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Post by avordvet on Jun 13, 2017 4:37:41 GMT -5
Why Does DHS Want to Designate Election Booths 'Critical Infrastructure?'Aug 17th, 2016, Hans A. von Spakovsky, The New York Times and other mainstream outlets have been filled with alarming stories recently about the possibility, voiced by Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that our voting process in the November election could be subjected to cyber-attacks. Johnson told reporters in Washington (and state officials in a phone call on Monday) that he was considering designating our election system as “critical infrastructure, like the financial sector, like the power grid” because there is “a vital national interest in our electoral process.” There is only one problem with this — there is no credible threat of a successful cyberattack on our voting and ballot-counting process because of the way our current election system is organized. An election official who was on that Monday call, and who has direct knowledge of Johnson’s plan told me that Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler asked Johnson whether he had any evidence of any credible threat to our election system. Johnson’s answer was “no.” www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/why-does-dhs-want-designate-election-booths-critical-infrastructure
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