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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstrump campaign sent email to PA election officials for info on where ballots are stored
Mrs. Krassenstein@HKrassenstein·1h
BREAKING: The Trump Campaign sent an email to Pennsylvania election officials, asking for the address & room numbers of ballot storage locations and requested that the info be sent to a Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative. This information is highly confidential.
BREAKING: The Trump Campaign sent an email to Pennsylvania election officials, asking for the address & room numbers of ballot storage locations and requested that the info be sent to a Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative. This information is highly confidential.
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https://cumberlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/security-info-request-from-trump-campaign-perturbs-cumberland-county-officials-ahead-of-election/article_b4a9dd3a-fa15-5236-aed9-485161e84175.html
Cumberland County officials received an email this week from the Trump campaign requesting highly specific details about the countys ballot security.
The email, obtained by The Sentinel, went so far as to ask for the address and room numbers of ballot storage locations, and requested that the information be sent to the Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative.
County officials said they have not responded to the request and do not intend to, according to the county commissioners.
The Trump campaign described the request as standard election transparency details, but local officials find the implication that the Presidents campaign staff is harvesting election security plans through what appears to be a personal web-based email account to be extremely concerning.
Its almost kind of chilling the sort of data they wanted us to provide, Cumberland County Commissioner Gary Eichelberger said. This is basically the whole security plan. Weve never received a request of this detail and I find it troubling that one of the interested parties [in the election outcome] feels they have a right to information that obviously could jeopardize the security of the ballots.
The email, obtained by The Sentinel, went so far as to ask for the address and room numbers of ballot storage locations, and requested that the information be sent to the Gmail account of a Florida-based Trump operative.
County officials said they have not responded to the request and do not intend to, according to the county commissioners.
The Trump campaign described the request as standard election transparency details, but local officials find the implication that the Presidents campaign staff is harvesting election security plans through what appears to be a personal web-based email account to be extremely concerning.
Its almost kind of chilling the sort of data they wanted us to provide, Cumberland County Commissioner Gary Eichelberger said. This is basically the whole security plan. Weve never received a request of this detail and I find it troubling that one of the interested parties [in the election outcome] feels they have a right to information that obviously could jeopardize the security of the ballots.
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WTF? Setting up a Watergate type break in. Can't wait for these thugs to be evicted from our White House.
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trump campaign sent email to PA election officials for info on where ballots are stored (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Nov 2020
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padah513
(2,483 posts)1. Watergate break-in maybe
But I was thinking something more in line with a fire
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)3. Yes a fire would be the easy way. Nt
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)2. If they would bother to properly credential observers for pre-election work,
They wouldn't have to ask.
At least in Ohio, credentialed observors are permitted access to anywhere election work is being carried out, which would include managing incoming ballots.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)4. Send them to an abandoned warehouse full of FBI agents. N/T