Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) tells the Election Assistance Commission that he is concerned about electronic voting system vulnerabilities of individual swing states, or counties, to sway a national election.
In a congressional hearing, Rep. Lieu tells Commissioner Thomas Hicks, “My understanding, from the main thrust of your testimony, is that because we’ve got 50 states, thousands of different jurisdictions, the American elections system is complex, diverse, and robust, because it’s really hard to hack all of that.
“My view is they don’t have to hack 50 states. In a close presidential election, they just need to hack one swing state, or maybe one or two, or maybe just a few counties in one swing state. So I do sort of challenge your premise that just because we’ve got 50 states, somehow we are robust,” Lieu says. (Emphasis added)
“And my question is, is there a focus on these swing states to make sure that in states that potentially are close, that we do everything we can to make sure that the integrity of the elections are protected?”
Hicks indicates the Commission is not focusing on any swing states or counties.
Source:
1. https://www.govinfo.gov/content
1. Didn’t something similar happen with Florida’s “hanging chads” in the 2000 elections?
2. In the Florida case, it was suggested that electronic voting machines were the solution to smaller jurisdictions swinging national elections. But now that electronic machines dominate the American electoral system, is the country really safe from the risk of tampering with election results – not only in individual counties of swing stats, but nationwide?
3. Foreign regimes could not hack or manipulate mechanical voting machines. Did electronic voting machines make the America more vulnerable to foreign interference or manipulation?
4. How can one take Congressman Lieu’s concerns about hacking in small, decisive counties in swing states to throw an election, and apply that to insider threats, including within electronic voting companies?
5. Did Congressman Lieu uncover weaknesses in how federal election officials view interference in America’s electronic voting systems?
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