You Still Can’t Vote by Text or Tweet. Don’t Get Fooled – By Ian Sherr (CNET) / Nov 5, 2022
Hackers and far-right trolls have a playbook of using social media posts, robocalls and more to confuse voters into missing out on Election Day.
No, you can’t vote by tweet. Or by text message. Or through WhatsApp. Or, except for a few rare exceptions, over the internet at all.
If you didn’t know that, now you do. If you did know it, good. Now tell your friends.
The reason I’m writing this is that in the past few elections, hackers and online trolls have reportedly tried to disenfranchise voters by promoting false voting alternatives like text messaging, to effectively trick people into not actually casting their ballot.
For the vast majority of people, the only way to vote is by going to the polls or by using a mail-in ballot. The good news is that the word appears to be getting out. More than 36 million people have already cast ballots in early voting.
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