Election security

No Homeland Security can't step in to protect the election: James Robbins

Someone will be elected president in November, but we may never know if it will be the candidate who wins the most votes.

Both major parties have raised the issue of potential election fraud in 2016. Senate Minority LeaderHarry Reid, D-Nev., recently wrote a letter to FBI Director James Comey detailing his concerns that " the threat of the Russian government tampering in our presidential election is more extensive than widely known and may include the intent to falsify official election results." Last monthDonald Trump said, “If the election is rigged, I would not be surprised.”

Advances in technology have made voting fraud potentially easier and more effective. Gone are the days when phony paper ballots had to be manufactured and legitimate ones misplaced or destroyed. These days, with touch-screen voting, you don’t really know what is happening on the other side of the icon. Paper ballots could be miscounted or thrown away but at least you knew who you voted for. With electronic voting you don’t; so it requires more trust that election officials are doing the right thing.