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1 posted on 08/30/2016 4:31:17 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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Here it comes. Lock and load.


71 posted on 08/30/2016 5:35:11 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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Yeah, lets have year round voting while we’re at it.


73 posted on 08/30/2016 5:36:26 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Wow. They aren’t even being subtle to ensure Hillary steals the election.


76 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:10 PM PDT by reaganaut (I'm looking forward to Trump as President. I'm an Evangelical and I vote.)
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240 years of elections, wars, depressions, etc and never had a problem. Only since our historic black man has been president and his diverse administration came to be is there a problem.


77 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:28 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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Not a power delegated by the Constitution to the feds, therefore, it is tyranny. States, resist tyranny and DON’T ACQUIESCE.


79 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:33 PM PDT by Jim W N
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Well, well, well.

They have “announced” their intentions, and over two months ahead of time. How “courteous” of them.

We are about to witness Hard Tyranny in our land, another Nov 1963 moment.

Eyes wide open.


80 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:38 PM PDT by Right-wing Librarian
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Infosec commentary -

http://securitydebrief.com/2016/08/22/elections-should-not-be-critical-infrastructure/

Security Debrief | August 22, 2016
Elections Shouldn’t Be Deemed Critical Infrastructure

By Mike Martin

The recent cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has led to confusion on how to protect against potential future hacks. In the wake of these attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Department was looking at designating elections as critical infrastructure. This move would put elections on par with the electricity grid and the banking system. It’s a subject the Obama administration is exploring.

Johnson explained that bumping up elections to that level would raise several implications. This is because under Presidential Decision Directive 21 (the directive that assigned the titles of critical infrastructure), assigning elections as critical infrastructure would mean designating one lead agency to serve as a federal liaison with election officials and offer them a range of assistance. That agency would also stay in touch with DHS (assuming DHS doesn’t take the “sector-specific agency” label for itself), which would offer broad strategic guidance and vulnerability assessments.

This move has been widely supported on Capitol Hill, even though elections are already covered in a way, so the change might not be necessary. According to a DHS official, “Election infrastructure is a complex system of assets managed at the state and local level. While not officially designated as a separate critical infrastructure sector under PPD-21, it is an important aspect of state and local infrastructure and is critical to the functioning of our democracy, and therefore it is covered.”

In addition, an old school hacker who was part of the L0pht hacking collective says such a change might do more harm than good because “classifying voting computers as critical infrastructure is going to cause a lot of headaches at the local level.” According to Cris Thomas, who is now a strategist at Tenable Network Security, “National elections have always been historically treated as a local event, and having a federal designation as critical infrastructure will fundamentally change how we have handled our elections for the last 240 years.”

Thomas also says that we need to focus on the security concerns of the current system, which stem from a lack of testing. Manufacturers do not test systems well enough before sending them to municipalities, which leads to the use of off-the-shelf hardware with minimal security coding. In addition, local government certification agencies are often short on the capacity to test for vulnerabilities and so accept a manufacturer’s claims on the security of their products. As such, says Thomas, “the result is a system that our entire democracy depends on, which is run with minimal, easily bypassed security.”

To sum this up, not only can one argue that these elections are already supposed to be considered critical infrastructure, but the categorization of elections as critical infrastructure may do more harm than good. Therefore, questions remain as to what to do with election security.

The importance of elections is unquestionable. Elections are one of the most crucial practices in America. They determine the future of the country. If one is able to manipulate polls and change voter data to elect a certain official over another, they could potentially manipulate the direction in which our country heads. That being said, this is not something that our government should rush into.

Fundamentally changing our election process less than 80 days before our Presidential election could be disastrous to the fluidity and efficiency of the election, and because of this, we should aim to fix the flaws of our current system first. If the United States government uses better software and does better testing of the system’s vulnerabilities, as Cris Thomas recommended, our election system would be much less susceptible to these reoccurring hacks. Because of this, our first option should be to revamp the broken system, not to blow it up.


81 posted on 08/30/2016 5:37:44 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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The Globalist are going to use DHS TO HIDE THE ELECTRONIC STEAL.

No one will be able to INSPECT THE MACHINES in the name of HOMELAND SECURITY to protect our elections from “Hackers”.

What a joke!

Guarantee all electronic voting will now go to Hillary. Even though she really loss.

The Globalist are making their move because they know in a free and open election there is NO WAY Hillary can win.


87 posted on 08/30/2016 5:39:44 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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STATES??? YOU are in charge of elections. Are you going to object????


88 posted on 08/30/2016 5:39:49 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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Centralized Control of Elections? No way.

Guidelines that improve security, prevent hacking and manipulation, Yes.

Voter ID laws that protect integrity, Yes.


89 posted on 08/30/2016 5:42:12 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Take it to court right away to stop it


90 posted on 08/30/2016 5:44:43 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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Maybe they should worry about having their own security. This shit has got to stop. It is way past time for civil disobedience. People are fed up.


91 posted on 08/30/2016 5:45:37 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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Obama is making his move ,he can’t let the world see what he’s been up to


92 posted on 08/30/2016 5:46:03 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago, Barky laughed when asked about voter fraud and the government??? You really don’t believe that, I think is what he said...

And now look at this, plus the internet on Oct 1st...where is that bolt of lightening I found, hmmm where did I put it!!!


94 posted on 08/30/2016 5:46:56 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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Federalizing police

Federalizing elections

Federalizing schools

Blah, blah blah.. Scary SH*T that must NOT happen here.

95 posted on 08/30/2016 5:47:03 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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“[H]illary can’t win so there’s a new strategy to drive the election decision into the courts where a divided SCOTUS minus Scalia decides for the Dems. Watch for the Dems to bring suit in the 9th Circuit.”

Posted by BlueYonder from the locked thread. You maybe on to something. They'll claim some nebulous voting irregularities and push it to the courts. They've got most of their communist agenda enacted by the courts.....why stop now?

104 posted on 08/30/2016 5:53:34 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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This is a typical trial balloon from Obozo and his muslim insiders.

If they say this and we don’t raise hell, they might just do it.

Raise hell and let them know from Obama to this fat assed Muslim, this will not be tolerated.

Final note, their inside polls and focus groups are showing a Trump landslide, and they are scared and will try anything to derail Trump.


108 posted on 08/30/2016 5:56:28 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((My passion for freedom is stronger than that of the Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.))
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So this is how the Democrats steal the election. No one will be allowed to verify the validity of the FBI’s claims. This is definitely a coup. Sad, sad day in America.


109 posted on 08/30/2016 5:56:28 PM PDT by bbernard
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Didn’t Obama say just a couple weeks ago that there is nothing to worry about with the election? What is with all of the back and forth from the White House?


112 posted on 08/30/2016 5:58:54 PM PDT by sockhead
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Knew it, as soon as I heard the Feds say it might be the Russians in two states then I knew this could be an excuse to have the Feds come in to the states and rig the machines.


115 posted on 08/30/2016 6:01:08 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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