Obama appeared befuddled by the GOP presidential nominee's declaration when asked about it during a press conference at the Pentagon. 
 
“I don’t even really know where to start on answering this question,” he said. “Of course the elections will not be rigged. What does that mean?” 
 
Obama pointed out that elections are run by state and local authorities
— which are run by Republicans and Democrats alike — and not the federal government.

 
“If Mr Trump is suggesting a conspiracy theory that is being propagated across the country ... that’s ridiculous,” the president said. 
 

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The very next day:

 
According to a NY Times article, the Obama administration wants DHS to run our electronic ballot casting system
. DHS wants to classify our election process as “critical infrastructure."
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/us/pol...tacks.html
 
If Obama really wanted to protect the election against "cyber attacks", he should demand we go back to paper ballots.
 

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