Jeh Johnson Quotes
We have confidence in the overall integrity of our electoral system. It is diverse, subject to local control, and has many checks and balances built in.
Zt the time he made this statement, some Russians—probably with the blessing of the Russian government—had been hacking the e-mail computers of the Democratic National Committee and making embarrassing e-mails public through Wikileaks. Many Americans were concerned at the possibility that Russia, another nation, or a non-state group could hack into the voting machines and the computers that tally the votes. This statement was made to reassure them. There are 9000 different polling places where Americans can vote in a Presidential election. There is no single entity that anyone could hack to rig the vote counts. And there is no uniformity in the voting machines used, the tabulating and aggregating methods and machines, and the software that is used to tally the vote in cities, counties and states. And no voting machines are connected to the Internet.
Jeh Johnson Quoted in Time, October 10, 2016
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He was explaining why preclearance was necessary. Preclearance was a requirement that any change in the voting or registration laws, rules or procedures needed to be approved by the Federal Justice Department.
At a Kansas State legislative hearing Kobach admitted that there only 5 cases that they had found of non-citizen voting, and 6 cases that were referred to prosecutors for alleged “double voting” (voting in Kansas and another state). The Prosecutors refused to go ahead with any of the alleged charges for lack of evidence. Mr. Kobach had a unique definition of “many, many”.
Jeh Charles Johnson is an American lawyer and former government official. He was United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017.