Even MORE NCGOP voting app questions
WHO actually got paid to develop and manage the voting app used in the very controversial chairman’s election during this past weekend’s NCGOP convention?
Initially, the only entity named on the app’s landing page was relyus, a Fayetteville-area printing company which has been the NCGOP’s largest subcontractor. According to records, relyus did about $3.4 million in business with the NCGOP from 2020-2022.
So, based on what we were provided by the app, we IDed relyus as the responsible party for the app. Late Saturday evening, we were contacted by a NCGOP spokesman who told us that relyus was merely a “sponsor” and had no role in either developing or managing the voting app.
Right about the time of that discussion, the voting app’s landing page was changed to include the following:
That’s right. The name CardinalGPS Technology was added. In an Internet search, we were only about to find a LinkedIn Profile for CardinalGPS, a political consulting firm with three employees in Raleigh. We also found a website, with the same logo, that listed a Cary address.
THAT lead us to the North Carolina secretary of state’s office in Raleigh. According to those records, Cardinal GPS was “administratively dissolved” on February 28, 2023. The NCGOP convention, which utilized the purportedly CardinalGPS designed and managed app, was conducted in June.
So, CardinalGPS — as of the last day of February — is not registered as a business entity in North Carolina. So, WHO got paid to develop and manage this application for the convention? How much did the party pay for this technology? If it is no longer a registered corporation, the payment had to be made out to a person d/b/a “CardinalGPS.” WHO was that person?
And last but not least, was THIS really and truly the best choice to provide the infrastructure and support for the voting app at the convention?
Relyus is the major printer of the caucuses direct, so most of that, but not all is coming from the legislative accounts.
And furthermore, there’s this:
https://stephenporter.org/does-cardinalgps-llc-exist/
“Turns out their Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) was dissolved by the state for failing to file an annual report.”
“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.” (Thomas Paine) “If you kill the head, the body will die.” ( a professional boxer I once knew).
Appears to me that the head of the beast. that confronts “We the People” is the electronic voting machine. Hand counted paper ballots are ,in part, the lifeblood of FREEDOM. The time taken to count them is NOT of the essence.
That app is trash. No multifactor authentication, no SMS push to the delegates for secure login, no geofencing, no stress testing with 1000+ users. I could go on but why bother? It did what it was supposed to-it proved bad election practices yield no consequences and no paperwork, just like the NCGOP likes it.
How are we to reconcile being the party of election integrity, only to continue to uncover all the issues with our own internal elections. The app was never vetted. It was never beta-tested. Now we uncover the company paid by the NCGOP no longer exists. I saw one of the founders at the convention while I was presenting evidence of guests voting while sitting in the hotel lobby.
I continue to be bewildered by the total lack of accountability by NCGOP leadership. This election process was an epic disaster. It is not even about the outcome, it is about the decision making of the NCGOP leadership to purchase this non-beta tested app. The decision making of the NCGOP leadership to completely miss all the potential issues with the app. The decision making of the NCGOP leadership in having NO PLAN B & making sure the motion for paper ballots was killed on the floor Friday. The decision making of the NCGOP leadership to send a fundraising email 3 days after this unmitigated disaster touting election integrity. #tonedeaf
I completely agree. More people need to see this information.
We can complain of intra-party voting irregularities for the next 15 years! I just read an article on Bannon’s Warroom where the Georgia GOP “Patriots” took over the entire “establishment” Republican leadership at their convention! They have a blueprint. I will help count paper ballots!
I thank Daily Hay Maker for exposing the truth about about North Carolina’s crooked GOP leadership!!
I am sure that when the relevant campaign finance reports, state and federal, are filed by NCGOP, the Haymaker will have answers for all of this, but in the meantime, we will just have to speculate. We need to know how much was paid and to whom. Relyus is probably regretting loaning their name to cover someone’s backside. GIven the disaster last Saturday, the NCGOP really ought to be demanding a full refund for this fundamentally flawed system.
One concern is that the NCGOP will pour good money after bad to try to “fix” this electronic voting system. Any voting system connected to the internet cannot be trusted, so there is nothing that could be done to make such systems transparent and trustworthy.
The cost of an electronic voting system is also not something that should be piled on convention goers to run up their registration fee for the business session. It would be interesting to divide the amount paid for this system by the number of delegates to see how much the cost of this badly flawed system contributed to convention registration fees.
I offered an amendment at the ExCom meeting on Sunday to delete any funds from the NCGOP budget for electronic voting systems to stop any attempt to “fix” the unfixable, but got pushback from establishment types who clearly wanted electronic voting. Then Billy Miller ruled it out of order on the excuse that there was not another convention during the budget period. Of course, that opens the opportunity for them to pay for another electronic voting system or to “fix” this one out of funds appropriated this year before we could try to attach a similar restriction on the 2024 calendar year budget. I am sure Billy must have been thanked for a slick move to keep their options open for electronic voting.
I find this information that continues to surface about the NCGOP Convention absolutely repulsive. I refer back to the propaganda leading up to the NCGOP Election of the Chairman. I think back when We The People were out campaigning to our local GOP County Republicans to vote for John Kane, an entrepreneur and successful businessman. The responses we heard were why they wouldn’t vote for him, all propaganda the GOP resonates year after year.. The biggest aggravation was hearing: “John needs to show his commitment for 2 years and learn how the Republican Party is run.” From all we have witnessed in real time and from the Republican Leadership & business practices they need to learn from John Kane.,
As someone who appreciates the time and money volunteers (FYI: Business people & qualified career people) give to support not only their Republican Party and Candidates but local businesses with purchases. It is Grassroots groups that are classified as radicals and our political action committees are absolutely singled out and tagged “do not participate with them”. And yet since June 10th we, Grassroots Registered Republicans, have had it shoved down our throats how much money transfers through the operatives given favor to do business with by THE PARTY. It is shameful. We knew one of Whatley’s poor leadership characteristics is he runs from confrontation. All 700+ We The People delegates have (June 10th Whatley was present) witnessed all week, crickets from an unrecognized NCGOP Chairman. Who was present on Hillsborough St in Raleigh this last week? Susan Mills, hello? Are you next in charge?
Who is responsible for the “We The People” emails being sent out this past week attacking other Republicans? There are no names. The website has no information. So much for transparency. (Transparency for thee but not for me?)
Really? They’re attacking Republicans? Like who?
Liberty First Grassroots has no business affiliation with the group that call themselves We The People. LFG promotes registering Republicans, Our wehsite is LFGnc.org
There is a small cabal that seeks to milk NCGOP. They have forged direct lines to the leadership that sends money back on rail. I forget the first guys name that I was told was a principle in CGPS, but the second name is in my phone as a prominent GOP “mail bundler” . He is most likely in manys phone if you have used bulk mailers (part of the game)