{"id":1678352,"date":"2022-10-07T13:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1678352"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:55:44","slug":"after-election-firm-ceos-arrest-republicans-push-to-terminate-contract-with-georgia-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-election-firm-ceos-arrest-republicans-push-to-terminate-contract-with-georgia-county\/","title":{"rendered":"After Election Firm CEO\u2019s Arrest, Republicans Push to Terminate Contract With Georgia County"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-election-firm-ceos-arrest-republicans-push-to-terminate-contract-with-georgia-county%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1678352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ATLANTA, Ga.\u2014Local Republicans in Atlanta were tarred last month as \u201celection deniers\u201d and \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d for expressing concerns about Konnech, an election subcontractor with alleged Chinese links.<\/p>\n<p>The DeKalb County Elections Board disregarded the concerns and finalized a contract with Konnech.<\/p>\n<p>But in a stunning turn of events, the company\u2019s CEO Eugene Yu was arrested by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-los-angeles-county-district-attorney\">Los Angeles County District Attorney<\/a>\u2019s office earlier this week for allegedly storing the data\u00a0of Los Angeles County elections workers in China in violation of its contract with the county.<\/p>\n<p>Now, DeKalb County\u2019s Republican Chairwoman Marci McCarthy is requesting the county Elections Board to terminate its contract with Konnech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DeKalb Board of Elections is exposing County taxpayers to extraordinary legal risk and financial liability if they cannot enforce the terms of the contract with Konnech\u2014which guarantees that Konnech stores the data in the Continental United States in a certified Microsoft Azure hosting facility,\u201d McCarthy said in a letter to the five-member board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Personal Identifiable Information (PII) belonging to election staff and poll workers has been or could be transferred to China, as alleged in California, the risk and cost of a class action lawsuit could be devastating to DeKalb County finances. This represents a clear, avoidable, and unnecessary risk to DeKalb County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/07\/Marci-McCarthy-1200x800.jpeg\"><\/a> Dekalb County GOP Chairman Marci McCarthy speaks at an election-night event in Atlanta on May 24, 2022. (Megan Varner\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>The Elections Board was assessing the situation and waiting for more information before acting, a spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday. The board did not respond to a request for comment by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, one of the nation\u2019s most leftist prosecutors, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/da.lacounty.gov\/media\/news\/head-election-worker-management-company-arrested-connection-theft-personal-data\">press release<\/a> that the case against Konnech does not involve voter or elections fraud. The District Attorney\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, Ga.\u2014Local Republicans in Atlanta were tarred last month as \u201celection deniers\u201d and \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d for expressing concerns about Konnech, an election subcontractor with alleged Chinese links. The DeKalb County Elections Board disregarded the concerns and finalized a contract with Konnech. 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