The 2020 election was decided by fewer than 50,000 votes cast in four battleground states across the country. In the four largest cities in those states, Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, between 85,000 and 268,000 votes were added to Joe Biden's total by early election night.
It doesn't necessarily mean there was fraud. It was explained as counting absentee ballots.
But Eric Eggers, author of a 2018 book on election shenanigans, said: scam “It was this kind of magical, mystical injection of votes that caused many people to have very real concerns about the security of American elections.”
In the latest episode of The Drill Down, host Peter Schweitzer and Eggers discuss this and other election security issues, including a practice known as “smurfing.”
Schweitzer said, “There are a lot of basic ways you can manipulate the electoral system…It's very complex when you run elections. They're decentralized. It's state and local governments that control them. Something that happens in one city can have a big impact. It's not just the ballots and the counting of votes. In fact, even before that, our campaigns are increasingly being funded. It starts with being able to do what you want.”
“Smurfing” is actually quite dangerous. Schweitzer said this involves taking large donations and splitting them into a series of smaller donations to hide the large donation in order to circumvent campaign finance law restrictions. explains. The Government Accountability Institute (GAI) is currently investigating about 50 different threats to American elections, and campaign finance “smurfing” is one of the least understood ways to corrupt American elections. be.
Back in 2012, GAI: First report on “Obama.com” And how foreign funds could potentially enter American political campaigns since the site did not require credit card verification, including the three- or four-digit CVC security code that comes with all credit cards. There are (violations of federal law) highlighted.
Just this past August, House Republicans requested The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is investigating allegations of “smurfing” that saw millions of dollars poured into Kamala Harris' brand new campaign in its first few days. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) called the Democratic Party's fundraising platform ActBlue, which has raised millions of dollars in donations for Vice President Harris' presidential campaign, “fraudulent and deceptive.” , and called on the FEC to investigate recent allegations of “potentially illegal conduct.” Campaign and its affiliates, according to FOX News.
Other investigative reporters, such as James O'Keefe, also investigated donations totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors who denied making donations in interviews.
The hosts discuss other election threats during the show, including dirty voter rolls, vote harvesting by nongovernmental organizations, efforts to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, and other issues. A GAI report on these issues is expected soon.
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