11/12/20:
President Trump is lobbing claims of voter fraud in all directions. He was
cheated out of votes in Georgia. The vote in Pennsylvania was rigged. He snagged
the three electoral votes of Uzbekistan. He was robbed in every state that was
close but didn’t vote for him. The voting machines were jiggered to steal his
votes and give them to Joe Biden. Or Alf Landon, for god’s sake. Dead people by
the millions voted for the challenger. Mail-in balloting was rigged. With stamps
and envelopes.
And the licking!
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“The
November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.”
Members of the
Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating
Council
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By contrast, the members of Election Infrastructure Government
Coordinating Council Executive Committee, including Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S.
Election Assistance Commission Chair Benjamin Hovland, National Association of
Secretaries of State (NASS) President Maggie Toulouse Oliver, and National
Association of State Election Directors (NASED) President Lori Augino (whose
job it was to safeguard the election) have issued the following statement:
The November 3rd election was the most secure in American
history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and
double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the
result.
When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All
of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper
records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if
necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process
allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that
any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way
compromised [emphasis added].
Other security measures like pre-election testing, state
certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission’s (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional
confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.
While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities
for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we
have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and
you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted
voices as they administer elections.
As for who they might have in mind, spreading “unfounded claims”
and “misinformation,” you can probably puzzle that out yourself.
It’s worth noting that Mr. Hovland is a Trump appointee, and Bob
Kolasky at CISA, works for Charles Krebs, also picked for his job by Mr. Trump.
The other signatories represent bipartisan groups of state election officials.
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