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Amaryllis

(11,515 posts)
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 09:09 PM Sep 2017

Rachel: Joy talking about how they stole the election by hacking voter reg databases and keeping [View all]

people from voting.
I've been saying since last SUMMER when they reported that half the states voter reg databases had been hacked by Russians that they didn't do it just to prove they could.
NYT has new article on this.
Joy going into detail on this.
Interviewing Verified Voting Foundation election specialist. Glad to see this org getting some press; they do excellent work.

Link to NYT article she referenced:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/us/politics/russia-election-hacking.html
This is a must-read article; very important.
Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny

The assaults on the vast back-end election apparatus — voter-registration operations, state and local election databases, e-poll books and other equipment — have received far less attention than other aspects of the Russian interference, such as the hacking of Democratic emails and spreading of false or damaging information about Mrs. Clinton. Yet the hacking of electoral systems was more extensive than previously disclosed, The New York Times found.

Edited to add:
Then there are the hundreds of thousands purged with Kobach's Interstate Crosscheck, used by 30 states. Who needs to change vote tallies when you have the GOP and the Russians working together to suppress the vote.

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Blaming Hilary for being a "bad" candidate edhopper Sep 2017 #1
Agreed. Nobody could overcome what Comey and the FBI did to her, setting aside the Russians. (eom) StevieM Sep 2017 #8
plus edhopper Sep 2017 #10
Dallas county alone had been minimum ... pinged by 7 Russian IP address's that were black listed uponit7771 Sep 2017 #2
I heard 17, not seven...not sure which one of us mis-heard. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #3
There were 17 pings by black listed IPs but 7 of them were Russian IP address's. Either way ... uponit7771 Sep 2017 #5
It's been reported before, but it's like the NYT article said; little attention has been paid to it. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #9
Yes, you're right ... I thought these were "attempts" ... seems like this who issue has been ... uponit7771 Sep 2017 #11
That is exactly how Bushstole 2000. And they did massive purging in FL in 2004 as well, plus the Amaryllis Sep 2017 #14
I wouldn't doubt the Russians helped Bush in 2004 ... notice how high gas prices were when Bush uponit7771 Sep 2017 #17
OMG. YOu are right. I never thought about that. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #21
It's pretty obvious now. They calculated just how many votes to suppress, just as they... brush Sep 2017 #33
Do we know how many affidavit votes were cast in the areas in question? DeltaLitProf Sep 2017 #41
They most likely got rid of them by now, that's a good question uponit7771 Sep 2017 #44
Makes me feel so powerless. I had to turn off the tv. mucifer Sep 2017 #4
Verified Voting Foundation. oasis Sep 2017 #6
Get on their email list here: Amaryllis Sep 2017 #12
Thanks. oasis Sep 2017 #15
Targeted effect clearly visible. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #7
Also NY Times: In Election Interference, Its What Reporters Didnt Find That Matters L. Coyote Sep 2017 #13
+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #26
The only answer to the problem..... Red Mountain Sep 2017 #16
agreed; it will take a white-hat hack, revealed after the election, in order to get something done. TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #24
actually the answer is hand counted paper ballots questionseverything Sep 2017 #38
unfortunately the democratic party does not seem that concerned about all this nt msongs Sep 2017 #18
Those following election infrastructure security, such as Verified Voting Foundation, have been Amaryllis Sep 2017 #19
Perhaps to protect the "pretension of democracy"? triron Sep 2017 #22
They have said they dont want the voters to lose confidence in our elections. We'd all be a whole Amaryllis Sep 2017 #23
What baloney (on 'party's' part.) elleng Sep 2017 #28
That may have been why dottie66 Sep 2017 #42
And why Gore conceded in 2000. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #46
why have i never heard of them before today? edsmith2727 Sep 2017 #40
Those of us who got involved after Bush stole 2004 are very familiar with them. They are very Amaryllis Sep 2017 #45
As ever. elleng Sep 2017 #27
The voter fraud conspirators allowed Obama to win twice so that could be why! m-lekktor Sep 2017 #29
Yes we are, you are reading about it aren't you. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #35
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2017 #20
And the GOP is fine with it (for obvious reasons)... C Moon Sep 2017 #25
We need to repeat, over and over: "ALL elections must be with paper ballots and MUST be audited"... JoeOtterbein Sep 2017 #30
And the powers that be not fooled Sep 2017 #31
K&R! This is starting to gain some traction finally flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #32
Republican thieves and treason weasels Achilleaze Sep 2017 #34
K + R Raastan Sep 2017 #36
It was a coup and we had treason. Botany Sep 2017 #37
The government was not going to even check either, nothing to see here! Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #39
Kicked MaeScott Sep 2017 #43
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