Norway, if you’re listening: Feel free to hack our presidential race

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'Unless the Trump administration and Congress do more, the integrity of our elections depends too much on social media companies that failed to earn our trust in 2016. That’s not a good sign,' writes DoyleMcManus.

Just about every cybersecurity expert agrees that Russia isAnd why shouldn’t they? The cost is laughably low, and they face few if any penalties if they’re caught.from a foreign government to slip him derogatory information about his opponents.

That undercut officials in his own administration who have warned foreign powers that messing in our elections will be considered a hostile act. Of course, if the president were serious about defending the integrity of the 2020 election, there’s plenty he could do. Democratic presidential campaigns have taken that pledge. The Trump campaign has not. On Friday, spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said the campaign would handle foreign offers on “a case-by-case basis.”

Another recommendation: Every state should use paper ballots, which can be retained and checked in case machines are hacked. Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, has committed to that goal, but may not get there by 2020. That might seem impossible. News organizations are hard-wired to publish scoops, not suppress them, and judgments can vary wildly. But journalists were part of the problem in 2016. This time they need to disclose more about sources of leaked data — and the sources’ motivations.

 

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DoyleMcManus Our electronic voting/counting machines have been proven easily hackable. We will not trust the election results unless we use audited, publicly counted, HandMarkedPaperBallots

DoyleMcManus Voter ID 🇺🇸 many non citizens vote because you can go to a polling station and not show ID to prove who you are

DoyleMcManus Junk.

DoyleMcManus Strong vetting of eligible voters, with say...IDs may be helpful. Dems aren't really interested in that though, are they?

DoyleMcManus Foreign countries can meddle in the next election with the full approval of Trump, with the stipulation of his winning a deal of some kind can be struck, remember folks Trump is a business man not a politician.

DoyleMcManus A VoterIDLaw especially here in the voterfraud capital of the nation here in California would be the first step in reinforcing the integrity of our elections.

DoyleMcManus

DoyleMcManus Wait.....you want Congress to actually DO something? Good luck with that.

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