Department of Homeland Security, October 7, 2016: Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security:
Some states have also recently seen scanning and probing of their election-related systems, which in most cases originated from servers operated by a Russian company. However, we are not now in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian Government. The USIC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assess that it would be extremely difficult for someone, including a nation-state actor, to alter actual ballot counts or election results by cyber attack or intrusion. This assessment is based on the decentralized nature of our election system in this country and the number of protections state and local election officials have in place. States ensure that voting machines are not connected to the Internet, and there are numerous checks and balances as well as extensive oversight at multiple levels built into our election process.
CNN, October 19, 2016: No, the presidential election can't be hacked:
The public is understandably concerned about the integrity of next month's election.But election officials and cyber experts say it's virtually impossible for Moscow or some other outside group to influence the election outcome.
1. Why is it unlikely the presidential election can be swayed by a hack?
The American election system is decentralized by design, with state, county and local governments all managing voting. Even though many precincts use voting machines, none are connected to the Internet, nor are they connected to each other.
CNN told us the voting machines were not connected to the internet. Now they don't want to cover the discovery that that they were?
So, were they lying then or are they lying now?
-PJ
Both. Continually. The truth is not in them.