Last night West Wing Reports announced that University of Michigan’s Center of Computer Security has made claims of possible voter fraud taking place in this year’s recent presidential election. Claims that state there’s a possibility that electronic votes were manipulated “just enough” to allow Trump to take the lead in three key states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
Here is what we know, so far.
According to New York Magazine, it was discovered that in counties that rely solely on the use of electronic voting machines, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received exactly 7% less votes than counties that used optical scanners or traditional paper ballots.
But what exactly does this mean? An investigation followed by a recount, probably. If these allegations are correct, Clinton could have lost up to 30,000 votes, a significant difference when you look to states such as Wisconsin, where she lost only by 27,000.
While foul play has yet to be proven, you can not deny that this pattern of suspicious voting statistics is alarming. Especially considering a find like this could determine the direction of the future of our nation. Earlier last month, the Obama Administration accused Russia of hacking the Democratic National Committee for information that would benefit Donald Trump and his campaign. This comes as no surprise knowing Trump and Vladimir Putin’s friendly history as well as the Russian Federation’s open support of a Donald Trump presidency.
What happens next in this story is almost entirely up to how the Clinton Campaign chooses to handle the situation. It would take the electoral college votes from all three states to overturn the election’s ultimate result (an unlikely, but possible feat). But if there’s one thing we learned from this election, it’s that even the unlikely is very possible.
