- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as significant vulnerabilities in the nation’s voting machines ahead of the November midterms, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, concludes that voting machines could be further safeguarded by, for example, updating their software, the sources said. It does not say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping, but examines security gaps in how the machines are used during U.S. elections.
Some White House officials have argued the report could undermine voter confidence, particularly among Republicans. Others have said they do not believe the report goes far enough in supporting Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, the three sources said. Some Democrats said privately they worried Gabbard’s probe into voting machines would be used by the administration to push states to use paper ballots.
I think with an admin that could be vindicated with a release of this study NOT releasing it tells you all you need to know.
The study likely doesn’t conclude what they’ve been harping for years.
Or it did find evidence of vote manipulation, but not in the direction they have been screeching about. Every accusation is a confession, after all.
I mean yeah, screw it. I wanna believe in the voting system but the guy’s been on calls with state representatives being like “Gimme sum voots.”
Conveniently the whole narrative is about their opponents conveniently cheating? Psh.
Yeah his type only win when they cheat, and you’re right, they’re almost always incompetently, red-handedly, stupidly guilty of whatever they were blowhard accusing the other side of.
Or they found evidence of manipulation, at such a minuscule level that it doesn’t affect election results, but they want to hype it like it’s something that matters, and don’t want to give anyone time to refute their bullshit.