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To Deter Foreign Hackers, Some States May Also Be Deterring Voters (npr.org)
A number of states are blocking web traffic from foreign countries to their voter registration websites, making the process harder for some U.S. citizens who live overseas to vote, despite the practice providing no real security benefits. From a report: On its face, the "geo-targeting" of foreign countries may seem like a solid plan: election officials around the country are concerned about foreign interference after Russia's efforts leading up to the 2016 election, so blocking traffic to election websites from outside the United States might seem like an obvious defense starting point. But cybersecurity experts and voting rights advocates say it's an ineffective solution that any hacker could easily sidestep using a virtual private network, or VPN, a commonly-used and easily-available service. Such networks allow for a computer user to use the Internet and appear in a different location than they actually are.
He didn't say "Obama" - he said Homeland Security and they DID attempt to infiltrate their systems along with several other states.
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/0...
Ostensibly it could be argued that they were "testing" the security but that's not been confirmed one way or the other or why they didn't bother notifying the states when they got in that their security was compromised.
Interesting also that this story just went away after the election.
Yes, other groups such as Russia. This is how we wound up with Trump.
The whole Russia false narrative is getting really old, and I can't believe how many people have fallen for it. Hot off the press: Obama Had a Secret Plan in Case Trump Rejected 2016 Election Results It's pretty easy to see that when Trump won instead of lost, they decided to go forward with the false narrative anyway, and their useful idiot friends in the media helped to perpetuate it.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Attacks on GOP:
Steve Skelise(sp?) shot, Rand Paul shot at
Rand Paul attacked 6 broken ribs
Rand Paul assaulted at airport (noticing a pattern yet?)
Cruz chased out of restaurant
\Sarah Sanders chased out of multiple restaurants
Pam Bondi chased out of movie theatre
Calls for violence against GOP by...
Corey Booker
Maxine Waters
Eric Holder
Attacks on DNC
Gabby Giffords shot by insane liberal.
Calls to violence against DNC by... ...
Yea, one attack is weak evidence, a string of attacks with calls to violence by leaders of a party is another thing. Sorry you are such an ass and support such attacks as valid protests.
No ID required: Australia, Denmark, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland)
That's not true. As a Dane, I have to show ID when voting and know my date of birth. On top of that I have to hand in a "voting card", which on top of containing some data for me (like name and address), it has a barcode and a serial number. The barcode is scanned and everything has to match to be allowed to vote. Also it blocks the serial number from voting again, ensuring one person can only vote once in each election. Before the barcode approach, I had to go to a specific table at the polling station because the tables where they handed out ballots had printed lists of voters. Not only did you have to be in the list, they marked when a person voted, meaning you had to be in their list without a mark to get the ballot. Even with the barcode approach, they have a person to marks people on paper to verify the computer and fallback in case the computer stops working (like power outage).
If you know a way to get around the checks, then I would like to know about it. I also believe the politicians and police would want to know how that could be possible.