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RECAPPING: @POTUS Thursday issued a series of tweets urging voters to mail-in their ballots & then go to their polling places "to see whether or not your Mail In Vote has been Tabulated (Counted)"
@TwitterSafety later marked 2 of the tweets...
1/13
@TwitterSafety later marked 2 of the tweets...
1/13
.@TwitterSafety explained its aim was "to prevent people from sharing advice about voting twice, which may be illegal"
It also explained "laws regarding the invalidation of mail-in ballots when individuals choose to vote in person are complex &vary significantly by state"
2/13
It also explained "laws regarding the invalidation of mail-in ballots when individuals choose to vote in person are complex &vary significantly by state"
2/13
So what does happen? We reached out to officials helping coordinate #Election2020 security for the states, who agreed that in many states, polling places should have a record of whether a mail-in ballot was requested & whether it had been returned
3/13
3/13
Thread. BIG NEWS the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 #cybersecurity working group is going to recommend NO #Wi-Fi & NO #Internet capability for #voting systems. This does not include #epollbooks but does include tabulators & election management systems. @secureourvotes
This is not a done deal, but it is a good step! The working group recommendations will be given to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee this Fri & they (the TGDC) may vote on these recs (could be up/down) then (supposedly) they go to the EAC for a public comment period.
Keep in mind that even if the EAC adopts these guidelines - they are still VOLUNTARY. States can choose to disregard them, or follow some & not others. Also the recommendation is not for the Wi-Fi capability to be removed, but instead permanently disabled due to cost of removal.
