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To: bitt
Pennsylvania

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-vulnerable-are-pennsylvanias-electronic-voting-machines/

But Republican elections commissioner Al Schmidt sees some issues with Pennsylvania’s voting procedures. He wrote a report on voting irregularities during the 2012 election. There have been dozens of cases but only 10 prosecutions.

Schmidt says even without a paper trail, the electronic machines are safe because they do keep a digital record of votes cast. And, he points out, the individual machines are not connected to the internet.

“Our voting system has more in common with household appliance than a laptop or anything like that,” Schmidt said.

That means the machines themselves are not vulnerable to a cyberattack:


the individual machines are not connected to the internet.

That means the machines themselves are not vulnerable to a cyberattack:

But now they suddenly need the NG to protect from cyber attack?

20 posted on 11/06/2022 6:28:21 AM PST by Pollard (Worm & GMO Free - some call us purebloods)
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To: Pollard

Original source is foxnews - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-guard-activate-cybersecurity-teams-14-states-ahead-midterm-elections

“The decision to have teams ready for support has become a familiar one over the past few elections after the reports of Russian interference operations during the 2016 presidential election.”

You got that?

2016 - Russian hacked the election for DJT.
2020 - Most secure election ever and no machines connected to the internet.
2022 - we need the NG to protect the election from cyber attack. It’s a threat to Our Democracy.


25 posted on 11/06/2022 6:33:28 AM PST by Pollard (Worm & GMO Free - some call us purebloods)
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