How Should the Public React When an Election Official says They Opened Machines and Cut Wires?

Following the Ask the Cyber Experts Town Hall, elected officials were invited to meet privately with the cyber experts, Clay Parikh and Clint Curtis. The St. Charles County Director of Elections and an employee attended.

During the lengthy discussion, the Director and employee emphatically stated that they knew the voting equipment in their county did not connect to the internet because they had personally opened the equipment and “cut the wires.” Keep in mind, cameras were on tripods during the discussion, so this is NOT hidden video — recording was very obvious.

“Clarifications” to the election official’s claims came quickly after public outrage, that the statements were made to ‘test’ the experts. But which comment should you believe: the original statement or the clarification?

It doesn’t matter. If wires were cut, was the public informed and were laws broken? If wires were not cut, why say they were to a county councilman (Joe Brazil) and other elected state officials?

And why, when this was brought to the full County Council for action, was absolutely nothing done by the council, despite Councilman Brazil’s request for a forensic investigation of the machines?

Don’t voters in St. Charles deserve more transparency from their elected officials, especially regarding elections?

Shorter Version of the Video

There is a shorter, edited version of this video, which may be easier to use in presentations.

Watch More

Our Hand Count Mission

Learn about and join our Hand Count Mission to prepare the country for hand counting.

Tags: Clay Parikh, Clint Curtis, cut the wires, internet, lack of transparency, Missouri, St Charles County, voting machines
Date: 3/17/2023
eManual Index Number: 337
eManual Section: 9
eManual Section Title: Debunking Myths
eManual SubSection Title: Hand Counting Ensures More Transparency & Better Security
eManual page number: 290
fusion_builder_status: active
avada_post_views_count: 776
avada_today_post_views_count: 1
avada_post_views_count_today_date: 23-09-2025
They Cut the Wires