{"id":96929,"date":"2026-07-17T05:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-questions-voting-system-security-experts-say-evidence-is-lacking\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:32:14","slug":"trump-questions-voting-system-security-experts-say-evidence-is-lacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-questions-voting-system-security-experts-say-evidence-is-lacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Questions Voting System Security; Experts Say Evidence Is Lacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Former President Trump used a recent public address to raise concerns about the security of voting systems across the United States, but election security experts are pushing back hard on those claims.<\/p>

According to those experts, neither Trump’s speech nor a batch of unclassified documents released alongside it contain any evidence to back up the assertions that American voting systems are at risk.<\/p>

In other news, dangerous floodwaters have swept through portions of Texas, creating hazardous conditions for residents in affected areas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former President Trump made claims about vulnerabilities in U.S. voting systems during a recent speech. Election security experts say neither the speech nor newly released unclassified documents offer any supporting evidence for those claims. Meanwhile, deadly flooding has struck parts of Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":96928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784280734531.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-pdn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96729,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/experts-warn-trumps-election-fraud-claims-could-undermine-upcoming-midterms\/","url_meta":{"origin":96929,"position":0},"title":"Experts Warn Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Could Undermine Upcoming Midterms","author":"Admin","date":"July 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Analysts and election security experts say President Trump's expected speech repeating claims that the 2020 election was stolen could threaten the credibility of future U.S. elections, including the November midterms. 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