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However, from the coverage by Think Progress: "The heavily redacted, 67-page report found no evidence that Russia was able to alter vote counts in 2016, when R
by acqq 7y ago
However, from the coverage by Think Progress:
"The heavily redacted, 67-page report found no evidence that Russia was able to alter vote counts in 2016, when Russia carried out what Mueller’s final report called a “sweeping and systematic” hacking and disinformation campaign."
- johnsolo1701 7y agoIsn't the whole point of the disinformation campaign to make people vote a certain way? With this in mind, altering votes _directly_ by hacking voting machines isn't necessarily the problem people are worried about. It's indirectly changing votes due to the foreign assistance/misinformation, which is illegal under our system. I think it's a reasonable concern and we shouldn't ignore it, just because votes weren't changed directly by hacking. A law that requires campaigns to disclose to authorities if they receive illegal offers of assistance is sensible IMHO.
- marcusverus 7y agoThe title of the article seems taylor-made to suggest that Russia hacked voting machines. That’s what prompted the top level response. The headline is misleading. Nobody suggested that Russian disinformation is unimportant.