Everyone should read this excerpt or better yet, the whole EO, even if you did already.
Who is Ivan E. Ranklin?
He is clearly referring to the Sept.12 2018 EO about Foreign influence in elections.
Everyone who has not yet read it should read it right now. Copying the first section, deals with the DNI stuff that Raiklin refers to. (Whe IS he???)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3905133/posts
2018 Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election
WhiteHouse.gov ^
Posted on 11/12/2020, 12:42:58 AM by MNDude
Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election FOREIGN POLICY
Issued on: September 12, 2018
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and disinformation, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the outcome or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign powers have historically sought to exploit America’s free and open political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and internet-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign interference, as illustrated in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election. The assessment shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it, the persons involved, and the foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported it. The Director of National Intelligence shall deliver this assessment and appropriate supporting information to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
I just got done reading the whole thing, voting machines mentioned.
Ivan Raiklin (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on June 12, 2018. Raiklin did not get the required number of signatures.