Obama Administration Plotting to Usurp Control Over Elections

New American ^ | 8/18/16 | Alex Newman

[Nachum]

Under the guise of providing increased “security” for “critical infrastructure,” the Obama administration is plotting to insert itself and the federal government into the American elections process. While voting is constitutionally the responsibility of state and local officials, Obama's Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, pointed to the alleged threat of cyberattacks to justify the latest proposed usurpation of power. The controversial scheme was floated amid growing national concerns, fueled in part by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's warnings of a “rigged” election, that America's electoral system might be vulnerable to major manipulation. Critics and experts, though, warned that the White House scheming may be a first step toward illegally nationalizing the electoral process — with all the dangers that would entail.

Homeland Security boss Johnson, a leading luminary behind Obama's illegal amnesty plot, has said repeatedly said in recent weeks that the administration was thinking of issuing a decree declaring elections to be “critical infrastructure” in need of supposed federal oversight and “protection.” “We should carefully consider whether our election system, our election process is critical infrastructure, like the financial sector, like the power grid,” Johnson told reporters in Washington earlier this month. “There's a vital national interest in our electoral process.” In a phone call with state officials, he reiterated those comments, offering “help” with elections.

[DoughtyOne]

Congress asleep at the switch for the umpteenth time during this fool’s terms in office.

[Fhios]

Not just the push back. The joint session of congress could declare the election uncertified then exceed use its right to select the next lotus and vpotus

[CMailBag]

Is there ANYTHING this a$$hole hasn’t corrupted??

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Good. We should let Jeh Johnson and the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State oversee our elections. Hey we already do!

[Tench_Coxe]

There are vested interests inside and outside D.C. who cannot afford, monetarily or otherwise, someone outside "the Club' to gain the Executive branch, especially with the last 8 years of precedent wrt aggregation of power in Washington, and especially the Executive.
To quote from "National Treasure", if Trump gets in, "somebody is going to prison."

[CivilWarBrewing]

FUBO! Hands off, bastard.

Cyberattacks? HOW ABOUT WE DO AWAY WITH ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND GO BACK TO USING PAPER BALLOTS? Oh wait, that would make massive voter fraud BY THE DEMONRATS much more difficult.

[SkyPilot]

Some folks are getting nervous.

I actually think the election is already lost. Yea, yea, I know. "Have hope!" "Don't be defeatist!"

I voted for Trump in the primary and I'll vote for him in November.

The problem is that vote fraud is so wide spread, and will be practiced to an exponential degree in November, that I see it as far too late to fix it.

If the Republican Congress had any b_lls at all, they would have take action years ago to stamp out vote fraud. As is stands now, there are almost ZERO safeguards in place, and poll workers are powerless to stop crimes that occur right in front of their noses.

The voting machines have been, and will be, hacked using techniques that an 8th grade hacker could employ. Search YouTube, there are dozens of examples, and you can see exactly how they do it.

Combined with the fact that a huge percentage of our electorate are immoral scumbags, and that illegals will be "voting" in vast numbers, the game is rigged so bad that I believe Trump will lose.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

I just throw ONE thing-——UP!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Fix is in.

[Rapscallion]

Putin invades. Distracts America. Obama diddles us elections for Hillary. Wait and see.

[DonaldC]

Computerized voting should have been something easy to implement, but sounds like it is totally fubar. I’ve used it but don’t trust it any more than mail in ballots. If people are too lazy to register and then too lazy to go to a polling place, screw them.

[Sir Napsalot]

How much more obvious can/will they get?

How much longer will red-blooded American patriots tolerate the in-your-face middle finger?

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

What matters is NOT how many votes get cast,
but, rather :

WHO COUNTS THE VOTES !

[silentknight]

FOLKS have you seen this poll?

80%+ say they are NOT voting for Hillary.

They made the poll look like 80% ARE voting for her. Click the circle to see the actual results.

The results have over 260,000 people saying NO. On the most liberal web-site online?

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/poll-hillary-2016#56789

[bgill]

He did it back in his Senate election and every one since then.

[sport]

That should have been the shot across the bow indicating that he [obama] planned to interfere in the 2016 election, specially if Trump started winning.

[fivecatsandadog]

F.U. BARKY. Keep your big ears outta OUR election!

[HarleyLady27]

That is how I took it also...

[TalBlack]

If bozo can just whip up 400 million dollars and have it sent away HE CAN DO AND GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING! The checks and balances are gone. So why not usurp authority? No one is going to do anything about it.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Perhaps they will be joined by military veterans and bikers for Trump?