Can i ask these questions, without getting anyone upset?

[bluestarone]

A republican group bought dominion voting machines. Will they be used in next Tuesdays election? So, my question is, will we be able to insure all future election are secure? If so, HOW? Could someone here explain the process making sure all is well? TY

[Ocelot II]

1. For starters, does your state/local government use Dominion voting machines?

Not all of them do.

[bluestarone]

2. Have no idea. Will ck if North Dakota does, but i do not think so.

Is there a list of states that use them? Will ck that out.

[Timewas]

31. here

Aaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, & Wisconsin. Puerto Rico also uses systems from Dominion, but isn't a state.

[Greg_In_SF]

3. List...

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, & Wisconsin.

[bluestarone]

5. Somewhat worried about some of these states.

I'm sure i'm not alone. Gotta trust the Democrats in these states, i guess.

[hlthe2b]

15. My Secretary of State (CO), Jenna Griswold has been President of the Democratic Secretaries of States for

a number of years, as well as our own SOS. She was the one who caught Tina Peters (Mesa County) trying to allow unauthorized access into voter data in the last election, and assisted the REPUBLICAN prosecutor as he took her to trial (she now is serving 9 years for which Trump is beside himself, threatening anyone and everyone). So, that is a long-winded way of saying she is the real deal and has been on top of these voting machines--not only for Colorado. So, I echo those on this thread that are saying "it is not the machines" we should be worried about, but you can inquire as I suggest below, nonetheless.

I do not know what North Dakota or your small group of Republicans is trying to do. Is there ANY investigative reporting there (TV news or what is left of the local newspaper?)

Have you contacted the local democratic party with your concerns to ask what their thoughts are and whether they are doing anything to stay on top of these issues? Even if your state SOS is a Republican, that does not automatically mean they are not following state law. Maybe contact them as well and ask what they are doing to ensure voter integrity at the local level across the state--including electronic machines.

[Mossfern]

29. I know that our county in NJ

has paper backup.
We vote by filling in those tiny circles and the paper is fed into the voting machine that swallows it and records those little circles.
If there are questions about the result, the paper ballots can be read and recorded by humans.

[Silent Type]

4. The voting machines aren't the problem, it's the damn white wing voters and those too lazy to vote.

[bluestarone]

7. I truly wish i had your confidence.

Just saying. I'm headed outside for awhile i'll be away.

[Blue Full Moon]

6. Jim Baker and the Voting commission

Stated that insiders were a threat. He used the example of casino using slot machines to do money laundering to Russians. The casino, tRump's Taj Mahal casino, 106 counts.

[cbabe]

8. The other problem:

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2674257695/

'They may be arrested': ICE makes startling admission on election monitoring operation

Alexander Willis
November 2, 2025 12:08PM ET

With millions of voters expected to descend to the polls Tuesday in a series of off-year elections, including in California where voters will vote on a constitutional amendment to redraw the state’s congressional districts, the Trump administration made a startling admission regarding how its poll monitors may operate on Election Day.

The Trump administration has deployed Justice Department officials to monitor elections in both California and New Jersey, citing allegations of election “irregularities” from Republican leadership in both states, a move that critics have labeled as blatant “voter intimidation.”

The New York Times reported Sunday that officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that while the agency would not target polling sites with immigration raids, there was one important caveat.

“If a dangerous criminal alien is near a polling location, they may be arrested as a result of that targeted enforcement action,” the statement read, as reported by the Times.

… more … CA will monitor the monitors for starters…

[stopdiggin]

10. this is not going to be an issue. ICE is not targeting polling places.

And the type of 'monitoring' the 'Justice' people have in mind - is two guys standing around with a clipboard ... Not particularly scary - or effectual. Rules for behavior and acceptable practice around polling sites are fairly well laid out and codified.

[cbabe]

13. I hope you're right. Never thought ice would target preschools or churches either.

[stopdiggin]

9. I'll be the second one on this thread to say, "It's not the machines .."

The problem is with the level of trust you have with the people (at state and local level) who are running your elections.
The is nothing inherently more vulnerable or subject to cheating about an election employing machines - than the plain old 'stuff the ballot box' (or a bunch of ballots getting 'lost' the storeroom?) type of chicanery that people have attempted for ages. (and in fact, a heck of a lot more in ages gone by than in current practice?)

Can't judge how trustworthy your opinion of your local officials is/are ...
But I will tell you that there is very, very little evidence for outright cheating and theft in recent elections. And that applies to both machines and people involved.

[BlueKota]

18. That was before a Trump sympathizer bought

the company.

[stopdiggin]

21. I'll wait for (solid) evidence ..

of machines being deliberately programed to yield erroneous results ...

Thus far - there is a heck of a lot more evidence and testimony to the contrary.

[BlueKota]

27. The key there is thus far.

The new owner just bought it, and was a Republicon election official. Just because the former owners didn't fix the machines to vote a certain way doesn't mean the new one won't.

Their party has demonstrated they have no respect for the law or honesty, so I think some suspicion about why this particular one bought the company is warranted.

[Nittersing]

11. The machines functioned exactly as they were supposed to

Faux news and others tried to say they didn't, Dominion took them to court and won.

But now Scott Leiendecker has bought it. He has been active in elections, as a repub, for years.

Here's an article from NPR that will give you a good idea. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5570868/analyzing-dominion-voting-systems-sale-to-firm-run-by-ex-republican-elections-official

[questionseverything]

12. The voting machines are computers and no one can see what goes on inside them

[Ocelot II]

14. On the contrary, like all computers they are programmed by humans

to do specific things in specific ways. Whoever programmed them knows exactly how they work and what they do.

[questionseverything]

19. Last, best hacker wins!

But no one can tell anything by “looking “

[stopdiggin]

22. and testing. and running trials and diagnosis before and after ... - -(nt)-

if your election officials are not doing so (and I'd be willing to bet they do) - then you should perhaps be getting on them for not exercising 'standard best practices'.

[Scrivener7]

16. Many in this thread seem to be saying this is not an issue. I think that is just a nutty take on it.

[hamsterjill]

34. Agreed.

I guess I’m just old. But any computer that can be programmed can also be hacked.

There are certainly safeguards. But there are always people smart enough and devious enough to manipulate technology. We just don’t always hear about it.

Just my opinion. I’m sure others will disagree here and tell me it can’t happen. Sure…

[BlueKota]

17. Damn NY uses them.

I hope they ditch them by 2026. I do not want Stefanik as my Governor

[Hekate]

20. Have a look at EFF.ORG -- the Electronic Frontier Foundation

[CTyankee]

23. Based on the list posted here CT does not have them.

I had no idea anyway.

Glad that this is one less political worry I have right now...

[Emile]

24. I never thought a guy who orchestrated an insurrection

could win every battleground state too.

[bluestarone]

25. One thing i'm thinking about is,

We really depend on Democratic election watchers in every state that has dominion machines. I just read that in North Dakota they test every machine before every state or federal elections. That's great. So i'm wondering if ALL states follow this procedure? I do 100% trust North Dakota. How about some DU's chime in about the states that use Dominion machines, especially since republicans now own those machines. Do you feel comfortable with your state and those machines?

[questionseverything]

33. Computers can be programmed to do one thing during testing and another during actual use

That’s exactly what the volkswagon mileage scandal was about

[bluestarone]

35. I guess that's true!

[yellow dahlia]

30. One of the many "results" that doesn't jibe.

[IcyPeas]

26. Ivanka trump got trademarks for Voting Machines from China (and coffins))

[yellow dahlia]

28. I think priority #1 is to figure out how to make sure elections are secure - free and fair.

I wondered aloud today if the elections next week would be conducted without altering the results. "They" don't usually fuck with the off year elections. It is more risky to pull that kind of thing off during off year and special elections.

There is already interference in the form of intimidation and other shenanigans.

But I believe your question was directed at the issue of being able to trust voting machines - now and in the future. ES&S machines have been identified as a problem for years. Here is some of the reporting regarding the integrity of ES&S machines.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/election-hardware-vendor-threatens-researchers-for-exposing-valid-security-flaws/

I am concerned that Dominion has been sold to a former Republican election official.

I, like many on this forum, question the results of elections going back to at least 2000. How many of the questionable results can be attributed to voting machines may be a whole discussion of its own.

So, I affirm your concern. "We" need to do whatever we can to ensure secure and fair elections. And we need to insist on recounts when necessary.

[JustAnotherGen]

32. The rules don't apply anymore

The machines in my county in NJ allow you to read the ballot and proof it.

I take a picture. I don't care about 'illegal'.

We have a 34 times convicted felon and adjudicated rapist in the WH. Mass human rights violations, kidnappings, extrajudicial murders on the sea . . .

That statis quo bullshit of "you're breaking some obscure law" is just that - bullshit. We are ALL doing that in our Borough.

I guess DonOld is just going to come arrest us all. Just arrest the majority of the Borough.