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Why Does DHS Want to Designate Election Booths 'Critical Infrastructure?'
Hertiage Foundation ^ | August 17, 2016 | Hans A. von Spakovsky

Posted on 06/11/2017 10:46:49 AM PDT by HarleyLady27

The New York Times and other mainstream outlets have been filled with alarming stories recently about the possibility, voiced by Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that our voting process in the November election could be subjected to cyber-attacks. Johnson told reporters in Washington (and state officials in a phone call on Monday) that he was considering designating our election system as “critical infrastructure, like the financial sector, like the power grid” because there is “a vital national interest in our electoral process.”

There is only one problem with this — there is no credible threat of a successful cyberattack on our voting and ballot-counting process because of the way our current election system is organized. An election official who was on that Monday call, and who has direct knowledge of Johnson’s plan told me that Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler asked Johnson whether he had any evidence of any credible threat to our election system. Johnson’s answer was “no.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitution; crimes; elections; government
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Please notice the date on this article...I have done some research before I posted here, this is what they had all set up when Hillary was named President...after doing what I did in research, I decided that this is why they want to get President Trump out...so they can do their own 'elections'...
1 posted on 06/11/2017 10:46:49 AM PDT by HarleyLady27
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To: HarleyLady27; Jane Long; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Black Agnes; djstex; RoosterRedux; DoughtyOne; ...

PING...


2 posted on 06/11/2017 10:47:12 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Putin elected Hillary after Trump peed on the hookers. It all makes sense


3 posted on 06/11/2017 10:51:40 AM PDT by brucedickinson
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A states issue. No federal intervention authorized. The states run their elections.


4 posted on 06/11/2017 10:54:47 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: HarleyLady27

The Deep State traitorous kakistocracy want to control the election process in all states. That would, in fact, give aid and comfort to the enemy, and their allies, the DemonicRat Party, to subvert for their own purposes.

These traitors cannot be tried, convicted, sentenced, and hanged fast enough!


5 posted on 06/11/2017 10:55:32 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: HarleyLady27

We’ll know it’s crooked when the KCOTUS weighs in.

- tagline -


6 posted on 06/11/2017 10:56:59 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: HarleyLady27

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/26/ig-probing-alleged-dhs-snooping-in-georgia-election-network.amp.html
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/25/exclusive-inspector-general-to-investigate-10-dhs-cyberattacks-on-georgia-election-system/

Curious.


7 posted on 06/11/2017 10:59:13 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Related as well.


8 posted on 06/11/2017 11:00:40 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: HarleyLady27

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/exclusive-obamas-feds-tried-to-hack-indianas-election-system-while-pence-was-governor/

Helps if the link stays when you post.
:-/


9 posted on 06/11/2017 11:01:08 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Where’s the special counsel to investigate Jeh Johnson’s DHS CYBER ATTACK INTO GEORGIA’S ELECTION NETWORK?


10 posted on 06/11/2017 11:05:47 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: Darksheare

Thank you for those links, I tried to find them in my hundreds of discs but couldn’t...thanks again...


11 posted on 06/11/2017 11:06:21 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Remember the guy that came out and said that “We the people don’t elect the person, they do” and everyone was up in arms, well now we know where he got that information from...


12 posted on 06/11/2017 11:08:21 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: DoughtyOne
Your tag line......SCOTUS are elites. MFM is no elite - they might feel they are, but WTP look at them as common, just like US.

MFM = Acme Monkey Business
(The only "pros" in town)
"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey"

13 posted on 06/11/2017 11:09:37 AM PDT by V K Lee (DJT: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ")
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Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Jeh the 0bamaoCommie is FORMER Secy of DHS.

Current Secy of DHS is John Kelly.

.

14 posted on 06/11/2017 11:10:00 AM PDT by repentant_pundit (Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten baby.)
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To: repentant_pundit

Right...that’s why I posted to look at the date of this article...


15 posted on 06/11/2017 11:14:05 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: V K Lee

My reference to the Fourth Estate and the Kangaroo Court of the United States, touches on the idea they think they are some form of government watch-dog, but more often than not these days turn into a Kangaroo Court.

Their treatment of Trump is THE prime example.

The stooges at the MSM sites, are certainly flying monkeys these days.


16 posted on 06/11/2017 11:15:53 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Jeh Johnson is another “Holder’s Person” who needs to see the inside of a jail cell. We certainly dodged a bullet last year!


17 posted on 06/11/2017 11:16:46 AM PDT by vette6387
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18 posted on 06/11/2017 11:17:44 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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19 posted on 06/11/2017 11:18:53 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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Can you imagine the riches flowing to the deep state over the ability to put crash barriers and guard towers around polling places and certify polling booths hacker imune - we have certified that ballots were not printed with secret ink and disappearing ink.

That EIS in 3 volumes that Trump showed for the 8 miles of highway, that is nothing compared to the bonanza for this sort of thing.

20 posted on 06/11/2017 11:29:42 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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