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Several US authorities have now rejected rumors spread by Trump that the presidential election had been rigged through the use of computer software.
“There is no evidence that a voting system has removed or changed votes, or was compromised in any way,” said a statement released Thursday by representatives of the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency and officials’ associations. state elections. has been.
Trump had previously referred to claims on Twitter that Dominion software had awarded 435,000 votes cast in various states to his ultimately victorious challenger Joe Biden. The company and the electoral authorities have already rejected it.
The rumors could have been sparked by counting issues in some Michigan and Georgia counties. In Michigan, Antrim County made last-minute adjustments to its unofficial results during the census. A Trump Republican Party official claimed it was due to a bug in the software used.
However, the authorities made it clear that it was a human error, which would also have been noticed at the latest during the mandatory final inspection. In Georgia, some counting computers had to stop due to software updates.
No signs of tampering, even off the computer
Trump still refuses to acknowledge Biden’s election victory and speaks of massive election fraud. Trump’s attorneys have filed lawsuits in several states but have provided no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud or errors.
But the statement from government officials was not just about computer details. He also stated about the general course of the polls: “The November 3 election was the safest in the history of the United States.” All states had paper receipts for each ballot so they could be verified later.
Georgia, where Biden was ahead with more than 14,000 votes, has already ordered a manual recount. Responsible Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was convinced the outcome will hardly change.
