Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin was at his desk on June 7, 2016, when the calls started coming in. It was the day of the California presidential primary, and upset voters wanted the county's top prosecutor to know that they had been prevented from casting their ballots. "There were people calling our office and filing complaints that they had tried to vote and that their registration had been changed unbeknownst to them," says Hestrin. Soon there were more than 20 reports of trouble, and Hestrin, a 19-year veteran of the office and a graduate of Stanford Law School, dispatched investigators to county polling places to see what was going on.
At first what they found was reassuring. Everyone who had been blocked from voting had been offered a provisional ballot, and most had cast their votes that way. But as the investigators dug deeper, things looked less innocuous. In the days after the vote, more people started coming forward to say they'd also had problems with their voter registration on primary day. In at least half a dozen cases, Hestrin and his investigators concluded, the changes had been made by hackers who had used private information, like Social Security or driver's-license numbers, to access the central voter-registration database for the entire state of California.
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WNU Editor: What this leaked document is saying is that the U.S. federal government .... on the authority of the President .... would institute a form of "martial law" if election day interference had caused widespread disruption in the 2016 vote. Scary stuff if you ask me .... because I can only imagine the chaos and anger if the U.S. vote was suspended in such a manner.
On a side note .... the best voting system that I have come across is the Canadian election-voting system. People go door to door to register you to vote every few years. When an election is called everyone who is on the registration rolls gets a notice that they are on it .... if you are not you go to the registration office with proper ID and proof that you live in the riding where you are then put on the roll. On election day you show-up with a valid (federally recognised) photo-Id, given a paper ballot where you can mark your vote and then put in a box to be counted manually later with reps from the parties involved in the vote being present. Unfortunately .... the way it is in the U.S. .... photo-ID/proof of residence/etc. .... what is common sense to me is treated as discrimination or worse in the U.S..
More News On President Obama's Plan To Deploy Armed Federal Officers If Election-Day Interference Had Caused Widespread Disruption In The 2016 Vote
Exclusive: Read the Previously Undisclosed Plan to Counter Russian Hacking on Election Day -- Time
Obama's Secret Plan to Deploy the Military on Election Day -- FOX News
Obama's Election Day Plan For Russian Hacking Included Military Option: Report -- International Business Times
Obama White House drew up plan for armed federal officers at polling places over fears of a Russian cyber attack on election day -- Daily Mail
Obama administration considered deploying military to counter Election Day cyberattacks: Report -- Washington Times
Obama was ready to send armed guards to polling places in the event of an Election Day cyberattack -- Washington Examiner
Leaked Obama Plan To Fight Election-Day Meddling Included 'Martial Law' -- Zero Hedge
Denis McDonough defends Obama’s Russia hacking response in op-ed -- Politico
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