Trump is trying 2 prep the public for an election challenge if/when he loses or else he may think it will be easier for his “friends” to cheat for him w/ the internet-connected polling place equipment (DS200 scanners & e-pollbooks) that swing states have flocked to since 2015. 1/

2/ I put “friends” in quotation marks bc it is fairly obvious that he blackmails people to do his bidding.

3/ Article about ES&S’s DS200 scanners (polling place equipment), which connect systems on the receiving end of transmissions to the internet. https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials

Trump also could be planning to rig vote by mail and is fooling people into saying how secure it is so that they won’t be able to say anything when his allies use it to steal the election. Like what happened in 2016. 4/

I discuss some concerns with vote by mail here. But Trump's one-sided concern when it comes to potential cheating (He's worried about VBM but not internet-connected polling place equipment???) makes no sense. 5/ https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1260405951661654016.html

Most election-integrity advocates worry about both types of systems and try to plug holes in them. Trump is only purportedly worried about vote by mail. Something is going on with that, and it can't be good because nothing with Trump is good. 6/