voting machines
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Georgia Is One Vote Away From Stealing Elections for the Next 20 Years
When writer Ian Fleming created super spy James Bond, he knew a good villain was just as important as the hero of the story. Fleming based many of Bond’s villains on actual people, because let’s be honest, regular people do some pretty horrible things. Wholesale evil schemes don’t have to come from the mind of…
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Exclusive: Thousands of Black Votes in Georgia Disappeared and No One Can Explain It
Voter suppression in Georgia was one of the most discussed issues during the 2018 midterm elections. Front and center in the debate stood Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a longtime voting-rights activist who had dedicated much of her career to fighting for every citizen’s right to vote. Abrams was also running to become the state’s…
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Back in Business? While Federal Workers Remain Out of Work, Ivanka Trump Secures New Trademarks From China
The government may be shut down, but someone in Trump’s administration is still hard at work. CBS News reports that “White House Senior Adviser” Ivanka Trump has been quietly securing trademarks from the Chinese government in recent months. Yes, the very same Chinese government that her father is in active trade negotiations with. Specifically, CBS reports…
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Texas Voting Machines Are Reportedly Switching Votes for Beto O’Rourke to Ted Cruz
Several Texas organizations have received reports of voting machines switching votes in the high-profile Senate race between incumbent Ted Cruz, who is reportedly not the Zodiac Killer (allegedly) and upstart candidate Beto O’Rourke. The Houston Chronicle reports that multiple voters have documented incidents during early voting where they have used the straight-ticket option (where the…
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On Conspiracy Theories and Election Hacking [Updated]
Editor’s Note (8/1/2018): The original story that appeared here has been updated after editorial review. The reasons are outlined in the updated piece. On Thursday morning, The Root published an article written by this writer asserting my opinion that the 2016 election was hacked by Russian actors and that there is evidence that votes were…
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A Conference Asked Hackers to See Which Voting Machines Could Be Breached: They Hacked All of Them
We might as well face it, y’all—they stole the election. If you didn’t believe it after the secret Russian house party with Donald Trump’s son (the dumb one, not the neo-Nazi one), the Paul Manafort canceled checks, Jeff Sessions and the Russian ambassador becoming “friends with benefits,” or Trump and Putin making out in the…