Several American local and national authorities validate the "integrity" of the elections
Christopher Krebs, director of Cisa, an agency dependent on the US Department of the Interior, on May 22, 2019 in Congress.
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These American electoral authorities said Thursday, November 12 in a joint statement, more than a week after the presidential election, to have found "no evidence" of lost or modified ballots, or of hacked voting systems.
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The November 3 election was the safest in the history of the United States,
" said these local and national authorities in charge of ballot security, including the Cybersecurity and Security Agency. infrastructures (CISA), which depends on the Ministry of Homeland Security.
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There is no evidence of a voting system having erased, lost or changed ballots, or having been hacked in any way,
" they said in their statement.
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While we know that our electoral process is the subject of many baseless claims and disinformation campaigns, we can assure you that we have absolute confidence in the security and integrity of our elections,
" they insist.
Outgoing President Donald Trump had relayed unfounded information on Twitter hours earlier that a voting system called Dominion had "
erased
" 2.7 million votes in his favor across the country and re-allocated hundreds of votes. thousands to his Democratic rival Joe Biden in Pennsylvania and other states.
“REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE.
DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN.
941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED.
STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN. ”
@ChanelRion @OANN
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2020
Information denied by the electoral authorities of the key state of Pennsylvania and the company responsible for the system.
According to US media, Donald Trump is considering sacking the boss of the government agency Cisa, Christopher Krebs, who has worked to dismiss the fraud charges questioning the victory of Joe Biden, given the winner on Saturday.
The outgoing president still refuses to acknowledge his defeat and
has multiplied the legal remedies
, thus complicating the transition period for the president-elect, who is due to take office on January 20, 2021.
(With AFP)
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