Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021
Was 2010 census data used to cast fraudulent votes of dead voters and those who had changed addresses in a nationwide hack of the 2020 election?
By law, 2010 census data at the individual name level will not be available until 2082, and the U.S. Census Bureau and cybersecurity agencies say there has been no data breach.
For an article making such a claim to be true, voting machines in every jurisdiction would have to be internet-linked before, during and after the election, which independent election observers and local state and federal officials have shown was not the case.
Nearly a month after Election Day, then-Attorney General William Barr said that Justice Department investigators looked into reports and found no evidence of widespread fraud.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on November 12, 2020, that 2020 was the most secure election in U.S. history, adding: "We can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too."
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Sources
- US Census False Allegation of Systems Being Compromised
- AP News Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud
- US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees
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