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He tried to get president bush impeached because of the iraq war. we have a constitutional duty to investigation. reporter: the chief computer scientist seems to be on a different page. j. alex halderman is concerned about the risk of elections being hacked. he talked about it on cspan before the vote. the realistic attack is going to be honing in on whichever states end up having the closest margin. reporter: but he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting security ought to be addressed, not because he s convinced it would necessarily change the result nor prove anyone tried to rig the vote. he s posted online, quote, were this year s deviations from pre-election polls the result of a cyber attack? probably not. i believe the most likely explanation is the polls were systematically wrong. ....
Investigate fully and comprehensively. reporter: but at the university of michigan the chief computer scientist behind the discovery of these alleged voting oddities seems to be on a different page. concern about the risk of american elections being hacked. he talked about it on c-span before the vote. a realistic attack on the election is probably going to be honing in on whatever states end up having the closest margins. but he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting security ought to be addressed. not because he s convinced it would change the result nor prove anyone tried to rig the vote. he s posted online, quote, more of this year s deviations from election polls the result of a cyberattack? probably not. i believe the most likeliestmation is the polls were systematically wrong. i can set one of these ....
reporter: he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting security ought to be addressed. not because he s convince td it would necessarily change the result or prove anyone tried to rig the vote. he posted, were the deviations from the pre-election polls the result of a cyber attack? probably not. i believe the polls were systematically wrong. some went no the balloting confident. i could set the machine in the middle of hered square and they could not hack it. reporter: the clinton camp has shown little interest in purcha pursuing it. this political conspiracy theory will just drift off into the electoral wilderness. ....
a big proponent of voting rights. he tried to get president bush impeached over the iraq war. the united states house of representatives has a constitutional duty to investigate fully and comprehensively. reporter: at the university of michigan, the chief computer scientist behind the discovery of these alleged voting oddities seems to be on a different page. j. alex halderman is concerned about the risk of elections being hacked. he talked about it before the vote. a realistic attack on the election will home in on whichever states have the closest margins. reporter: he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting security ought to be addressed. not because he is convinced it would necessarily change the result nor prove anyone tried to rig the vote. he has posted online, quote, were this year s deviations from pre-election polls the result of a cyber attack? ....
This vote. a realistic attack on the election is probably going to be honing in on whichever states have the closest margins. reporter: but he wants an investigation because he thinks any questions about voting security ought to be addressed. he s posted online more of this year s deviations from preelection polls the result of a cyber attack? probably not. i believe the polls were systematically wrong. as for election officials, some went into the balloting pretty confident. i could set one of these machines in the middle of red square in moscow and the russians could hack into it. reporter: they don t want to say more right now in case there is legal action. the clinton campaign has yet to file a challenge. ....