In a last-ditch effort to declare that Trump was “elected illegally” and block him from taking office, the Obama administration has decreed that elections are now “federalized” for the first time in United States history. US election systems will now be treated as “critical infrastructure” the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced Friday in a move some are describing as a major federal overreach and an attempt at blocking the Trump presidency by declaring the election “tainted” and “illegal.” In a letter to the Associated Press, Johnson revealed the US government can now “monitor and intervene” elections, a process previously handled on a state-by-state basis to provide checks and balances and prevent the ruling party in Washington D.C. using their power to rig elections. “Given the vital role elections play in the country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law,” Johnson stated. The designation “allows for information to be withheld from the public when state, local and private partners meet to discuss election infrastructure security – potentially injecting secrecy into an election process that’s traditionally and expressly a transparent process,” according to AP. “We’re having trouble understanding exactly what they’re going [...]
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