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June 21, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security insists that no one hacked actual votes—but admits it never ran an audit to check.
Despite assurances from the U.S. intelligence community that Russian hacking only influenced the 2016 U.S. election—and didn’t change vote tallies—there was never actually a formal federal audit of those systems, the Department of Homeland Security said.
And while DHS offered free security scans to any state that wanted them, many states—even ones that took up the DHS offer, like Michigan and Maine—either use audit procedures that are considered inadequate or don’t audit their election results at all.
“I think there’s a presumption amongst both the general public and lawmakers that DHS did some sort of investigation,” said Susan Greenhalgh, who serves as Elections Specialist at Verified Voting, a nonprofit devoted to U.S. election integrity.
“It didn’t happen. That doesn’t mean that something happened, but it also means it wasn’t investigated.”
The January report from the Director of National Intelligence, an unprecedented public document of declassified intelligence that serves as the authoritative public U.S. stance on Russia’s role in the election, indicates an assurance neither Russia nor anyone else tampered with vote tallying systems.
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But DHS’s role in state, county, and local voting systems, a spokesperson admitted to the Daily Beast, was limited.
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What I just said in another thread. They can't say it didn't happen if they don't look. And I am betting some of the states like my own won't let them look.
DHS Never Ran Audit to See if Votes Were Hacked
http://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-never-ran-audit-to-see-if-votes-were-hackedThe Department of Homeland Security insists that no one hacked actual votes—but admits it never ran an audit to check.
Despite assurances from the U.S. intelligence community that Russian hacking only influenced the 2016 U.S. election—and didn’t change vote tallies—there was never actually a formal federal audit of those systems, the Department of Homeland Security said.
And while DHS offered free security scans to any state that wanted them, many states—even ones that took up the DHS offer, like Michigan and Maine—either use audit procedures that are considered inadequate or don’t audit their election results at all.
“I think there’s a presumption amongst both the general public and lawmakers that DHS did some sort of investigation,” said Susan Greenhalgh, who serves as Elections Specialist at Verified Voting, a nonprofit devoted to U.S. election integrity.
“It didn’t happen. That doesn’t mean that something happened, but it also means it wasn’t investigated.”
The January report from the Director of National Intelligence, an unprecedented public document of declassified intelligence that serves as the authoritative public U.S. stance on Russia’s role in the election, indicates an assurance neither Russia nor anyone else tampered with vote tallying systems.
(snip)
But DHS’s role in state, county, and local voting systems, a spokesperson admitted to the Daily Beast, was limited.
(end snip)
What I just said in another thread. They can't say it didn't happen if they don't look. And I am betting some of the states like my own won't let them look.
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