[November 13] AP: Repudiating Trump, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials say 2020 election ‘most secure’

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The AP has reported on a recent statement from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency where this governmental agency has stated that: "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history .... There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.":

Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees | CISA

The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chair Benjamin Hovland, National Association of Secretaries of State...

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Full statement:

"The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result.

"When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.

"Other security measures like pre-election testing, state certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.

"While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections."

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AP report:

Repudiating Trump, officials say election 'most secure'

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to put it any more bluntly: "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to put it any more bluntly: "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised."

Rejecting President Donald Trump's persistent claims and complaints, a broad coalition of top government and industry officials is declaring that the Nov. 3 voting and the following count unfolded smoothly with no more than the usual minor hiccups.

It was, they declare, resorting to Trump's sort of dramatic language, "the most secure in American history."

The statement late Thursday by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency amounted to the most direct repudiation to date of Trump's efforts to undermine the integrity of the contest, and echoed repeated assertions by election experts and state officials.

The president was not impressed.

He tweeted on Friday that Democrats have complained for years about unsafe elections but "Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election ever."

"Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did. Rigged Election!" Trump tweeted.

He didn't elaborate, but he and his supporters have charged repeatedly — and filed legal challenges — complaining that their poll watchers were unable to closely watch the voting and counting. They also have raised objections to problems that are typical in most elections: Questions about signatures, late votes and postmarks on mail-in ballots, as well as the potential for a small number of ballots miscast or lost.

Many of those challenges have been tossed out by judges, some within hours of their filing, though some are still pending.

With Democrat Joe Biden leading Trump by wide margins in key battleground states, none of the issues would have any impact on the outcome of the election.

Thursday's statement was written for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which spearheaded federal election protection efforts, and was tweeted by its director, Chris Krebs. Hours earlier, he was the subject of a Reuters story that said he had told associates he expected to be fired by Trump. Krebs has been vocal on Twitter in repeatedly reassuring Americans that the election was secure and that their votes would be counted.

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[BassForever]

Womp womp

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Trump also agrees that it was the most secure election

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Watching this idiot repeatedly get smacked in the face by reality is some wonderful schadenfreude.

 

[Jamesways]

Cue the "DEEP STATE SPREADING LIES!!"

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Thanks Obama or Joe Biden's Future America or Hillary's emails or whatever the blame catchphrase is this week.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Cue the "DEEP STATE SPREADING LIES!!"

sigh...

Thanks Obama or Joe Biden's Future America or Hillary's emails or whatever the blame catchphrase is this week.

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I mean, he's a narcissist who's incapable of accepting loss. He'll keep whining no matter what anyone says.

But a huge security agency saying the election was secure makes it even harder for his idiotic legal challenges to hold any weight in court.

 

[Jamesways]

I mean, he's a narcissist who's incapable of accepting loss. He'll keep whining no matter what anyone says.

But a huge security agency saying the election was secure makes it even harder for his idiotic legal challenges to hold any weight in court.

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Oh I know it. Honestly, I'm not worried about the legal cases or even the faithless electors. Eventually more GOP legislators will accept reality. But the public opinion he's swaying, that's dangerous. Half the damn country now believe there were millions of votes switched from deep state conspirators. It's ridiculous.

Now, in a pandemic which he isn't even acknowledging, with race issues and mistrust and high tension between both party supporters, to try to continue to undermine the democratic system and to get people to stop trusting or believing in fair and free elections, is so incredibly shitty.

All of his childish bullshit is just dividing us further.

 

[shinobi602]

 

[night814]

Oh I know it. Honestly, I'm not worried about the legal cases or even the faithless electors. Eventually more GOP legislators will accept reality. But the public opinion he's swaying, that's dangerous. Half the damn country now believe there were millions of votes switched from deep state conspirators. It's ridiculous.

Now, in a pandemic which he isn't even acknowledging, with race issues and mistrust and high tension between both party supporters, to try to continue to undermine the democratic system and to get people to stop trusting or believing in fair and free elections, is so incredibly shitty.

All of his childish bullshit is just dividing us further.

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From what we've seen he's only convincing Republicans, independents and Dems are not convinced the election was fraudulent in anyway