Documents touted by Trump say election systems 'would be difficult to manipulate'
Summary
Declassified documents shared by President Donald Trump say U.S. election systems are hard to manipulate on a large scale. These reports suggest that while some parts of election infrastructure can be attacked, efforts to change the overall results would likely be found through audits and paper records.Key Facts
- Election systems that count and report votes are difficult to manipulate widely.
- Voter registration databases and pollbooks connected to the internet have vulnerabilities to cyberattacks.
- Audits and paper trails in almost all states would detect attempts to change vote results.
- Foreign actors could manipulate votes only on a small, local scale, not nationwide.
- Cyber attacks might delay voting but probably would not change official results.
- Foreign countries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea can access election systems but no clear interference plans were found.
- Russia tried to influence the 2020 election mostly through disinformation, focusing on supporting President Trump and attacking Joe Biden.
- Election websites and voter registration databases are more likely to face disruptions than vote counting machines.
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