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JustAnotherGen

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28. From the link
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 10:32 AM
Aug 2017

You posted:

Hackers successfully penetrated state-run online voter registration systems in 2016, triggering confusion and heated exchanges between voters, poll workers and poll watchers during California’s June 7 primary, Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin said Friday.

“I think that pretty quickly, as is sort of the case around our politics, partisanship got into it,” Hestrin told The California Report. “And frankly the victims of these changes were both Republicans and Democrats.”

Hestrin’s investigation would ultimately show that hackers accessed voter registration information, indiscriminate of party, through the California Secretary of State’s election website, and changed some voters’ party affiliations. But because the state did not collect the IP addresses of the visits, there’s no way to know where the hacker — or hackers — were based.



Voter Registration is on the table and vulnerable to unAmerican activity.

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Thanks! PdxSean Aug 2017 #1
One problem in the past has been the national party being against states moving their stopbush Aug 2017 #2
I think a shake-up in the order of the states in the primary is in order... KitSileya Aug 2017 #3
Agree that we need closed primaries. Unfortunately, the states get to decide that. stopbush Aug 2017 #18
State laws would have to be changed Omaha Steve Aug 2017 #35
Well, I am against caucuses because they are inherently undemocratic. KitSileya Aug 2017 #37
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Yeah, as I said, the five first states in one cycle, goes last in the next KitSileya Aug 2017 #41
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Go Kamala go! yuiyoshida Aug 2017 #4
Oh good. ucrdem Aug 2017 #5
I like the idea of an early primary for all states Not Ruth Aug 2017 #6
I wonder if it is smart GaryCnf Aug 2017 #7
yeah, Iowa's political issues are very different from the rest of the country Blue_Adept Aug 2017 #17
CA is THE most-representative state in the union, and in the world, for that matter. stopbush Aug 2017 #19
Tell me this GaryCnf Aug 2017 #22
California. stopbush Aug 2017 #24
I wonder if it's smart to let Red states vote at all, as uneducated and drug addicted as they are lostnfound Aug 2017 #29
Well now that we agree on!! GaryCnf Aug 2017 #30
California has 1/10th of the US Population. 34 Million people. And bullshit it's "unrepresentative". Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author GaryCnf Aug 2017 #42
On that score, you're clearly right GaryCnf Aug 2017 #44
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Good stuff! n/t GaryCnf Aug 2017 #48
Gop'ers will probably vote against the move Goprox Aug 2017 #8
I hear ya! NurseJackie Aug 2017 #10
Doesn't matter in CA. Both houses of the legislature are controlled entirely stopbush Aug 2017 #25
I don't think Sanders will ever run as a dem again. Tavarious Jackson Aug 2017 #40
GOOD! The sooner the better. And... we must get rid of caucuses. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #9
Just to be contrary Not Ruth Aug 2017 #11
So, you prefer caucuses? NurseJackie Aug 2017 #12
I do not have an opinion as I have never even been in a state that has them; no actual experience Not Ruth Aug 2017 #13
LOL! NurseJackie Aug 2017 #14
CA has a paper trail ballot process. When you vote here, you get to see the paper ballot thru stopbush Aug 2017 #20
The 2016 California primary was hacked Not Ruth Aug 2017 #21
Yes, voter REGISTRATION was hacked pre-election. stopbush Aug 2017 #23
Hacking voter registration enables microtargeting via Facebook and Twitter Not Ruth Aug 2017 #26
What does that have to do with the actual voting process being pretty much hack proof? stopbush Aug 2017 #27
From the link JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #28
Again we jump before a position becomes a fact...I doubt it will be easy to move to March. CK_John Aug 2017 #15
Why? Not Ruth Aug 2017 #16
How strong is the CA GOP and will the media/sports industry be affected by a move to March. CK_John Aug 2017 #31
The CA GOP is probably the weakest GOP entity in any state outside of Hawaii. stopbush Aug 2017 #33
It also gives 49 other states a reason to block it. I just don't see it happening. CK_John Aug 2017 #34
And how do they that, exactly? stopbush Aug 2017 #36
Great to hear. It will help balance out the early voting southern states jalan48 Aug 2017 #32
No. It will weaken the NE and Midwest voting states, strengthen the southern vote. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #43
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