Texas has 200,000 unprocessed voter registration applications sitting in a pile because Deloitte shipped software that doesn't work. The state paid a consulting firm to build a system. The system failed. Democracy got a 404 error.
Deloitte bills more for a single PowerPoint deck than most people earn in a month. They couldn't make a form process correctly. This is the same company that audits Fortune 500 financials and tells CEOs how to optimize supply chains. They broke voter registration. A task slightly less complex than a Google Form.
The Democratic AG candidate now vows to probe Deloitte's role in this disaster. He will discover what everyone already knows: someone got paid seven figures to deliver a product that belongs in a landfill. Depositions will happen. Emails will surface. A partner will say the word "regrettable" in a conference room. Nothing will change.
Consultant-industrial complex runs on this exact formula. Charge obscene rates. Miss every deadline. Deliver broken garbage. Blame the client for poor requirements. Walk away with the check. Deloitte mastered this decades ago.
Somewhere in Dallas a managing director is rehearsing his apology. He will express deep concern. He will cite lessons learned. He will not refund a single dollar. His bonus depends on billable hours, not working software.
The 200,000 people waiting to register can take comfort knowing their disenfranchisement funded someone's lake house in Connecticut.
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