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Obama Administration Plotting to Usurp Control Over Elections
New American ^ | 8/18/16 | Alex Newman

Posted on 08/19/2016 1:29:31 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; agenda; bho44; electionfraud; elections; elections2016; newamerican; obama; tyranny
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To: CMailBag

nothing no nothing...


41 posted on 08/19/2016 2:06:12 PM PDT by kerry431
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To: Tench_Coxe

And if any of the stuff discussed here is remotely true:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3460589/posts

There will be an outright theft of the election.


42 posted on 08/19/2016 2:07:44 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (For every Allende, there is a Pinochet)
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To: Fhios

Hell will be frozen over before a joint session of Congress would act.


43 posted on 08/19/2016 2:07:51 PM PDT by sport
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To: SkyPilot
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.

I believe that as well. Plus you have an electoral lock on most blue states that will vote dem no matter what as a result of MSM and educational system indoctrination over decades. In the modern era only a handful of states decide these elections.

44 posted on 08/19/2016 2:11:15 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Red Steel
It won't be pushback.

The correct term is overwhelming return fire with interlocking fields of fire.

45 posted on 08/19/2016 2:13:52 PM PDT by jimbug
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To: Nachum

It won’t be stolen with ‘cyber attacks’.
It will be stolen with a screwdriver and some silicon chips.................


46 posted on 08/19/2016 2:17:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Nachum

Trump warns of rigged elections; hillary hopes for rigged elections; obama and his henchmen will guarantee rigged elections.

There’s no doubt whatsoever that the democrats will rig the elections; the only question is how severely and will they get away with it.


47 posted on 08/19/2016 2:18:43 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Those who count the votes are corrupt. we have moved past the point of civil discourse. We will have to fight with arms and shed blood there is no other way the sooner we steal ourselves to this fact the sooner we can get it over with. No amount of hoping or talk will change what has already happened to this country. We the patriots will have to fight with arms and spill blood this is unavoidable accept this and plan a viable solution to the end game after millions are lost anything. The normalcy bias will get many many killed its unfortunate but true.


48 posted on 08/19/2016 2:19:24 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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To: Nachum

Let’s be honest, this election will be stolen. As patriots, what do we plan on doing about it? No protests, no strongly worded letters, no withholding of party funding is going to have any effect. The elites don’t care what you or I think and they are betting we won’t lift a finger to stop them.


49 posted on 08/19/2016 2:25:17 PM PDT by JGT
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To: DoughtyOne
Oh, they're not asleep.

They have both hands full at all times. Full of our money.

50 posted on 08/19/2016 2:27:42 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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To: Nachum

FUBO!!


51 posted on 08/19/2016 2:28:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Nachum
Obama's Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, pointed to the alleged threat of cyberattacks to justify the latest proposed usurpation of power

this will guarantee that the election is rigged and the obozo and his flunkies will make sure the out come is for the hag. You bet, they'll be watching very closely so no one can contest the outcome.

Also, like and kind to the FBI raiding a democrat official's office/HQ to confiscate any incriminating evidence against the individual so no prosecution is ever possible

52 posted on 08/19/2016 2:29:03 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Nachum

What about these ideas, from the link below...
. . . . . . . . .

It does not have to be this way. Congress could create voting security standards for the election of its members and of the president. It has not done so, leaving it instead to the states to protect the integrity of the democratic process.

Minimal election security standards could be simply stated: 1) No vote recording machine shall be connected electronically to any network — including but not limited to local area networks (LANs), Wi-Fi, the internet and virtual private networks (VPNs). 2) Every voting machine must create a paper copy of each vote recorded, and those paper copies must be kept secured for at least a year. 3) A verification audit by sampling shall be conducted within 90 days on a statistically significant level by professional auditors to compare the paper ballots of record with the results recorded and reported.

There are other things that would be nice to have to provide additional levels of assurance. One of the best ideas is that the software used to run voting machines be restricted to open source applications, whose code could be publicly examined. Another proposal that makes sense is that voting machines be required to run a certified malware detection software application before, during and after the voting process.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hack-election/story?id=41489017


53 posted on 08/19/2016 2:31:00 PM PDT by deks
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To: Nachum

the document will be a death warrant


54 posted on 08/19/2016 2:31:43 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: Nachum

Nachum, this is too aggravating to investigate especially since I am not feeling at my best right now. Can you or one of our FReepers scope out this source as legit? And how real this threat to our electorial system is? Thank you and thanks for this ping list!


55 posted on 08/19/2016 2:33:28 PM PDT by The Westerner ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Nachum

No way. They fight against voter id eveywhe which would vastly secure the system, and is used eeywhere else.

This is just false bs to ensure stealing an election.


56 posted on 08/19/2016 2:33:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Huskrrrr

We need 200-300 bikers at every polling station.

Eff the NBPP


57 posted on 08/19/2016 2:35:22 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: Nachum
I have listened to 2nd amendment people say for 50 years, "That could never happen here." well get ready you may have missed something.

While I have high hopes for the Donald, I have equal respect/disdain for he power of the Uniparty and the traitors we have in high places.

I will be 78 years old by election time so no matter the outcome it really can't effect me too much.

58 posted on 08/19/2016 2:36:13 PM PDT by itsahoot (GOP says, Vote Trump. But if your principles won't let you, Hillary is OK.)
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To: The Westerner

NYT article from earlier this month:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/us/politics/us-seeks-to-protect-voting-system-against-cyberattacks.html?_r=0


59 posted on 08/19/2016 2:37:12 PM PDT by JGT
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To: Huskrrrr

I believe the black panthers are already on the scene working in the hellary campaign.


60 posted on 08/19/2016 2:45:05 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary)
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