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Mueller sees Russian effort to influence the 2018 Midterms.

Why after two years of our Election System being targeted are we not getting any information?

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politico.com/story/2018/06/…
We know approximately half our states Voter Registration sites were being targeted in 2016
Some straight thru December

Almost a year later DHS decided to inform the states.

What the hell is going on if we have states that don’t know they are being hit by Russian IP’s.
The states that are supposed to protect us don’t know. DHS that is supposed to protect the states didn’t think it important enough to tell the states in real time.

DHS tells the states that they don’t have the time before midterms to guarantee that they can help every state
DHS waited a year before informing the states. Then they can’t help all states because they waited a year. Get the irony.

Then we have another issue. At the time they inform the states they have issued a statement that voter registration files weren’t compromised.
Here’s the problem. States didn’t know they were targeted. So since they control the Voter registration files how could DHS make that statement?
Fast forward two years here we are months before the most important election in our history and we are under the cone of silence. What is happening on our states servers right now? Why is no one asking the question?
I would like every SOS to be asked and to go on the record. When we go a year out from the midterms and DHS decides to tell us what happened I want to know who told us the facts and who didn’t.
Does anyone think that a SOS today would tell us if their voter registration files were hacked. I’m not sure they would.
We have talked to upper level IT experts that all agree it is easier to see an attempted hack then to know if something was compromised. If the states don’t see the attack how do we feel safe nothing happened?
Most importantly why don’t we know? Why isn’t anyone asking?

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Aug 21, 2018
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So Russia has reportedly moved on from Hacking our Election Infrastructure. Moving on to other things. Don’t believe it. They are everywhere in our Election System. They know the importance of the Midterms.

And Now This!
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Parts of an operation linked to Russian military intelligence targeting the US Senate and conservative think tanks were thwarted last week. The domains were associated with the Russian government and known as Strontium, or alternatively Fancy Bear or APT28
"Hackers could have used the domains to send emails to Senate staffers or people working for the Hudson Institute or the International Republican Institute in an attempt to trick them into handing over information, like their passwords."
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Aug 19, 2018
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Georgia to close 75% of Black Counties Precincts!! Precincts that were all open during the Primaries. They know they have a problem. Even with the Election machines that give suspect results they know they need more help.

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If this stands we need to start a major effort to provide transportation in this county. We will need drivers, volunteers and people to help distribute notices and spread the word.
This is also what we should be doing in any heavily Gerrymandered area where there is a difficulty with people traveling the long distance to their polling places.
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Jul 18, 2018
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BOOM!
More than 250 Trump Organization Subdomains are in Communication with Computers in Russia!!

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The Trump Organization, like most large organizations, has a lot of domains registered to it. Let's take a look.
Many of these domains have subdomains - like reservations.trumphotels.com. This is a normal practice. But we found something HIGHLY unusual.
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Jul 17, 2018
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Remote Access Software used by ES&S Voting. They finally tell the truth. At least some of it. Thank you to @KimZetter for pursuing her initial story from February. I am afraid we are missing the bigger point here.

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States have given over their Election Systems to a myriad of Private Companies. The States in many cases have absolutely no idea what is happening with their Elections.
Ask yourself why did the States notified over a year after the 2016 Election not know that they were being targeted by Russia? How is that possible? What does that mean for the possibility of having a free and fair Election?
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Jul 15, 2018
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Michigan, ES&S and the Voting Machines that couldn’t count!!

Why are States Buying and Using Machines that don’t pass testing?

It is infuriating!!

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All along there have been problems with electronic voting. Again and again election officials and observers have spoken up, only to be ignored.
In 2008 an election official in Oakland County Michigan noticed something alarming.with ES&S optical scan machines. Here is the story.
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Jul 14, 2018
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Maryland Voter Registration System runs on Russian Owned Software! The biggest problem here is that they never knew it. How is that possible? The States have no idea who is behind the companies they give the Elections over to.

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wbaltv.com/article/maryla…
We are going to be dropping a ton of research on exactly this. Why do States willfully do this. Would a state actually know if something went bad ? Let's talk more about Spearphishing.
Every company that touches a States Voting system introduces a hundred more employees that can get hacked. Companies rely on these contracts. They aren't going to disclose what happened. Just look at VR Systems.
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