10-21-2020, 09:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-22-2020, 06:26 AM by Bob Butler 54.)
I guess the shenanigans have started. It seems that several of Rachel Maddow's viewers received an e-mail that said they knew the receiver's name, e-mail address, physical address, who you voted for, and if you didn't vote for Trump they were coming to get you. Several folks reported this to Rachel from places as diverse as Florida and Alaska. The reportedly notified the local police and FBI as well. I figure that for everyone who notified Rachel, there were a bunch who didn't. It was rumored that these were sent from a Proud Boys web site, which was hacked but seemingly implicates a pro Trump faction. It was rumored that this was a foreign op, most likely Iran, Russia also mentioned. The Trump political guy said it was an anti Trump message, which confused the press involved as it was on the surface a pro Trump message. Schumer guessed it was more to reduce the credibility and trust in the election system.
It was emphasized that the actual votes were off line, that it would be virtually impossible to change a vote by hacking. You would have to get physical custody of the ballots. However, many jurisdictions keep their voting lists on less secure computers. It is very possible to pick up or change voter registration information, which is in the public domain anyway. (Not the how you voted part. That is emphatically not in the public domain, but the claim was made.) How do you think the major parties know who to call in their phone bank operations?
Senator Schumer emphasized one threat. If they could change your address, that implied a change of your polling location. After waiting in line for hours to vote, you could learn you were registered somewhere else, and have to go start the process all again elsewhere.
T mins 13 days... Counting.
Edit. CNN's report on the incident.
Edit 2: Is this all so Iran makes me sympathetic with the poor abused Proud Boys?
It was emphasized that the actual votes were off line, that it would be virtually impossible to change a vote by hacking. You would have to get physical custody of the ballots. However, many jurisdictions keep their voting lists on less secure computers. It is very possible to pick up or change voter registration information, which is in the public domain anyway. (Not the how you voted part. That is emphatically not in the public domain, but the claim was made.) How do you think the major parties know who to call in their phone bank operations?
Senator Schumer emphasized one threat. If they could change your address, that implied a change of your polling location. After waiting in line for hours to vote, you could learn you were registered somewhere else, and have to go start the process all again elsewhere.
T mins 13 days... Counting.
Edit. CNN's report on the incident.
Edit 2: Is this all so Iran makes me sympathetic with the poor abused Proud Boys?
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