True, a centralized system would be one penetration, not many.old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:00 pmVoting systems are run by the states. The Feds can't mandate it. A centralized Fed system would be easier to rig.a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:57 pmWe have not done that.
This is where the Russian paranoia comes in----when Trump and McConnell don't work diligently to protect out election systems, out come the tinfoil hats.
What happens when Americans stop trusting the results of our elections?
Kind of a big problem, don't you think?
And when the reports come out of more hacking and Russian probing of our systems in 2020, what do you think will happen?
But providing resources to implement new systems (if necessary) with paper back-up required to get those resources is within the Federal gov't purview.