Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Did Maricopa County Officials Just Accidentally Admit Voting Machines Can Be Compromised?

Officials in Maricopa County announced they will replace the voting machines that were subpoenaed during the forensic audit of the 2020 election, alleging concerns about "Security and integrity."

"The voters of Maricopa County can rest assured, the County will never use equipment that could pose a risk to free and fair elections. The County recognizes Secretary Hobbs' authority under A.R.S. 16-442 to certify equipment for use in Arizona's elections. As a result, the County will not use the subpoenaed equipment in any future elections," the county said in a statement on Monday.

County officials, who have always opposed the audit, have long alleged, without any evidence, that subpoenaed machines could be compromised by the auditors and acquired new machines for local elections held this year.

Were the fact checks false? Instead of proving that voting machines were not hackable-something we were simply supposed to believe without any forensic examination-did they just admit the opposite is true? They are basically saying, "Trust the liberal county officials not to hack the machines, but don't trust the Republican-hired auditors not to hack them."

In 2019, Democrats warned about voting machines "Switching votes." Joe Biden even said he was concerned about manipulated voting machines before the election, and perhaps most revealing of all, a computer scientist literally demonstrated how easy it is to hack voting machines.

Have Maricopa County officials simply proven what we already know: that voting machines can be hacked? It all comes down to trusting those with custody of the machines not to hack them.

If voting machines were truly unhackable, as fact-checkers have claimed, Maricopa County officials wouldn't have to grandstand with baseless claims that the auditors might have compromised the machines.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/06/29/maricopa-county-officials-accidentally-admit-voting-machines-can-be-compromised-n1458111 

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