U.S. Election Company Previously Registered Chinese Election Company's Website

Konnech Inc., a US-based election company that builds software for managing elections, including ballot tracking and signature comparison, has been found to have built a communication platform called ChineseBrief.com for the Confucius Institute. Many of Konnech's employees are Chinese university graduates, including CEO Eugene Yu. In 2015, Konnech registered the website "hongzhengtech.cn," which is the website for Jinhua Hongzheng Technology Co. Ltd, a digital service provider that builds electronic voting systems for China's National People's Congress. The website has since been taken offline, but the original domain registration belonged to Konnech's email address. The author plans to continue investigating and documenting Konnech's connection to building voting technology for China's National People's Congress.