1 in 4 Voters in the US May Skip 2018 Midterm Elections Over Hacking Fears

[Renew Deal]

Source: IT Security Guru

United States voters have had no shortage of cybersecurity news related to elections in recent months, ranging from allegations of Russian interference to revelations that specific states were targeted in attack campaigns.

Among some of the frequent topics being discussed in the news have been political infighting, conjecture regarding collusion, and questions about what’s being done to prepare for the “next attack.” as we inch closer to the 2018 midterm elections.

And we are inching closer to the 2018 midterm elections. Often overlooked in election-security discussions have been the most critical asset to democracy – the voters themselves, who, according to our most recent survey, are expressing doubts about our elections due to cybersecurity fears.

In our survey, we polled 5,000 eligible voters to determine sentiment regarding election cybersecurity and how that sentiment may affect future voting patterns. In perhaps the most startling revelation from the survey, 1 in 4 voters said they will consider not voting in upcoming elections over cybersecurity fears.
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Read more: http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/07/13/1-4-voters-us-may-skip-2018-midterm-elections-hacking-fears/

[Dustlawyer]

1. I wonder how many are planning on not voting due to Kris Kobach/Mike Pence and their

voter suppression scheme?

[Shell_Seas]

4. I read somewhere,

(Which now I can't find)

That already thousands of people have unregistered to vote because of Kobach's probe and not wanting to allow them to get their info.

[riversedge]

6. Yes. so scary. the article was in LBN not too long ago.

[Shell_Seas]

10. Preahaps, this was their intentions all along.

Between these two things, gerrymandering, voter IDs, and Russia hacking our elections; they will make sure they may never lose again.

[7962]

2. Why? Why stay home?

get out and VOTE. If you stay home, then there may not even be a need for any tampering, which legitimizes the whole thing

[riversedge]

7. I know 2 people who took themselves off the voter rolls. They said they did not know what

they will do come nov 2018.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I expect those were people who don't regularly vote anyway.

Those who are committed will make the effort to vote regardless (even if they have to cast a provisional ballot).

[yallerdawg]

5. 3 out of 4 will vote?

That's a damn improvement!

[Renew Deal]

9. lol

Good point, though I suspect they'll find other reasons to not show up.

[Maeve]

8. Voter suppression--mission accomplished!! eom

[GusBob]

11. Putin wins

he doesn't have to worry about their votes now. The numbers they have to rig just got easier

[Duppers]

12. Damn. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. So the commission achieved its goals. Fantastic!

[still_one]

14. Really? I wonder how many of those make up the 60% who haven't been voting for decades, and it

wasn't because of "cybersecurity fears"

[Historic NY]

15. Democrats better not be so stupid.....

of course you'd think Perez and his side kick Ellison would be right on top of this.

[wishstar]

16. Wonder how many will stay on Facebook, Twitter, online shopping on their smartphones though

I believe our voter rolls already were hacked or sold off, because just in the past several months, most of us who are not even on any social media have found that when our names are googled, our exact birthdates, addresses and political party affiliation show up on websites like "my life". Our exact birthdates never showed up before on routine internet searches.

[beachbum bob]

17. How does this make any sense? Fear hacking as excuse not to vote?

[Renew Deal]

18. They might think that voting doesn't matter

"It's decided already." I'd hear this from the more conspiracy minded before the hacking hysteria.

[ffr]

19. So long as they're all republicans, it's a win.

NO
MORE
REPUBLICANS!

DO
NOT
ELECT
ANY
REPUBLICANS!

Is that clear???

[Blue_Tires]

20. Mission Accomplished

This is direct from the Russian playbook: To piss in the pool to the point where regular folks have no faith in established institutions anymore and completely disengage... You see they've already been rolling that snowball downhill with the media to the point where nobody can believe in what's real anymore...

[Turbineguy]

21. Perfect

the more people that don't vote, the better the GOP likes it.

[SoCalMusicLover]

22. Vote, But Realize It's Mostly Window Dressing

If the election can be rigged, they will do so. Just accept the fact your vote might be changed, and you will never know it.

I'm not going to tell anyone not to vote, but I'm certainly not going to go in thinking my vote will necessarily be counted either. But I guess it's worth the effort to try, since it's quick and easy.