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In reply to the discussion: Russians penetrated US voter systems: NBC, citing DHS cybersecurity chief [View all]DallasNE
(7,986 posts)60. What Does This Mean In Practical Terms?
A simple FOI request will get you the same information. To do harm Russia would have to alter the data in some way. Did that happen?
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Russians penetrated US voter systems: NBC, citing DHS cybersecurity chief [View all]
mobeau69
Feb 2018
OP
Registration databases, not vote counts but I suspect both were targeted and vulnerqble
lostnfound
Feb 2018
#3
There's some evidence that they created fake voters to mask the tabulators adding percentages.
byronius
Feb 2018
#7
It was MUCH WORSE than these articles acknowledge and many more states were involved.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#6
I think you're right. I think we may find out that the intrusion was extensive and may even have
wiggs
Feb 2018
#19
It likely DID affect vote totals - here's how (maybe I'm stating the obvious, but what the hell)
groundloop
Feb 2018
#24
And something like 80,000 voters in Detroit and Flint showed up and voted but skipped .....
Botany
Feb 2018
#57
And now Trump has a database with a lot of registered voter direct information...
Honeycombe8
Feb 2018
#13
Johnson over Feingold(Wisc) and Toomey over McGinty(Pa) were glaringly suspicous to me
stuffmatters
Feb 2018
#21
Yes, and Gardener over Udall (Co) 2O14. The ? not "if" but "when" this partnership formed
stuffmatters
Feb 2018
#45
And SecState Tillerson says it's ongoing and we can't really do anything about it.
trof
Feb 2018
#36
THis is not new. MSM was reporting this summer 2016. This is what prompted teh feds to offer
Amaryllis
Feb 2018
#43
I think this predicament we're in is a national emergency that needs to be addressed immediately.
YOHABLO
Feb 2018
#52
Without qualified techs in govt, it's serial numbered paper ballots across 50 states. Clean up the
ancianita
Feb 2018
#53
The problem for any audit is 50 different state level jurisdictions. Only the SCOTUS can call for a
ancianita
Feb 2018
#58
This is above my pay grade but a focused forensic audit on certain vote data might be doable
Botany
Feb 2018
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