Disinformation campaigns… Active measures… Russian intrusion… Ballot Marking Device hacking… Armed goons stationed at polling places to intimidate in-person voters… Mail delays… Rejected ballots… What are we in for, in the coming electoral storm? There is cause for genuine concern. I just heard from a techie who attended a national security briefing on current intrusion/hacking …
There are some bumps in the hardware Americans use for in-person voting. The machines used to capture and relay voting preferences come from three vendors whose code is secret. Hackers have managed to penetrate at least one of these systems experts report. Other systems have a gap between the moment voters indicate choices and generation …
Many are the heaving breasts – all about are heralds of Doom: This election will mark the end of democracy! The vote will be dishonest! Mail-in ballots are not to be trusted! Etc. Let’s catch our breath and consider what we actually face. I base these observations on lengthy conversations and debriefings of experts at …
In one 24 hour period this past week I contacted the former treasurer of the DNC, a top researcher in a digital analytics company, a rep of National Indivisible and the co-founder of the Open Source Election Technology Institute. Their input underscores something irrefutable: THERE WILL BE NO PROGRESSIVE DOWN-BALLOT GUIDANCE IN ALL 50 STATES …
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