Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest

Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China.
Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascon. Storing such data offshore violates its contract with the county, Gascon’s office said.
Konnech subsequently lost contracts with Detroit and Fairfax County, Virginia.
However, the Elections Board of DeKalb County, Georgia, voted on Oct. 10 to continue its contract with Konnech.
The two Democratic appointees, plus the at-large member appointed by a judge, voted first not to sever the contract and then to require the data in question be held only on the county’s servers. The two Republican appointees opposed….