Those Crazy Dutch
How paranoid can you get? The Dutch had national elections in March, and they really wigged out
"Dutch will count all election ballots by hand to thwart hacking"
"Ministers want no repeat of US-Russia controversy in the March poll that could see Geert Wilders’ far-right party win power"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/02/dutch-will-count-all-election-ballots-by-hand-to-thwart-cyber-hacking
"Dutch authorities will count by hand all the votes cast in next month’s general elections, ditching “vulnerable” computer software to thwart any cyber hacking bid, a senior minister has said...
...Plasterk told parliament that fears over “the vulnerabilities of the software” used by the country’s election committee “had raised questions about whether the upcoming elections could be manipulated”.
He insisted in a letter to MPs that “no shadow of a doubt should hang over the results” of the parliamentary polls, which some analysts predict could result in a five-party coalition."
As it turns out Dutch voters rejected Geert Wilders’ far-right party. Another false alarm. Those Dutch are just so nervous about elections.
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