{"id":2215614,"date":"2024-04-08T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-tacitly-admit-mail-in-balloting-is-not-as-secure-and-reliable-as-they-claim\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:44:24","slug":"media-tacitly-admit-mail-in-balloting-is-not-as-secure-and-reliable-as-they-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-tacitly-admit-mail-in-balloting-is-not-as-secure-and-reliable-as-they-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Media reluctantly acknowledge that mail-in voting may not be as secure and reliable as previously portrayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-tacitly-admit-mail-in-balloting-is-not-as-secure-and-reliable-as-they-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Summary: The \u200cAmerican media, post the chaotic 2020 election, has aggressively pushed the narrative that mail-in voting\u2063 is completely safe,\u2062 dismissing critics as conspiracy theorists. Recent reports point to issues like\u200b postal delays and mail theft \u2062that undermine the system&#8217;s security and reliability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairwoman-ward-wants-decertification-of-ariz-election-results\/\" title=\"GOP chairwoman Ward wants decertification of Ariz. election results\">raising concerns<\/a> over \u2064the integrity of mail-in voting \u200dfor future elections. Summary: Following the tumultuous 2020 election,\u2062 the American media\u200d has staunchly promoted the safety of mail-in voting while labeling skeptics as conspiracy theorists. Recent revelations of postal \u2062delays and mail theft have cast doubt on the \u2062system&#8217;s security and reliability, prompting \u200cconcerns about\u2064 the integrity\u2062 of future mail-in voting processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since the chaotic 2020 election and coincident expansion of mail-in balloting, America\u2019s corrupt media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/01\/opinion\/sunday\/mail-voting-covid-2020-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2022\/11\/08\/fact-check-no-tie-between-mail-voting-and-election-fraud\/8269630001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks\/2020\/06\/08\/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-colorado-voting-constitution-591713471984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">throttle<\/a> to convince the country that this unsupervised system is 1,000 percent safe and never produces fraud. The same consensus also accuses Americans concerned about the risks associated with mass mail-in voting of being conspiracy theorists and so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/22\/the-election-denier-smear-is-the-dumbest-rhetorical-device-in-modern-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election deniers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within the past week, however, several legacy publications have released stories tacitly admitting that the process is not as secure or reliable as they regularly claim. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nbc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> \u2014 effectively a propaganda arm of the Democrat Party \u2014 published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/major-mail-delivery-delays-raise-concerns-voting-2024-elections-rcna146479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> raising alarm bells about the effect postal delivery delays could have on mail-in voting during the 2024 election. The outlet cited recent remarks from Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, who expressed concern that the ongoing problem could have repercussions for the country\u2019s fall elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re approaching a major November election,\u201d Garcia reportedly said of the issue last month. \u201cWe need to make sure that we iron out any difficulties, any obstacles, any barriers, any issues now, so that we don\u2019t end up in a situation much like we were in with the November ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But mail delays are just one problem undermining the media\u2019s \u201cmail-in voting is totally secure and reliable\u201d narrative. Last Tuesday, CBS News ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mail-theft-post-offices-fail-to-secure-universal-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigative piece<\/a> detailing the growing problem of mail theft, titled: \u201cAmid surging mail theft, post offices failing to secure universal keys.\u201d According to the outlet, mail theft has \u201cskyrocketed\u201d in recent years, \u201cfrom fewer than 60,000 complaints in 2018 to more than 250,000 in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS further discovered that the U.S. Postal Service has failed to take necessary steps to \u201csecure millions of universal \u2018arrow keys\u2019 that open bulk mailboxes in apartment buildings and neighborhoods coast to coast.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA CBS News review of thousands of pages of audits, court records and agency documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-to-diversify-usps-board-cement-democrats-oversight-of-agency\/\" title=\"Report: Biden To \u2018Diversify\u2019 USPS Board, \u2018Cement Democrats\u2019 Oversight\u2019 Of Agency\">postal workers<\/a> and supervisors not tracking the keys, not locking them up and not reporting them missing,\u201d the report reads. <\/p>\n<p>Reported cases of assault and robbery against postal workers have also increased year-over-year since 2014, according to data from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. <\/p>\n<p>But how is this possible? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;rct=j&#038;q=&#038;esrc=s&#038;source=web&#038;cd=&#038;cad=rja&#038;uact=8&#038;ved=2ahUKEwihvIKSo8uAAxVlFFkFHSAoDiAQFnoECCUQAQ&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aclu.org%2Fnews%2Fvoting-rights%2Fvoting-by-mail-is-easier-and-safer-than-you-think-heres-how&#038;usg=AOvVaw2JoNBz4XEWjxhSytCi1q6b&#038;opi=89978449%5C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> have assured the public time and again that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-democrats-push-reformed-voting-rights-laws\/\" title=\"Biden administration, Democrats push reformed voting rights laws\">universal mail-<\/a>in balloting is totally safe and secure. According to them and their media allies, there have never been elections contaminated by fraud stemming from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mail-in voting problems<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In actuality, the process is prone to errors and malfeasance, as the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency \u2014 the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/30\/these-house-republicans-voted-to-fund-cisas-criminal-censorship-and-election-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nerve center<\/a>\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-says-travelers-from-u-k-must-test-negative-for-covid-19-amidst-new-strain-concerns\/\" title=\"Trump Admin Says Travelers From U.K. Must Test Negative For COVID-19 Amidst New Strain Concerns\">federal government\u2019<\/a>s censorship operations \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/23\/docs-cisa-knew-risks-of-mail-in-voting-in-2020-but-got-posts-about-them-censored-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretly admitted<\/a> ahead of the 2020 election. Instead of disclosing these issues to the American public, the federal subagency flagged online posts highlighting the problems of mail balloting to Big Tech companies for censorship. <\/p>\n<p>Widespread, unsupervised mail-in voting allows left-wing groups to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/28\/harvesting-low-effort-votes-is-working-great-for-democrats-so-theyre-going-for-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harvest<\/a> low-effort votes and accrue Democrat candidates an advantage over Republicans ahead of Election Day. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the tumultuous 2020 election and the surge in mail-in voting, the American media has aggressively pushed the narrative that this unchecked system is completely secure and fraud-free. Critics voicing concerns over the vulnerabilities of mass mail-in voting are often dismissed as conspiracy theorists by the mainstream media consensus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2215615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/800px-Oregon_ballot_return_box.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/800px-Oregon_ballot_return_box.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}