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Worldwide Threat Assessment that states Russia is targeting the 2018 U.S. elections. The United States Intelligence Community concluded in early 2018 that the Russian government was continuing the interference it started during the 2016 elections and was attempting to influence the 2018 United States mid-term elections by generating discord through social media.
On November 8, 2016, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election, but lost the popular vote to opponent Hillary Clinton by about 2.9 million votes. [4] [20] Trump falsely claimed that he won the popular vote "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally" and that three to five million people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
Published on January 6, 2017, the report includes an assessment by the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the type and breadth of actions undertaken by Russia and affiliated elements during the elections. The report examines Russia's utilization of cyberspace such as hacking and ...
January 8, 2018 January 11, 2018 83 FR 1507 2018-00553 [150] [151] 58 13822: Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life January 9, 2018 January 12, 2018 83 FR 1513 2018-00630 [152] [153] 59 13823: Protecting America Through Lawful Detention of Terrorists [aa] January 30, 2018 February 2, 2018 83 FR 4831
Volume V of the report, with 966 pages, was released to the public on August 18, 2020, albeit heavily redacted. [49] [50] The report concluded that "the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election". [49]
No governing body or professional association has yet adopted a definitive set of best practices for election audits. However, in 2007 a group of election-integrity organizations, including the Verified Voting Foundation, Common Cause, and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law collaborated with the American Statistical Association to produce a set of recommended best practices ...
A risk-limiting audit (RLA) is a post-election tabulation auditing procedure which can limit the risk that the reported outcome in an election contest is incorrect. It generally involves (1) storing voter-verified paper ballots securely until they can be checked, [1] and (2) manually examining a statistical sample of the paper ballots until enough evidence is gathered to meet the risk limit.
A comprehensive budget deal is later passed by Congress in the early hours of the morning, and a Continuing Resolution is signed into law by President Trump that keeps the government open until March 23, 2018. (Federal News Radio) Timeline of the Trump presidency, 2018 Q1