President Donald J. Trump delivers an update on the COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine development Operation Warp Speed, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)
Whatever the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, a second President Trump term or a Joe Biden White House, Americans will have been given a harsh lesson in election security.
“Your vote is not as secure as your Venmo account,” an expert witness told lawmakers Monday in a hearing in Arizona.
“Your vote is not as secure as your Venmo account,” says witness at #ArizonaHearing pic.twitter.com/NnM7FmshjK
— Team Trump (@TeamTrump) November 30, 2020
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The witness was retired Army Col. Phil Waldron, an information-warfare officer who has testified about election security in other venues, The Spectator reported.
The hearing hosted by Arizona state lawmakers featured Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer; and senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis.
The topics included Dominion Voting Systems, the company that provides equipment and software to count ballots in a number of states.
The crowd gasped when Waldron said votes in the Dominion system can be changed by an authorized user or a hacker.
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Another witness reported being “cut off” from watching the processing of “problem” ballots. She estimated thousands of ballots were handled in ways that were not explained.
National File noted Waldron also confirmed “SharpieGate,” a controversy in which Arizona voters claimed they were forced to use Sharpies to vote, rather than ballpoint pens, and their ballots subsequently could not be read.
Maricopa County Elections Assistant Director Kelly Dixon confirmed that there were problems with ballots on which Sharpie markers were used but still insisted they be use on Election Day.
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HUGE! pic.twitter.com/im2NMkC7gC
— Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 18, 2020
Meanwhile, the Washington Examiner reported Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, confirmed Biden as the winner despite unresolved issues.
Giuliani said: “The officials certifying have made no effort to find out the truth, which seems to me gives the state Legislature a perfect reason to take over the conduct of this election, because it’s being conducted irresponsibly and unfairly. And why doesn’t your state Legislature exercise its responsibility under the Constitution?”
While most states automatically assign Electoral College electors based on the popular vote, the U.S. Constitution gives the authority to state lawmakers. In an least one swing state, there’s already a campaign by lawmakers to assert the legislature’s authority.
The Gateway Pundit reported Waldron confirmed experts during the election witnessed Dominion hardware and software communicating with a computer bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
Giuliani encouraged Arizona lawmakers to act.
“I’m gonna ask you to fight. … Your political career is worth losing if you can save the right to vote in America,” he said. “At times in our history certain men and women have stepped forward and lost their political career to give us the rights that we have.”
Mayor @RudyGiuliani to Arizona state legislatures: “Your political career is worth losing if you can save the right to vote in America.” pic.twitter.com/IPumw6Z3tB
— Team Trump (@TeamTrump) November 30, 2020
Should elections in several states be overturned and neither candidate reaches 270 votes, the election would be determined in the U.S. House of Representatives, where each state would get a single vote.
