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Botany

(70,489 posts)
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:15 AM May 2018

And never forget that Russia was into places like Wisconsin @ the county level

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/01/23/russians-suspected-hacking-local-dems/96965824/

GREEN BAY - County websites of the Democratic Party in the area have been under attack, at least one apparently by Russian hackers, an officer of the party says.

What appears to have been Russian hackers compromised the website of the 8th Congressional District Democratic Party as well as the sites of seven county Democratic party organizations, said Mary Ginnebaugh, who chairs the congressional district as well as the Brown County Democratic parties.

Russian hackers have been accused on the national level with interfering with the U.S. presidential election by getting into the Democratic National Committee’s website as well as that of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington.

While no one can prove beyond doubt that Russians also were involved in the local hack job, two hackers left “calling cards” with Russian email addresses on the local websites in an apparent gesture of contempt or braggadocio, Ginnebaugh said. Green Bay police were notified and have forwarded information to the FBI, she said.

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And don’t forget: There were at least 75 contacts, including 22 meetings, throughout the election and transition, between Trump associates and individuals linked to the Russian government. The president and his associates have also lied about every single one.
6:59 AM - May 29, 2018


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Squinch

(50,949 posts)
1. And the idea that they got in there and then did nothing to the votes is absurd.
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:21 AM
May 2018

Given especially that they were specifically in very carefully targeted swing state locations.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
3. agreed
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:27 AM
May 2018

"I'm in the system now, but won't flip a few dozen votes here and another few dozen there..."

Does Wisconsin have paper ballots to back up their voting machines?

Botany

(70,489 posts)
4. Russia had to have had inside help in order to target their actions.
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:27 AM
May 2018

Now, I believe you when you say that Russia went after the vote too* but
if you remove a voter from the voter d-bases or change a voter's address
so he/shewinds up voting in the wrong location or register the voter in another
state (see interstate cross check) when he/she is already registered in
their home state you cancel out their votes too.


* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russ

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
5. I think there is another way....
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:38 AM
May 2018

My husband and I moved within county and city...went to change our registration. My husband registered first and had his ID (TN drivers license) taken so they could make a copy of it. I register and she doesn't ask for my ID. She was going to use his ID number for my voter registration card.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
8. The allegation here is that they got into several democratic party websites.
Wed May 30, 2018, 11:04 AM
May 2018

How do those websites give someone access to "do something to the votes"?

procon

(15,805 posts)
6. And what else might the Russians have left behind, some bit of code waiting until
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:55 AM
May 2018

it gets the signal to carry out its nefarious preprogrammed commands in subsequent elections?

Trump became president thanks to 80,000 people in three states. Wisconsin has 72 counties, easy enough to shift a few votes around that would go unnoticed in the big picture and not look suspicious at all.

Multiply that across every state...

Botany

(70,489 posts)
7. According to the exit polls Hillary won the election.
Wed May 30, 2018, 10:10 AM
May 2018

Russia installed Trump and rigged a lot of other elections too. Russ Feingold
was @ >90% chance of winning back his senate seat and somehow he lost?

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