Experts Allege Elections Might Have Been ‘Rigged’ In Three Key States
A group of scientists and lawyers are encouraging Hillary Clinton to challenge the elections in three key swing states because results could have been manipulated, the Independent is reporting.
The activists including J Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan’s Centre for Computer Security and Society and voting rights lawyer John Bonifaz believe they have strong evidence that shows the results of battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania may have been hacked.
The group has refused to go on record, but sources say they are privately talking to Clinton’s team and asking them to challenge the election results as soon as possible. They believe a recount could still swing the election in Clinton’s favor before Mr. Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
The team is saying that the results of these battleground states were hacked to artificially tweak a lower turnout. The states allow people vote in two ways. Firstly, a vote can be inputted directly into a computer. Secondly, paper votes can be counted by the use of an optical scanning machine.
In an instance, the group revealed that Clinton received 7 percent fewer votes in those counties of Wisconsin in which votes were counted electronically, compared to those with paper ballots and optical scanners. What this purportedly means is that Hillary Clinton’s votes from the counting machines were tampered with while the paper counts remained intact.
According to the revelations, the hack could have cost the 69-year-old Democrat, 30,000 votes in Wisconsin, where she lost the state by 27,000 votes. Those 30,000 votes would have ensured a win, which is worth ten Electoral College votes. Clinton also lost the 20 Electoral College votes of Pennsylvania by a 68,236 margin, and there was Michigan, which was too close to call. If Clinton had won there, she would have garnered 16 Electoral College votes.
There has been no one fingered for the hacking. However, in a run-off to the November 8 elections, the DNC had blamed Russia for hacking a slew of Democrat email accounts.
The team presented their findings to Clinton’s campaign chair, John Podesta and general counsel, Marc Elias in a conference call. If the Clinton camp is planning to do anything about this information, it has not been announced. There is no guarantee that anything would be found, but the group says the striking pattern in vote counts merits another review.
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If the Clinton team plans to file a recount in Wisconsin, the deadline is Friday. In Pennsylvania, the camp has until Monday; the cut-off date in Michigan is November 30. Sources close to the White House are saying that they do not want Hillary’s team to push for a recount. The source revealed that it could hamper a seamless transition between the Obama and Trump administrations.
But this has not stopped some Clinton supporters from forcing the issue. Top Clinton Huma Abedin’s sister encouraged her Facebook followers to petition the Justice Department to audit the 2016 vote. “Call the DOJ … and tell them you want the votes.”
Current Electoral College tallies stand at 290 for Trump and 232 for Clinton. The count does not include Michigan’s 16 Electoral College votes which were too close to call. For those who believe that Hillary’s votes could have been artificially whittled down, if a recount wins Hillary Clinton the three key swing states, it would be Hillary Clinton getting the inauguration nod on Friday, January 20, 2017.
According to the Inquisitr, six dissenting electors are also trying to go against the grain by voting for a Republican to block Donald Trump’s presidency. The Electoral College meets December 19, and “faithless electors” are trying to obstruct Trump’s presidency by persuading 37 Republicans to reject the 70-year-old politician.
An anonymous Democratic elector believes this might end up being a herculean task, but would consider the initiative a success if it brought about massive changes in the 228-year run constitutional process, which has seen Clinton win the popular vote still lose the election.
“If it gets into the House, the controversy and the uncertainty that would immediately blow up into a political firestorm in the U.S. would cause enough people to look at the whole concept of the Electoral College.”
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