[EL] Guccifer2.0 on election rigging

Sat Nov 5 10:00:38 PDT 2016

The GEMS module is one used for instant runoff voting. No jurisdiction uses
it to count presidential votes (or any other office above local level).

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Dr. Michael P. McDonald
Associate Professor, University of Florida
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On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Thomas Moore <TMoore at fec.gov> wrote:

>
> Paul, Jon, Listmates,
>
> Here’s the statement the FEC has put out about this:
>
> Although the message refers to the “FEC,” it does not appear to describe
> the Commission’s function or abilities.  The Federal Election Commission
> has jurisdiction over federal campaign finance laws, not the voting process
> or voter fraud, and we do not register election observers. The
> administration of elections and voting tabulation are performed by the
> individual states. Moreover, the Commission’s computer systems are not
> linked in any way to state election administration computer systems.
>
> The Commission is unaware of any hacking attempts on the agency's servers.
> The FEC is continually monitoring its IT security systems and regularly
> takes measures to defend against any potential threats.
>
> In short: The Commission is not aware of our being hacked, and we couldn’t
> affect the election results if we were.
>
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Paul Ryan <PRyan at commoncause.org> wrote:
>
> Jon,
>
> If the following is a dumb question, please pardon my ignorance. I'm not
> at all familiar with hacking and how hackers do their thing.
>
> Given that the FEC plays no role in administering elections--its authority
> and work is limited to regulating the financing of federal elections--how
> would "software installed in the FEC networks" enable/allow hacking of the
> elections, which are administered by the 50 states?
>
> Also, the article you liked to contains purportedly quoted content from
> the Guccifer 2.0 blog post, stating that Guccifer 2.0 claims to "have
> registered in the FEC electronic system as an independent election
> observer; so [he could] monitor that the elections are held honestly."  To
> my knowledge, the FEC has no role in coordinating any sort of "election
> observers."
>
> What am I missing? Does the FEC have some secret involvement in states'
> administration of elections?  Or is this just part of the effort to stir up
> unfounded fear and paranoia about the integrity of the elections underway?
>
> Paul Seamus Ryan
> Vice President, Policy & Litigation
> Common Cause
> (202) 262-7315
>
> On Nov 5, 2016, at 7:54 AM, "jon.roland at constitution.org" <
> jon.roland at constitution.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/hacker-guccifer-
> 2-0-warns-he-has-info-from-inside-fec-democrats-may-rig-
> the-elections_11042016
>
> Before the recent torrent of daily Podesta email dumps brought renewed
> attention to Wikileaks (and accusations Julian Assange was working with the
> Kremlin despite his recent denial, which ultimately cost him his internet
> access), the media’s attention was closely focused on the recently emerged
> hacker known as Guccifer 2.0, who claimed to be behind the hacking of the
> nearly 20,000 Democratic National Committee emails and other documents
> distributed over the summer by WikiLeaks, and who likewise was accused of
> cooperating with Russia.
>
> Earlier today, after a two week silence, Guccifer 2.0 reemerged, with a
> post on his blog,
> <https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/info-from-inside-the-fec-the-democrats-may-rig-the-elections/>in
> which he alleges that he has information from inside the Federal Election
> Commission, according to which “democrats may rig the elections.” He then
> adds “this may be possible because of the software installed in the FEC
> networks by the large IT companies.”
>
> It is unclear what FEC information the hacker was in possession of, or was
> referring to, and how he intends to observe the elections. A recent video
> by Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting provided a real-time demo of the GEMS
> vote-fraud system, “fraction magic,” an election theft mechanism with
> context and explanation. There is much more detail on the BlackBoxVoting
> website <http://blackboxvoting.org/fraction-magic-1/>.
>
> The demonstration below used a real voting system and real vote databases
> and takes place in seconds across multiple jurisdictions. Over 5000
> subcontractors and middlemen have the access to perform this for any or all
> clients. It can give contract signing authority to whoever the user
> chooses. All political power can be converted to  the hands of a few
> anonymous subcontractors. It’s a product. It’s scaleable. It learns its
> environment and can adjust to any political environment, any demographic.
> It runs silently, invisibly, and can produce plausible results that really
> pass for the real thing.
>
> It is possible that this is the process that Guccifer is referring to,
> although we are merely speculating. We are confident he will provide more
> detail shortly.
>
> While we wait, watch the following video explaining how elections can be
> (and perhaps are) rigged.
>
>
> New Amazon Kindle book by Jon Roland
> Wayward World: A new kind of hero must set history on a different course
> to save Earth from destruction a thousand years in the future.
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MPW3Y10
>
> -- Jon
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