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White House delays release of voting machine vulnerability report ahead of midterm elections

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State of Surveillance

2h ago· 19 min readenNews

Summary

The White House has delayed the release of a U.S. government report concluding that voting machines across many states run on outdated software, with midterm elections only 19 weeks away. The report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was briefed to the White House for six months without authorization to publish. Sources told Reuters they knew of no evidence of actual vote manipulation in U.S. elections. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard launched the probe.

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bskyWhite House delays release of voting machine vulnerability report ahead of midterm electionsstateofsurveillance.org

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The White House has delayed the release of a US government report that concludes voting machines across many states run on outdated software, with midterm elections 19 weeks away.
The report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was briefed to the White House for six months without authorization to publish.
All three sources who spoke to Reuters said they knew of no evidence of vote manipulation in US elections.
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Reuters reported Saturday that the White House is sitting on a CISA-coordinated voting-machine vulnerability report with midterm elections 19 weeks away. HN thread crossed 100 points Sunday morning.

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