U.S. officials now worry about election logistics more than hacking

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In a reversal from a few years ago, many officials who oversee U.S. election technology and outside security experts now worry less about hacking in the November elections than about misinformation and logistics such as a shortage of poll workers and slowdowns at the U.S. postal service.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs speaks to reporters at CISA’s Election Day Operation Center on Super Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC2LCF9026SE/File Photo

In addition, the sheer number of jurisdictions and varied versions of software would make fraud with a national impact impractical, officials said. But Blaze and others said they were mainly worried that many localities do not have enough funding for election-day workers to handle in-person votes under pandemic conditions, with possible protests and disruptions, at the same time as they plan for a record number of mailed ballots.

 

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Well, realDonaldTrump is just TraitorTrump

Part of the problem lies in the fact that many states have relied on 3rd party companies to deliver secure infrastructure they simply lack the expertise to deliver. Many of them have little or no experience and have left states holding the bag.

It is not an election, it is a Nov. eviction.

maybe if there where many, many more places where you could easily cast your vote would help 'democracy'

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nno worries libs.. we have figured out how to steal the mail in vote... you all are fucked.

Maryland moved away from paper balloting until the government discovered a Russian company was providing and maintaining the electronic voting machines. Maryland returned to paper ballots and scanners to have a paper trail for recounts.

Shit logic! There’s none!

Get to work then. There’s a wave coming.

josephmenn Reuters is fake news

They should be worried about both!!!

Trump’s cockroaches are trying to make voting harder for the less affluent among us! Look what Mitch accomplished in Tennessee!

Russia will be happy to hear that...

This is why you just vote in person like we have since 1788 or so.

If the election counts go anything like the Covid testing it’s going to be a train wreck

Because this country is now broken..

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