The reality of voting security in America
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Hey, it's Scott Detrow. We have made it to the end of another week. And tomorrow, officially, we will have made it one whole year since Congress voted to eliminate more than a billion dollars budgeted for NPR, PBS and our stations across the country. We continue to do what we do best to inform and connect the public because of donations from people like you. We know that a free press doesn't just happen. We, the public, have to protect it. Please join the community of people who power this work. Make a donation today at donate.npr.org. And thank you so much. It's Consider This, where every day we go deep on one big news story. Today, unpacking President Trump's election claims.
Tonight, I'm announcing the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence, revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure.
In a primetime address Thursday night, Trump once again tried to sow doubts about the integrity of U.S. elections.
This evidence shows that the election system we have dangerously exposes and really exposes like levels never thought possible to hacking, exploitation, foreign interference.
He tried to convince Americans that the election system was vulnerable to fraud.
For many years, Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines and ballot counting systems, dishonest almost all. They're vulnerable and they're easily compromised and People within our government knew that.
But the president presented no new evidence of a single fraudulent vote in any election. Instead, the documents largely highlight existing concerns about voting equipment. Susan Greenhalgh of the left leaning advocacy group Free Speech for People told NPR she has worked to shine a light on some of the same problems Trump mentioned.
Two things can be true at the same time, that we have ignored vulnerabilities in our voting systems for a long time. And there is no evidence that the election was rigged in 2020. And everything that has been put forth purporting to provide that evidence always falls apart like a cheap suit.
Consider this. President Trump has spread disinformation about U.S. elections for years. What do recently declassified documents actually say about election security and what can be done about it?
From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.
On the latest NPR Politics podcast, we separate fact from fiction in President Trump's primetime address on election security.
Two things can be true at the same time. We have ignored vulnerabilities in our voting systems for a long time, and there is no evidence the election was rigged in 2020.
The truth and the politics behind President Trump's claims about voter fraud on the latest episode of the NPR Politics podcast.
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What was announced in President Trump's primetime address about election vulnerabilities?
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It's Consider This from NPR. To talk through President Trump's claims and the politics around his Thursday night speech, we are joined by political correspondent Ashley Lopez and White House correspondent Franco Ordonez. Hey, Franco. Hi to both of you.
Hey there.
Hey, Scott. Ashley, I'm going to start with you. The White House also released a number of newly declassified documents about some election topics. You cover elections and voting. What are people in those worlds saying about Trump's speech in these documents?
Well, they're saying he didn't really provide any new or old information that proves U.S.
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