Tulsi Gabbard: We’ve Discovered Classified Docs on How Vulnerable Electronic Voting Is to Hacking

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe are raising much needed concerns about the security of electronic voting systems, citing their susceptibility to cyberattacks. 

Speaking at a recent event, Gabbard emphasized the risks posed by internet-connected voting machines, which could be exploited by foreign adversaries or hackers to manipulate election outcomes. She urged a return to paper ballots, arguing they offer a verifiable and tamper-resistant method to ensure election integrity, which has always been a concern, but more so after the 2020 election. "We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast, which further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country so that voters can have faith in the integrity of our elections", she said while speaking to reporters.

Ratcliffe echoed Gabbard’s concerns, noting that U.S. intelligence has identified ongoing efforts by nations like China, Russia, and Iran to probe election infrastructure weaknesses. He stressed the potential for future interference remains high due to outdated systems and lax cybersecurity measures in some states.