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Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections

2016-08-31

I feel so much more assured...not.
[WashingtonExaminer] Even before the FBI identified new cyber attacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a "critical infrastructure," giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and and the electric power grid.

The latest admissions of attacks could speed up that effort possibly including the upcoming presidential election, according to officials.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson also said that the big issue at hand is that there isn't a central election system since the states run elections. "There's no one federal election system. There are some 9,000 jurisdictions involved in the election process," Johnson said.

That would make it a lot harder to take over, especially if more than half the governors are uninterested.

Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#10 Homeland Security -- secure the vote (sarc, for whom?)
US Fish and Wildlife Service -- Gibson Guitar
ATF -- Fast and Furious
IRS -- Targeting conservative groups and weaponizing the government
DOS -- Benghazi
FBI -- HildaGate
DOJ -- Going after police departments, W. Clinton meeting with Lynch
I'm not even sure where using the MSM for Donk propaganda fits in to the bureaucracy structure.

The EPA, the Bureau of Land Management (the other BLM!), the OPM hack...

Posted by: charger 2016-08-31 20:20

#9 I don't trust the DHS to take charge of elections. At least with a decentralized system of voting as we now have under control of the states, voter fraud is somewhat localized and harder to pull off. Moreover, less damage can be done under a decentralized set up. A centralized system of voting under the control of the Federal government will make it much easier to carry on large scale voter fraud and create havoc. I'd say hell no.

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-31 18:15

#8 Honestly, I think the door to voter fraud was opened wide when the Dems pushed it years ago across the country as a way to expand their inner city voter fraud practices into the burbs. That Vlad or the Guangzou unit or some Iranian Quds force hacker would play bean counter to mess with the election is now a very high risk threat. BUT, even if DHS actually did an honest job of protecting the fairness of the elections (a dubious assumption in my opinion) after DoJ Fast and Furious, the IRS scandals, DoS Benghazi, DoJ non prosecution of Hilda, the EPA lies, the FBI loosing Mateens wife, I honestly think that no matter what happens this is another nail in the coffin of the peoples growing utter mistrust of their federal government. The schism of inner city takers and suburb/rural makers, layered on black/brown vs white racial mistrust and agitated BLM rioting is growing at geometric rates, and this will only add to that if it happens. If Champ tries to pull something like a postponement of the election or "investigation" into the outcome and remain in office, there will be hell to pay like we haven't seen since 1861...

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-08-31 17:37

#7 Can't wait to see them try that in Texas.

Posted by: Elmuse Bumble3288 2016-08-31 15:33

#6 #4 It all boils down to whether you trust the United States Govt. Well, do you?

Homeland Security -- secure the vote (sarc, for whom?)
US Fish and Wildlife Service -- Gibson Guitar
ATF -- Fast and Furious
IRS -- Targeting conservative groups and weaponizing the government
DOS -- Benghazi
FBI -- HildaGate
DOJ -- Going after police departments, W. Clinton meeting with Lynch
I'm not even sure where using the MSM for Donk propaganda fits in to the bureaucracy structure.

Not so much!

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-31 08:23

#5 "There's no one federal election system. There are some 9,000 jurisdictions involved in the election process," Johnson said.

There used to be a reason for that.

Posted by: Raj 2016-08-31 08:05

Well I duuno. The 'pilot program' went reasonable well.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-31 07:26

#3 But, but, all the "responsible" polls guarantee Hillary's victory anyway!?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-08-31 04:22

#2 Doesn't matter how people vote... It's how they are counted that matters!

Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-08-31 00:24

#1 They will make sure the people vote correctly. aka for the correct candidate.

Posted by: DarthVader 2016-08-31 00:02

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