansas - Rawlins County Clerk

  • Kansas - Reno County Clerk

  • Kansas - Republic County Clerk

  • Kansas - Rice County Clerk

  • Kansas - Riley County Clerk

  • Kansas - Rooks County Clerk

  • Kansas - Rush County Clerk

  • Kansas - Russell County Clerk

  • Kansas - Saline County Clerk

  • Kansas - Scott County Clerk

  • Kansas - Sedgwick County Elections

  • Kansas - Seward County Elections

  • Kansas - Shawnee County Elections

  • Kansas - Sheridan County Clerk

  • Kansas - Sherman County Clerk

  • Kansas - Smith County Clerk

  • Kansas - Stafford County Clerk

  • Kansas - Stanton County Clerk

  • Kansas - Stevens County Clerk

  • Kansas - Sumner County Clerk

  • Kansas - Thomas County Clerk

  • Kansas - Trego County Clerk

  • Kansas - Wabaunsee County Clerk

  • Kansas - Wallace County Clerk

  • Kansas - Washington County Clerk

  • Kansas - Wichita County Clerk

  • Kansas - Wilson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Woodson County Clerk

  • Kansas - Wyandotte County Elections


When did Kansas become a member of MS-ISAC and EI-ISAC?

The following is found on Page 12 of the Status of Election Security in Kansas report dated August 8, 2018: (Keep reading pages 13-14 too!)

"Interstate Information Sharing. A representative of CIS stated Kansas has been a member of MS-ISAC since June 2012 and joined EI-ISAC in April 2018. Seventeen counties and the SOS are members of EI-ISAC.

Albert. According to CIS, the SOS utilizes Albert. However, CIS could not provide information concerning how long the SOS has utilized Albert."


EI-ISAC Agreements with States/Counties

Here is an example of what these agreements between EI-ISAC and counties/elections look like.  This one is from Hoke County, North Carolina.

There was a big push for states and county elections offices to become members of EI-ISAC. Apparently it started out kind of slow, so they decided to change up how they were doing their membership agreements.

EI-ISAC REPLACES MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH A CHECKBOX

They changed how they did their membership agreements to make it easier for states/counties to jump on board so quickly.

The following is from the 2018 EI-ISAC Year in Review:

From page 5 - "Traditionally, while membership in the ISACs has always been no-cost, members were required to complete a Membership Agreement in order to join. While this document was not extensive, it did create an extra step in the process. To streamline the membership process due to the large number of elections offices that were joining, ISAC staff worked with teams across CIS to make one seemingly small change: replacing the Membership Agreement (which required handwritten signatures of both parties) with a checkbox on the online registration form for potential members to agree to a set of terms and conditions. This led to unprecedented membership growth in both the EI-ISAC and MS-ISAC; in fact, MS-ISAC membership grew by over 150 percent in 2018."

From page 6 - " In Washington and Kansas, EI-ISAC staff participated in cyber-focused trainings to broaden election officials’ knowledge base."

There is a lot more in this document if you want to take the time to read it all.

Here is the CIS “Year in Review” for 2020.

Look at page 8 especially.

Here is Secretary of State Scott Schwab testifying before the House Elections Committee on 2/8/22 stating that he is the first Secretary of State in the nation to receive top secret clearance.


These agencies are all tied together it seems.

  • Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

  • Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)

  • Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center (EI-ISAC)

  • Center for Internet Security (CIS)


ALBERT

This page on the CIS website mentions the Albert system which I saw in the FOIA emails between the Kansas SOS office and CIS. This must mean that either the State of Kansas is paying for this Albert system to be in place….

From the site:

“Additional Services (fee-based)

Network Security Monitoring (Albert)

One of our most popular services is the network monitoring solution known as Albert. Albert consists of an IDS sensor that gathers network data and sends it to the EI-ISAC for analysis.”

OR

ES&S has partnered with DHS and ISAC to install Albert on their systems.

ES&S Establishes Top-Level Partnerships, Albert Installation To Further Security

From this article:

“Election Systems and Software (ES&S) is pleased to announce multiple steps, including deeper partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISAC), plus the installation of advanced threat monitoring, to further security in the U.S. voting environment.

ES&S is pleased to announce memberships in two Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISAC): The Elections Infrastructure ISAC (EI-ISAC) and the Information Technology ISAC (IT-ISAC).

Through membership in the EI-ISAC, ES&S gains access to election-specific threat alerts, cybersecurity awareness and training products, and tools for implementing security best practices. Additionally, as members of the IT-ISAC, ES&S is afforded opportunities to proactively analyze and share IT-focused threats to protect the nation's voting systems and make them even more resilient to cyber-attacks. Under the leadership of the IT-ISAC, ES&S is a founding member of the newly formed Elections Industry Special Interest Group (EI-SIG). The EI-SIG was formed to allow election vendors to expand information sharing concerning threats to election IT systems and engage in dialogue across sectors.

ES&S is also pleased to announce new partnerships with multiple Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Critical Infrastructure Program offices including the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and the National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services (NCATS) to conduct cyber hygiene scans of ES&S public-facing internet presence, monitor and share cyber threat information, detect and report indicators of compromise, develop and distribute election security best practices, and raise the election security awareness of election officials and the voting public.

ES&S President and CEO Tom Burt said. "As a leading provider of election services and products to election officials across the country, ES&S recognizes the importance of collaboration in enhancing cyber-protections to ensure the integrity of the U.S. vote, and we're honored to partner with DHS, EI-ISAC and IT-ISAC in furthering security."

Video: CISA Deploys Election Hacking Device Nationwide (Albert)


ES&S Pollbooks

 "Gift-Wrapped Opportunity for Fraud"

Before the Nov 2020 election, the EAC notified ES&S that its pollbooks were hackable. Then, at least nineteen Secretaries of State were notified. They are shown in the image above. If you look close, you can see the email address for Bryan Caskey, the Kansas Director of Elections at the Secretary of State’s office.

These were the states in this email, which includes Kansas:

South Dakota, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, Indiana, Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Delaware, DC, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, Nevada, Washington, Florida, Missouri, Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Arkansas, Idaho.

Note: Secretary of State Scott Schwab testified before the House Elections Committee on 2/8/22 that the pollbooks are required by federal law (EAC?) to be connected to the network/internet.

Listen to that here:

There is still concern over election equipment being connected to the internet, even when officials say they are not.

ES&S is hosting the Kansas voter registration data?

Here is Secretary of State Scott Schwab testifying before the House Elections Committee on 2/8/22 where he talks about this hosting:

I believe this is what Secretary of State, Scott Schwab was referring to when he said that ES&S was hosting our voter registration data: Empower (Voter Registration).

ES&S’ Empower solution provides secure data hosting, storage and management, saving our customers the time, money and staff required to install and manage a web hosting system.

And as I referenced above, ES&S is partnering with federal agencies like DHS and CIS, and also using the Albert system.

Why do we have federal agencies involved in Kansas elections?

Lots of red flags here.


HAVV Identity Checks - What happened in Kansas?

The following information was brought to my attention through an article written by Jeffrey O’Donnell.

If you want to see the total numbers for each state, you can see those here. Note that Kansas is second highest in number of transactions, and the overwhelmingly highest in Single Match Deceased. So there were 177,530 HAVV requests where the person was shown as deceased. Something isn’t right there. Click here to view this interactive chart and look at other states if you wish.

The below chart shows the Kansas HAVV requests by week before and after the election. Notice how the number of transactions were astronomical all the way through the November 2020 election to the middle of June 2021. Then it drops drastically. Click here to view the interactive chart for Kansas.

That does not make sense at all!

Was there some kind of cyber interference that was trying to register voters in Kansas?

These questions need to be asked of our election officials!


Is Johnson County, Kansas using Konnech’s PollChief software?

I am going to put this article here because I have heard from a reliable source that Johnson County, Kansas is using Konnech’s PollChief election management software. Don’t know about Konnech Inc.? Read the article below by Patel Patriot who does an incredible job digging into LA County, California, which also uses Konnech’s PollChief software. The key to this all is that Konnech’s PollChief software is housed on China’s Unicom server, and True the Vote was able to access the data of 1.8M U.S. poll workers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, bank accounts, children’s names, and much more…on a server in China. Which means that all this data is in the hands of the CCP.

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