The Ministerial Duty

The federal government's October 2026 guidance is not about foreign hackers. It's about the people inside the room. Full sources at the link.

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RECEIPTS (the sources behind this episode): • October 2026 cisa.gov central@cisa.dhs.gov @CISAgov @CISACyber @cisagov: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-10/elections-insider-threat.pdf • Texas Election Certification Processes and Guardrails | Brennan Center for Ju...: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/texas-election-certification-processes-and-guardrails • Texas Secretary of State E L E C T I O N S D I V I S I O N: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/may-canvassing-post-election-requirements.pdf • Texas Election Code - ELEC § 67.003 | FindLaw: https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/election-code/elec-sect-67-003/ • Texas Election Code Section 67.003 – Time for Local Canvass: https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._election_code_section_67.003 • "Election Certification Processes and Guardrails" - Election Law Blog: https://electionlawblog.org/2026/election-certification-processes-and-guardrails/ • Election Certification | Brennan Center for Justice: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/election-certification • election worker signing code of conduct 2026 (on screen at 3m52s): https://npr.org/2022/10/09/1127513345/election-officials-potential-poll-worker-problems-november • closeup of the back of electronic voting machine with paper receipt spooling out (on screen at 4m35s): https://technologyreview.com/2022/11/01/1062339/unhackable-voting-machine • r/politics - Company behind changes to 2024 election voting machines speaks out (on screen at 4m35s): https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1le3sm3/company_behind_changes_to_2024_election_voting/ • election office ballot tabulation room door (on screen at 6m03s): https://fox5sandiego.com/election/election-headquarters-2024/what-happens-to-a-ballot-after-drop-off-a-look-at-how-san-diego-counts-votes • 1910 Harris County Courthouse, Houston, Texas 1807201157 (41832033250) (on screen at 8m38s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1910_Harris_County_Courthouse,_Houston,_Texas_1807201157_(41832033250).jpg • Interior of a council chamber with seating and podium (on screen at 9m11s): https://www.pct3.com/About/Commissioners-Court • Texas county commissioners court chamber interior (on screen at 9m11s): https://texascountiesdeliver.org/county-officials/county-judge-and-county-commissioners/ • [Flags Behind Judge's Bench] (on screen at 10m55s): https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth472798/ • Liberty County Courthouse, Liberty, Texas 1806051216 (on screen at 10m55s): https://www.flickr.com/photos/32345848@N07/41773216575 • Election Certification Is Not Optional (on screen at 11m53s): https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PD_County-Cert-WP_v03.1.pdf