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Evidence suggests the 2016 election vote counts were altered by Russian cyberattacks. In the DNC primaries, there were widespread reports of voter registrations being purged or changed, and people being unable to vote [1]. The FBI later reported that several state voter registration systems were under attack by hackers with "direct links" to Putin [2][3][4], and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that "at least 20" state voter registration systems were targeted [5]. At least one District Attorney reported voter registration tampering [6]. Russian hacking also targeted private companies that administer voter information, and their cyberattacks continued after the primaries [7]. Exit poll discrepancies suggest vote data may have been tampered with as well [8].

In the general election, there were several alarming statistical anomalies found in the voting results for counties that use electronic voting [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Swing states, in particular, had unusual voting patterns compared to other states and previous elections [15]. Corroborating this, suspicious discrepancies between exit polls and vote tallies were also found in swing states [16][17][18][19][20], and election forecasts overwhelmingly predicted a Clinton win [21][22]. While none of these anomalies alone can prove votes were tampered with, taken together, they strongly suggest that vote tampering has occurred.

Of particular interest are the DHS's statements calling for states to prepare for cyberattacks [23] and for potentially classifying "election related systems" as critical infrastructure [24][25][26]. It was around this time that Vice President Biden warned Russia that the U.S. would respond to cyberattacks on U.S. election systems with cyberattacks of our own [27].

The DHS ultimately did not go through with classifying "election related systems" as critical infrastructure [28], which would have placed electronic voting systems in the same category as the electronic systems behind the power grid or nuclear reactors. Such a move could have been intended to signal to Russia that the U.S. would would be willing to conduct cyberattacks against Russian critical infrastructure in response to cyberattacks on U.S. election systems. Reportedly, U.S. intelligence officials were anxious that a Russian cyberattack would influence the outcome of the election, and U.S. cyber operatives had prepared for such an attack by penetrating Russia's power grid and communications networks, warning that Russian cyberattacks that change vote counts would face retaliation [29].

So far, evidence suggests Russia has indeed launched a cyberattack against our voting systems, but the U.S. has yet to respond [30].

All of the above taken, it looks like Russia's plan was this: Russia had previously hacked and stolen Hillary Clinton's [31][32][33][34][35] and her campaign's [36][37] emails, and presumably thought releasing them [38] would damage her campaign enough to ensure that anybody who ran against her would win, or that the race would be close enough for vote-tampering to make her opponent's win plausible. Since Clinton was useful to Russia in this way, it appears Russia conducted a cyberattack during the DNC primaries to ensure Clinton would be the nominee. At the same time, Russia helped Trump win the RNC nomination through propaganda and other means, essentially acting as a super-PAC backed by the resources and intelligence of an entire country [39]. U.S. media very likely helped Trump as well [40][41][42]. After the general election was secured to be between Trump and Hillary, Russia released Hillary's emails [43] and put forth propaganda to influence voters to choose Trump over Hillary [44][45][46][47]. It appears that, since the odds were still in Hillary's favor in the days running-up to election day, Russia hacked voting machines in swing states to ensure Trump's victory. Such a narrative is consistent with the CIA and FBI's assessment of Russia's motives in interfering with the election [48].

This means that the United States is about to install a likely foreign puppet [49][50][51][52][53][54] who, given the evidence of vote tampering, cannot be said for sure to be the choice of the American people. Since this is an unprecedented situation, it appears justifiable for electors to choose to be faithless.

Given the recent hacking of the Government organization that certifies voting machine security [55], this is probably not the last time our elections will be hacked. The United States should re-do the general election and primaries with paper ballots and paper voter registrations. At least one CIA officer has called for another election [56].

Russian military doctrine includes hacking and influence operations as a form of warfare designed to destroy and dominate the target country [57][58][59]. Russian psychological warfare techniques are known to operate in ways that alter the target's worldview and impair the target's capacity to reason [60], and it has been reported that Russia has been influencing Trump for many years [61][62]. A Trump presidency should be expected to do serious and lasting damage to the United States [63].

With the true election results uncertain, and Trump a likely threat to the United States, electors might feel compelled to vote for another candidate. Some have called for electors to "vote their conscience." I would add to this: do your best to figure out what the people want, and vote for the candidate who will give them what they want. Research as many polls, surveys, and studies about what the American people want for the direction of our country as you can [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71], research the positions and attitudes of as many potential candidates as you can [72][73][74][75][76], and vote for the best match. Given the circumstances, nobody can fault you for doing your best to respect the will of the people.


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5.  http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/red-alert-election-systems-20-states-targeted-hackers-n657036
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