Bernard, The Democrats aren't taking action due to the prior blacklash against Alex Halderman's creditability for https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities
On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results > By Dan Merica, CNN > November 23, 2016 > http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/hillary-clinton-challenge-results/index.html > > Hillary Clinton's campaign is being urged by a number of top computer > scientists to call for a recount of vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan > and Pennsylvania, according to a source with knowledge of the request. > > The computer scientists believe they have found evidence that vote > totals in the three states could have been manipulated or hacked and > presented their findings to top Clinton aides on a call last Thursday. > > The scientists, among them J. Alex Halderman, the director of the > University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, told > the Clinton campaign they believe there is a questionable trend of > Clinton performing worse in counties that relied on electronic voting > machines compared to paper ballots and optical scanners, according to > the source. > > The group informed John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, and Marc > Elias, the campaign's general counsel, that Clinton received 7% fewer > votes in counties that relied on electronic voting machines, which the > group said could have been hacked. > > Their group told Podesta and Elias that while they had not found any > evidence of hacking, the pattern needs to be looked at by an independent > review. > > Neither Halderman nor John Bonifaz, an attorney also pressing the case, > responded to requests for comment on Tuesday evening. Their urging was > first reported by New York magazine. > > A message left with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team also > was not immediately returned. > > There were widespread concerns about hacking ahead of this month's > election, including the Obama administration accusing Russia of > attempting to breach voter registration data. But election officials and > cybersecurity experts said earlier this month that it is virtually > impossible for Russia to influence the election outcome. > > A former Clinton aide declined to respond to questions about whether > they will request an audit based on the findings. > > Additionally, at least three electors have pledged to not vote for Trump > and to seek a "reasonable Republican alternative for president through > Electoral College," according to a statement > > Wednesday from a group called the Hamilton Electors, which represents them. > > "The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as the last line of > defense," one elector, Michael Baca, said in a statement, "and I think > we must do all that we can to ensure that we have a reasonable > Republican candidate who shares our American values." > > -- > > Regards > brd > > Bernard Robertson-Dunn > Sydney Australia > email: [email protected] > web: www.drbrd.com > web: www.problemsfirst.com > Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Regards, Christian Heinrich http://cmlh.id.au/contact _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
