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Lori Gallagher@Lorionafarm · Jul 7, 2026

🚨Tally Texas News Tarrant County Officials panicked live —OMG “They are hacking the machines!” → CIO: “SHUT IT DOWN!”…

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Tarrant County Texas officials invited the public to hack their voting machines during a 2024 test, and observers claim the systems were successfully compromised before being shut down by officials who then publicly denied any successful hacks. A sworn affidavit from election expert Karen Wiseman details the incident, along with a separate 2026 case where Hart Verity scanners allegedly flipped marked votes to undercount ballots.

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    🚨Tally Texas News Tarrant County Officials panicked live —OMG “They are hacking the machines!” → CIO: “SHUT IT DOWN!” In January 2024, Tarrant County EA invited the public to try to hack its Hart County Wide Polling place voting system. They did. Easily. Officials panicked live —"OMG They are hacking the machines!” June 23, 2026 Sworn Senate testimony just dropped from an insider standing right behind them. This should be front-page news. It’s not. #txlege🧵

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    2/ Karen Wiseman is no random person. She is one of Texas' finest, a true servant of our Republic. She’s a trained election expert: • Election Judge 2021-2024 • Poll Watcher • Ballot Board (Presiding Judge for 2026 Primary Runoff) • Logic & Accuracy Testing Board 2024-2026 • Post-Election Hand Count Audit Team Tarrant County trained and badged

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    3/ Kudos to Tarrant County Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig. He really believed (and pushed) the claim that these systems are safe from unauthorized access and manipulation. Texas Election Code 122.001 a. 4 So he dared the public to hack them during official testing — cell phones allowed — and gave specific examples of how one could manipulate: “add votes for a person not on the ballot… or add more than 50 votes for one candidate.”

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    4/ Tarrant County official Troy Havard doubled down in the email chain, referring to Republicans and election integrity advocates as “they”: “Besides, their stance and arguments have always been that the machines are wirelessly connected and can, therefore, be hacked wirelessly. Prove it.”

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    5/ January 11, 2024, 8:45 AM. Karen stood directly behind Director of Information Security (Anil Koindala) and CIO (Andre Mendes) watching a live Controller + Scanner. This is her sworn, notarized account. ⬇️

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    6/ Suddenly the officials panicked. “They are hacking the machines.” CIO: “Shut it down.” The Controller went dark — immediately. They zeroed in on two young men typing on cell phones. The men appeared to continue from the parking lot. IT chiefs estimated MiFi range ~100 feet. CIO followed them to their car.

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    7/ 18 days later, it appeared the Director of Information Security resigned or got promoted to the State. Still looking to verify that. County’s public story? “No successful hacks.” Their own emails invited wireless attacks. Their test exposed the vulnerabilities, then hid the details from public. Kept using systems that are not safe and buried it as a bluetooth issue. I could find one tiny news org that reported anything on it. Request email Communications from Election Administrator and CIO to learn what happened. Why did the TX House and Senate only invite those profiting off our elections? Why not invite Karen or the other Election Judges across Texas being put in horrible positions by adoption of these defective and deficient corporate systems? 2ND affadavit Karen talked about in video👇

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    8/ Separate sworn incident 2 years later (1/31/2026 L&A testing): Hart Verity scanner flipped a fully marked vote to undervote and altered the ballot image. Replicated on another scanner. Witnessed by county employee + Democratic ballot board member. In real elections, adjudication uses scanner images. A perfect paper ballot with an altered image = undetectable manipulation. County called it a “glitch.” If Hart voting system so sensitive to "dust" that it is flipping votes, these systems should not be used. The people accounted our political power for hundreds of years, time to restore elections by the people. #txlege