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    Quote Posted by Paul (here)

    Paul here:


    ~~~

    What I don't have a clear picture into at present is how this all plays out on the world wide economic, financial, monetary, power, political, advanced energy and propulsion technology, etc, etc levels.

    But I shouldn't be too surprised that I lack confident predictions on those matters. Even in hindsight, I don't feel confident of my understanding of what might have already transpired in those matters.
    Politics tends to give the illusion that it directs world events, but really it’s just the follower of business. Politics attempts to rein in business like a rider in a horsedrawn carriage tries to keep control of its horses. If those horses decide to bolt in a new direction, the rider can resist for as long as they like, but eventually they’ll just have to go with the flow until the horses decide to slow down.

    Business is bolting! Driven by the demands of mass consciousness, mass needs, mass wants and desires.

    The next phase of the worlds development will require energy. I’d anticipate long term investments in batteries would be a safe bet.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/a...tment-by-2040?

    No economic collapse. No nuclear annihilation. Lots of stalemate posturing in politics resulting in slow and steady development. Humanity 2.0 (or Civilisation 2.0) will probably take until the 2070’s before the necassary infrastructure is in place to support it on a global level. (If the 100 year cyclic pattern that I’ve mentioned in different threads remains consistent). 5G is still the wild card for me, and the affect it might have on the environment if implemented with destructive intent, but I also think it has incredible potential if implemented with wisdom. Overall, I remain optimistic. The global paradigm shift continues to galvanise consciousness!

    Mike Waters is a guy who’s well connected in the free energy research community. I’ve not watched this particular presentation of his yet, but he did a presentation several years ago, saying how “we already have the technology for living a jetsons lifestyle, the only thing holding us back is battery life and storage. Once we have better batteries, we’ll have a dramatically better world” (paraphrased).


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    Quote Posted by Jayke (here)
    No economic collapse. No nuclear annihilation. Lots of stalemate posturing in politics resulting in slow and steady development. Humanity 2.0 (or Civilisation 2.0) will probably take until the 2070’s before the necessary infrastructure is in place to support it on a global level.
    I agree that there is not likely to be nuclear annihilation ... that's been a bogeyman since Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, that has been used to leverage the fears and mass control needed as part of ongoing efforts by the more powerful, to control our civilization. The elite bastards don't want to blow up the planet; they want to continue and extend their control over it.

    I do expect major economic, monetary, and financial changes, away from the US Petro (and Narco, Arms, Fraud, Organ, Slave, ...) Debt Based Dollar to an international system of inter-related currencies based more on resources, production (including food, mining and manufacturing) and trade, with China, and gold, both playing major, although not simple or obvious, roles.

    Whether or not my ordinary next door neighbor will call this an "economic collapse" may depend on where I live. If I lived in Venezuela, they probably already would call it that. Here where I live in North Texas, nothing obviously catastrophic to the ordinary person has gone down yet. But the changes to the world's economic, monetary, and financial systems are and will be massive. They will take decades to unfold, and those of us (such as us "middle class" Americans) who have been living high off the US Dollar Hog will experience massive "downsizing" changes. Whether the changes will appear catastrophic or creeping ... I don't know ... probably various combinations, changing over time, by person or organization.
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    First two for Nov 7, 2018

    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#425
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 00:59:00 No.425

    Do you believe in coincidences?
    Which (2) House members ran the investigations re: DOJ/FBI etc.?
    https://judiciary.house.gov/press-re...nt-of-justice/
    Gowdy resignation.
    What role did he play re: House investigations?
    House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman
    Goodlatte resignation.
    What role did he play re: House investigations?
    House Judiciary Chairman
    House >>> Senate
    House >>> Senate
    House >>> Senate
    TRUST GRASSLEY
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    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI No.426 Nov 7 2018 02:06:39 (EST)

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...56007316045825
    The Senate was the target.
    Corker + Flake removed.
    How do you catch a FISH?
    Mission forward.
    These people are stupid.
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    Divided government doesn’t have to be divisive
    When in doubt, do the next right thing.
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    Yes Mgray I agree, I watched an interview with Paul Ryan 3-4 weeks ago. He stated that the congress and senate of the last 2 years passed almost 1000 bills, 80% were Bi-partisan. Problem is the Main stream news puppets refuse to give any credit or coverage showing how much progress is happening due to their deep rooted selfish social agenda thus many including myself think there is nothing going on in DC . The framers set this system up so there would be checks and balances which is healthy.

    But when I read articles this morning that investigations need to start on the Presidents tax returns and they need to review possible impeachment again. These cow turds havn't even finished up the Russian investigation which Mueller has already billed the government over 25 million in legal fees and why would he want it to end, he has an oil well gushing cash right now for him making himself a millionaire multiple times over. Having anymore investigations against this president is just agenda driven and nothing more. The economy has a full head of steam , This president asks for no compensation in return for this job except a thank you and yet its not enough for some psychopaths that are so hungry for control and power, its absolutely insane.

    I am always optimistic as new ideas and elected leaders come to Washington , so now we will see.

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    Quote Posted by mgray (here)
    Divided government doesn’t have to be divisive
    It doesn't have to be, but I'd be willing to bet in the case of the US it most certainly will. Let the political theater continue !!!!!!

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    I think a two party system was designed from the ground up to be divisive because it stimulates growth. Both have a function but the animosity between them motivates them to move forward. To just stand in the way on political principles and partisan differences however, well, that is another story. The truth is anymore of that will just hurt them. If Mueller finds something then they have justification to look deeper. The sounds of the articles indicate that regardless of how it goes with Mueller they intend to investigate(attack) now that they have the votes. Again I think in the end it could backfire on them long term.

    All the ones that held up Kavanaugh and attacked him are now gone though, Flake, Corker, and Ryan, who was worthless as a speaker is gone. I don't expect to be hearing from Gowdy anymore who managed to get out fairly well considering George Webb said with some assurance that Trey was caught with both hands in the cookie jar. One has to wonder how long Pelosi will last before she slobbers all over herself stammering again in a speech and they move Schiff for brains in her place. Leave it to him to add dirt to the hole the left has already dug themselves.

    The thought occurred to me that Trump made what on the surface appears to be a deal with Rosenstein that day on the plane remember? He was said to be firing him or RR was going to step down but instead RR throws Haley under the bus and ? Maybe just maybe Trump is waiting for the left to play their attack card because he has some leverage of his own up his sleeve in the way of trade material from RR on Schiff, Pelosi, and some other key players like Schumer?
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    About that "Trust Sessions" line in many Q drops, well don't he just resigned
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    It appears to me that Q was dead wrong about making history with a 'red wave' and he was dead wrong about Sessions being trusted. Uh oh!
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    Foreign election meddling ?



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    The miners at the Americans for Innovation keep uncovering layers and layers of corruption in the election process. Listen to Michael McKibben and Douglas Gabriel discuss the latest findings…that will leave you speechless. Then continue your citizen education here:


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    With Sessions now gone the decks have been cleared. Mueller will wind down and declass will be forthcoming. The ka ka is about to hit the fan. Hold on to your seats, this is going to be a bumpy ride.

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    A bunch more for Nov 7, 2018

    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#427
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 08:48:19 No.427

    File (hide): fa81c1d07056967⋯.png (719.78 KB, 1920x1080, 16:9, 1541596469169.png) (h) (u)
    Trump tweeted:
    Quote Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

    If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!
    5:04 AM - 7 Nov 2018
    Future proves past.

    Q
    From https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/3783665.html#3783761
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 12:10:14 ebc49e (3) No.3783761

    >>3782992
    We are at war.
    Think logically.
    Why was winning the House majority the primary goal for them?
    To this point, what chamber is currently directing the DOJ/FBI investigations?
    To this point, what chamber do they feel most threatened by?
    While the focus was on the House for them (due to above), our underlying focus was adding PRO_POTUS members to the Senate and safely securing a PRO_MAJORITY.
    THE SENATE IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE.
    THE SENATE CONTROLS JUDGES & CABINET POSITIONS W/O HOUSE APPROVAL.
    THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAS DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER THE DOJ&FBI [MORE POWER THAN THE HOUSE].
    While we had a senate majority on paper, in reality, we never did, nor could we count on bringing investigations to that body until it was safely in our full control.
    THE SENATE WAS ALWAYS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE.
    Moves & countermoves.
    We defied history by picking up Senate seats.
    Patriots delivered.
    Disinfo is necessary.
    Enemy at the front door.
    Our attempt at reassurance re: last drops re: House >>> Senate backed by POTUS tweet directly thereafter stating the same thing should have put this to bed.
    How many coincidences before it's mathematically impossible?
    Do you think the current 'shill' attack is organic?
    Buckle up.
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/3783665.html#3783780
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 12:10:51 ebc49e (3) No.3783780

    >>3783759 ... [[ "POTUS just said “these people are sick” - Paul. ]]

    We are with you, Anons.
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    From https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/3783665.html#3783812
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 12:12:06 ebc49e (3) No.3783812

    We are going to show you a new world.
    Those who are blind will soon see the light.
    A beautiful brave new world lies ahead.
    We take this journey together.
    One step at a time.
    WWG1WGA!
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#428
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI No.428 Nov 7 2018 13:57:00 (EST)
    sgrZzEo.png
    https://qanon.pub/data/media/127cd47...f7d6fe5c2c.png
    Thank you for your service to our Country, Mr. Trey Gowdy!
    Thank you for your service to our Country, Mr. Bob Goodlatte!
    Your sacrifices will never be forgotten.
    Q+
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#429
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 15:02:17 No.429

    Thank you for your service to our Country, Mr. Jeff Sessions!
    Your sacrifices will never be forgotten.
    Q+
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#430
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 15:30:12 No.430

    >>428
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...56623439110146
    While we cannot telegraph everything, for reasons all can understand, we do try in our own way to inform loyal Anons & Patriots.
    What are the odds "thank you for your service" was posted less than 1 hour prior to POTUS re: Sessions "thank you for your service?"
    Do you believe in coincidences?
    How many coincidences before mathematically impossible?
    THE SENATE WAS THE KEY.
    Enjoy the show!
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/3787369.html#3788068
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 15:32:33 05743f (2) No.3788068

    >>3787701 .. [[ "A LOT OF 502s & /PF/ ****ERY" - Paul. ]]
    Board under attack.
    Do you understand why?
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#431
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 16:03:49 No.431

    File (hide): a01e620c8109f0b⋯.jpg (17.34 KB, 527x236, 527:236, DmMNaaVVAAADqWi.jpg) (h) (u)
    [[ Image of one line Q post from 2 Sep 2018: "Ezra Cohen-Watnick" -- Paul. ]]
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#432
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 16:10:38 No.432

    https://twitter.com/supermom43207/st...81789665738752
    Coincidence?
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#433
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 16:24:08 No.433

    RED LINE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF RED OCTOBER?
    NOW WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT?
    Q
    From https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#434
    Q !!mG7VJxZNCI 11/07/18 (Wed) 16:53:26 No.434

    https://twitter.com/EricHolder/statu...63157262893056
    Imagine if the new acting AG now releases all previously 'blocked' doc requests by the House (including the [RR] secondary CLAS scope doc).
    Stealth Bombers fly undetected.
    The 'Red Line' months old 4am narrative should be updated.
    Pain coming.
    Q
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    Quote Posted by mgray (here)
    About that "Trust Sessions" line in many Q drops, well don't he just resigned
    Well, my Q-tard excuse is that Sessions was serving as "inert insulation" between
    1. the real investigations being done, of not just the historic (Obama-era) crimes, but also of ongoing crimes by the same traitors, and
    2. President Trump.
    As a matter of "optics" as well as a matter of faking the traitors out, it worked better if the real work remained half hidden, and Trump was publicly complaining, for well over a year, that not enough was being done.

    Sessions was well cast for that role ... reliable but inert ... an excellent insulator, to both fake out the opposition and to make it look less like Trump was on a vendetta against Obama, Hillary and associates.

    Now that we have a reliable Senate majority, the investigations can become more publicly energized, and Trump can count on positioning reliable judges and cabinet officials in that work.

    This begins with Mathew Whittaker replacing Rod Rosenstein as Bob Mueller's effective boss. Whittaker has publicly denounced Mueller's investigations into Trump as going too far, and publicly complained that the investigations into Hillary's emails didn't go far enough.

    The work somewhat behind the scenes by Horowitz, Huber and others, including into election fraud, some very recent, can now be more publicly energized.
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    Quote Posted by Ratszinger (here)
    It appears to me that Q was dead wrong about making history with a 'red wave' and he was dead wrong about Sessions being trusted. Uh oh!
    Fear not - us Q-tards can explain such deliberate disinformation away easily - see my previous post .
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    Quote Posted by Paul (here)
    Quote Posted by mgray (here)
    About that "Trust Sessions" line in many Q drops, well don't he just resigned
    Well, my Q-tard excuse is that Sessions was serving as "inert insulation" between
    1. the real investigations being done, of not just the historic (Obama-era) crimes, but also of ongoing crimes by the same traitors, and
    2. President Trump.
    As a matter of "optics" as well as a matter of faking the traitors out, it worked better if the real work remained half hidden, and Trump was publicly complaining, for well over a year, that not enough was being done.

    Sessions was well cast for that role ... reliable but inert ... an excellent insulator, to both fake out the opposition and to make it look less like Trump was on a vendetta against Obama, Hillary and associates.

    Now that we have a reliable Senate majority, the investigations can become more publicly energized, and Trump can count on positioning reliable judges and cabinet officials in that work.

    This begins with Mathew Whittaker replacing Rod Rosenstein as Bob Mueller's effective boss. Whittaker has publicly denounced Mueller's investigations into Trump as going too far, and publicly complained that the investigations into Hillary's emails didn't go far enough.

    The work somewhat behind the scenes by Horowitz, Huber and others, including into election fraud, some very recent, can now be more publicly energized.
    This is a thoughtful analysis. Not sure I agree entirely, but it is certainly not implausible.

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    One I missed, from the above bunch for Nov 7, 2018

    From https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/3787369.html#3788185
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    >>3788121 ...
    [[ Above link goes to post of a Reuters article quoting US Democrat Senator Schumer calling for new acting Attorney General Whittaker to recuse himself from overseeing Bob Mueller's Special Counsel investigation into Trump's alleged "Russian Collusion". -- Paul. ]]
    There will be no recusal.
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    Paul, I would say that's as good an analysis of the situation. However Sessions took his seat warming assignment too literal by recusing himself. I am sure his lawyers recommended that tact in case the whole thing blew up in his face.

    Here's the thing, Mueller said his report would be ready for release after the midterms, so I think its late in the game to think it can be squashed now. I mull that over tonight.
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    Here's the thing, Mueller said his report would be ready for release after the midterms, so I think its late in the game to think it can be squashed now. I mull that over tonight.
    Hmmm ... speculating here ... if Mueller could lay some serious damage on Trump, then I'd have suspected that it would have leaked before the mid-term elections. Certainly such leakage is well within the skill set of Mueller and associates.

    I don't recall seeing any such leaks. None whatsoever.

    So that suggests to me that Mueller will be shooting blanks.

    In that case, better for Trump to stand up and take Mueller's best shots, with no apparently serious effort to derail the witch hunt using his Presidential powers.

    My die-hard liberal friends, and the main stream media headlines, will be convinced that Mueller has dropped nuclear charges on Trump.

    But the majority of people will see, after a bit, that there was no there there, and that Mueller was engaged in a witch hunt all along.

    Thus will Mueller fade into a footnote in some history book, where he justly deserves to reside.
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    Thus will Mueller fade into a footnote in some history book, where he justly deserves to reside.
    Unless, that is, Mueller gets to play a role in one more chapter ... as one of several defendants facing charges of high crimes and treasons.
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    including into election fraud, some very recent, can now be more publicly energized.
    Speaking of which, from wired.com:

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    The Unprecedented Effort to Secure Election Day

    Author: Lily Hay NewmanLily Hay Newman, 11.06.18 07:00 am

    After Russia's misinformation campaign rattled the 2016 United States election season, scrutiny over this year's midterms has been intense. And while foreign cybersecurity threats have so far been relatively muted, an unclassified government report obtained by The Boston Globe this week indicates more than 160 suspected election-related incidents since the beginning of August, ranging from suspicious login attempts to compromised municipal networks. Officials haven't attributed most of it to an actor yet, but the situations include suspicious attempted logins on election systems like voter databases and municipal network compromises. Even in July, Microsoft said it had spotted four incidents of attempted campaign phishing.

    Since the wakeup call of the 2016 election, local, state, federal officials, and privacy organizations have worked together to improve system defenses around the country in ways they never have before. The process has been both controversial and, in some cases, too late to help the 2018 midterm election season. But plenty of municipalities have already updated and reinforced their digital networks, replaced insecure voting machines, increased their hiring of specialized security personnel security hiring, and implemented post-election audits. The Department of Homeland Security has aided localities by actively probing election systems for vulnerabilities—and helping fix them—and expanding their ability to monitor their voting infrastructure. The foundation of a secure election was laid well before Tuesday.

    But on the day itself, election officials and third parties say the biggest cybersecurity improvements have to do with communication between the many organizations that participate. Elections are run, after all, not by the federal government, but by state and local officials spread across more than 1,300 local election jurisdictions. For the first time in 2018, that fractured landscape will be tied together by a hubs like the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which the Department of Homeland Security will use to coordinate information from all 50 states.

    "What we lacked in 2016 and before was an organized way to identify patterns and spot trends from above," says David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, who formerly worked as a Department of Justice voting rights attorney. "Now we'll be able to connect the dots about the origin and nature of the activity thanks to coordination through DHS."

    The irregularities those officials will watch for include things like mass voting machine failures, unexpected voter registration issues, and suspicious network activity on election infrastructure systems. Unlike 2016, they'll now have clear channels for reporting those anomalies, hearing what other local officials are doing to combat similar issues, and even calling in specialized assistance.

    Massive Coordination

    In August, DHS conducted a tabletop exercise—essentially an election day dry run—with representatives from 44 states to review and practice using the expanded resources that will be available. "The progress we’ve made since 2016 is immense," the DHS official said. "We’re not just able to push information down, but we're receiving a great amount of information back that allows us to understand the threats targeting information systems."

    Unlike 2016, many secretaries of state and other top election officials have gotten security clearances that allow them to be briefed on classified threat intelligence, and understand the context of what they may see on election day.

    "This could be everything from general threat information around things like phishing or SQL injections to specific threat indicators that the IT components across the states and municipalities can use to manage risk and identify if they’re being targeted and mitigate those threats," a DHS senior administration official told reporters on Wednesday.

    A successful phishing attack could give hackers the keys to an official email account or voter registration system. The technique known as an SQL injection could grant them unauthorized access to the information in a voter registration database. And sharing threat indicators though a coordinating body like DHS could allow analysts notice that, say, multiple precincts have strange issues with software from the same vendor. The decentralization of elections in the US is a security strength, because it makes the system difficult to attack as a whole, but can also be a weakness if multiple regions experience the same problem and no one realizes the commonality.

    Separately, the Department of Justice runs an Election Day Watch Program that appoints a district election officer in each US attorney’s office around the country—roughly 94 total—and trains them as liaisons between DoJ in Washington, DC, attorneys and investigators in the field, and state and local election officials.

    The DoJ says it has three divisions ready for action on Tuesday. The criminal division investigates election crimes like ballot fraud, while the civil rights division monitors Voting Rights Act issues and other election-related civil rights violations. The national security division will now be involved in Election Day as well, to keep an eye on potential foreign influence activity. The Justice Department also runs hotlines for voters on election day to support any suspicious activity.

    Washington, Illinois, and Wisconsin all have National Guard cybersecurity units on call to assist election officials in case of a digital attack. And just as DHS will help coordinate state and local-level insights, the National Security Council will act as a clearinghouse for election-related information from the US intelligence community. And if foreign meddling does occur Tuesday, the agency will mete out sanctions.

    "If there is interference in [the election] that fundamentally wrecks the natural process that we have established in this country and really undermines what we will be looking at," a senior administration official said on Wednesday. "That has to be met with swift and severe action."

    Calling in for Backup

    The government won't go it alone. Verified Voting, a group that promotes election system best practices, is part of the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, which offers a hotline for voter information and issues. Verified Voting particularly specializes in fielding questions about technology issues related to voting. Some of those have already come up; in Texas and Georgia, outdated software and poor design features on paperless voting machines have caused a small but jarring number of incidents in which votes appear to be switched from a voter's selection.

    "Issues come up all the time," says Verified Voting president Marian Schneider. "Machines are down when the polls open, they didn’t boot up or the poll workers weren’t able to get them up and running. The other big issue that comes up is a calibration error where the touch screen got out of whack and needs to be adjusted or perhaps the voter put their hand on the touchscreen and inadvertently marked it."

    As with the big federal communication centers, the coalition looks to analyze disparate information from voters and poll workers on the ground to ensure that everyone is able to vote. "We always are looking for patterns—that’s what the command center is looking for—to see if there’s a systemic problem that needs to be escalated," Schneider says. If the poll workers can't help resolve the issue, the Election Protection coalition will call on county officials for a remedy.

    Officials and advocates all say that the biggest thing citizens can do to protect their vote on election day is check and recheck their entry before submitting it, and let poll workers know if anything is wrong so it can be resolved.. But even with heightened awareness and concern about digital threats, it's also crucial to remember that it's normal for small things to go wrong, and officials are prepared.

    "There are inevitably going to be problems, and we’re going to have to resist the urge to think that everything that happens is a cyber event," the Center for Election Innovation and Research's Becker says. "The single most important thing at this point in the process is that voters know their votes are going to count."
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