US Government Cybersecurity Agency Releases Warning About Dominion Voting Machines – Opinion

Time and again, we’ve been assured that the 2020 election was the “most secure” in history. That phrase became a rallying cry among those on the left (and even a few on the right) following Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency released an alert about Dominion voting machine, which are used in 16 countries, which contradicts this assertion. It warned that these machines could be hacked.

A warning has been sent to @CISAgovWarning to Election Officials about vulnerabilities @DominionVotingHackers could find vulnerabilities in systems found in 16 US states, according to reports @AP. https://t.co/Hmxr7txwwq

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 31, 2022

Electronic voting machines from a leading vendor used in at least 16 states have software vulnerabilities that leave them susceptible to hacking if unaddressed, the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency says in an advisory sent to state election officials.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, or CISA, said there is no evidence the flaws in the Dominion Voting Systems’ equipment have been exploited to alter election results. Based on the testimony of an experienced computer scientist, this advisory does not relate to false claims that a stolen election was committed by Donald Trump in 2020.

You have to love the inclusion of the smarmy assertion that Trump’s complaints are “false allegations,” even as the article admits the Dominion systems have proven vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Shouldn’t that reality at least dictate a begrudging admission that something nefarious Could have happened? The press will never go let go of its chosen narrative, though, and it’s one of those things you can only laugh about at this point.

And sure, lest the fact-checkers go wild on me, I’m not suggesting this news proves a specific amount of voter fraud occurred in 2020 due to Dominion voting machines. I don’t have that evidence, and because of the breadth of the issue, even if it did happen, that evidence will likely never surface. Still, I’ve long maintained it’s insane that we allow a non-American company that cut its teeth in Venezuela to facilitate elections in 16 US states. Dominion, however, is being taken down not by Trump but by the Democrat led US government.

Is it really that difficult to print ballots on paper or use electronic ballot machines which are not connected to internet? Dominion provides voting machines that are connected to the internet. There’s no need for them. According to the AP, an expert says the same thing.

Regardless, putting all this together, here’s what we do know: 2020 was nowhere near the “most secure” election in US history. This assertion is blatantly false, given the vulnerability of Dominion machines. Maybe nothing happened specifically regarding their usage, but simply by virtue of the possibility, “most secure” is a standard that wasn’t met. The 2020 election had many haphazard voting choices and machines that could be hacked, which was not what the US government wanted. Call it something else, but “most secure” ain’t it.