Current Events > Maryland's voter registration system was bought by a Russian oligarch in 2015

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maryland-voter-registration-platform-russian-oligarch/

Top Maryland officials say the FBI told them this week that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015, without state officials knowing. The FBI did not indicate a breach occurred, but state officials say they're moving forward with a full review.

"We were briefed late yesterday, along with Governor Hogan, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the software vendor who maintains portions of the State Board of Elections voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian investor in 2015, without the knowledge of state officials," Maryland State Senate President Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. and Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch, said in a joint statement Friday.

State officials say they were told they were told their voter registration system, ByteGrid LLC, is financed by AltPoint Capital Partners, whose fund manager is "a Russian" and largest investor is Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin. ByteGrid LLC performs a vast array of voting-related functions for the state, including voter registration, the state's online voter registration system, online ballot delivery and unofficial election night results.

"While the FBI did not indicate that there was a breach, we were concerned enough to ask Attorney General [Brian] Frosh to review the existing contractual obligation of the state, as well as asked for a review of the system to ensure there have been no breaches," Miller and Busch said.

We have also instructed the State Board of Elections to complete all due diligence to give the voters of Maryland confidence in the integrity of the election system. We are also asking the federal Department of Homeland Security Election Task Force to assist the State Board of Elections for any corrective action deemed necessary."

The state's voter registration system, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections, was not the hacked state system mentioned in a new indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation Friday. The indictment, which accuses 12 Russian intelligence officials of hacking Democrats during the 2016 election, said the information of roughly 500,000 voters had been hacked in one state.

Maryland was one of the states the Department of Homeland Security was concerned had suspicious activity leading up to the election, but the State Board of Elections said various government and private security entities determined there was no evidence the ballot system was breached or any fraudulent transactions took place.

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Jesus Fucking Christ. Why was that even up for sale?
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And why exactly wasn't this picked up on before Trump won?
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Trump lost Maryland

Didn't MD go red in their governor race right after?

Milkman5 posted...

Trump lost Maryland

Other elections have occurred since then and subtle changes in election numbers rather than some outrageous and unbelievable shift is more tactically viable. A battle of attrition is exactly what the Russian scheme has been from the start.
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Milkman5 posted...

Trump lost Maryland

This is known

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland,_2016
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I cant follow this conspiracy. I thought the conspiracy was that Trump was being blackmailed by Russia?

Why would they not rig the votes for Trump, but instead some dumbass governer who cant do anything to benefit them

or maybe Russia hacked the election for Hillary! So no one would catch on that Drumpf was a Russian spy.

Maybe thats why she won the state with an even larger gap than Obama

Fucking blue states selling off America...

This is why Trump won.
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Milkman5 posted...

I cant follow this conspiracy

oh, you're one of those people

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Top Maryland officials say the FBI told them this week that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015,

Keep fighting that good fight against the deep state and the lizard people, my brother.
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Milkman5 posted...

or maybe Russia hacked the election for Hillary! So no one would catch on that Drumpf was a Russian spy.

Maybe thats why she won the state with an even larger gap than Obama

Russian conspiracy turns out to be true, but ends up burying both parties?

I'm fucking rigid.
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so either Im Alex Jones or I believe everyone I disagree with is actually a Russian spy

Milkman5 posted...

so either Im Alex Jones or I believe everyone I disagree with is actually a Russian spy

Well you either seem to think you know more than the FBI, or that they're just making this shit up, considering how you're trying to frame it as a conspiracy when the facts are right in front of you.

So yeah, don't get offended when you say dumb shit like that and then people dismiss you as some crazy jackass.
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Fuck it, I quit, after that bill saying the IRS no longer has the right to request or demand rich contacts tell them where their money came from it's clear that there's tons of foreigner money running our government long before the rise of Trump, he's just the most successful one and even then, it's because everyone who could or would stop him is either not in the position to do so or flat out refuses to
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