Blog post #4

In the Washington Post, the editorial board they talk about how there might be a possibility that the elections might not have safe as we might think. They bring up examples that give them this idea like the 2016 elections they mention how the Russians were trying to hack the system of many states. They were able to get into one states and have all the information having to do with the elections which were Illinois. They go as far like to tell you how an eleven-year-old child was able to hack into Florida replica system and how long it took him to get into the system and alter the votes. With this, the editorial is trying to show the public that the federal website every easily hacked and it needs more security so that the public and the government have the trust in the system and no doubt that it was tinkered with.

They want the public to show the government or to push the given to upgrade their security measures. That the public already has questions about the voting systems and with the hacks of the Russians it just brings even more mistrust towards the government. I agree with this article they should have a better system to vote an less hackable way but easily accessible. The author is trying to inform the voters to act upon this and to tell them about what's going on with the votes here and how outside countries are affecting it so much.