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6 million Georgia voters’ records exposed: ‘Could have easily been compromised’

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Dissent

Curt Devine and Drew Griffin report:

Georgia’s shotgun-toting, Trump-style Republican candidate for governor Brian Kemp has sought to assure voters that his state’s election system is secure and that any allegations to the contrary are “fake news.”

But Kemp, who is also the secretary of state in charge of Georgia’s elections, is now being accused in a federal lawsuit of failing to secure his state’s voting system and allowing a massive breach that exposed voter records and other sensitive election information.

Read more on CNN.


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