What to know about election security 15 days out from midterms
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[0:00] Some people in the election space are
[0:02] worried the Trump administration could
[0:04] attempt in one way or another to
[0:06] undermine either the election results or
[0:08] their certification. Of note, this year
[0:11] the Trump Justice Department is sending
[0:13] a record 1,000 election monitors to
[0:16] various polling locations across the
[0:19] country. Last week, while campaigning in
[0:21] Arizona, the president renewed false
[0:23] election fraud claims. Earlier, I spoke
[0:26] with CBS News election law expert David
[0:28] Becker, and we ran through a host of
[0:31] potentially scary scenarios. Listen,
[0:34] please. Scenarios,
[0:38] compromised voting machines, or
[0:40] allegations from the president that the
[0:42] election, the midterm election was
[0:43] fraudulent.
[0:45] >> So, I think it's almost certain that the
[0:47] president will make false claims about
[0:49] the election being fraudulent. We
[0:50] remember, of course, he did that from
[0:51] the White House on election night in
[0:53] 2020. He's done it in subsequent
[0:54] elections. Um the chances that our
[0:57] machines will actually be compromised is
[0:59] near zero. They're not connected to the
[1:00] internet. They're tested before and
[1:02] after. And really importantly, we have
[1:03] paper ballots everywhere in the nation
[1:05] with the exception of Louisiana. And
[1:07] those paper ballots are going to be
[1:08] audited to confirm the results. But I
[1:10] think it's absolutely certain the
[1:11] president is going to spread
[1:12] disinformation about tho