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Related: About this forumHarvey Wasserman: Bush won the 2004 election by electronic vote theft
Harvey Wasserman of Columbus, Ohio, has been a vocal critic of electronic voting machines. He co-wrote the book, "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election." His upcoming book is titled "The Strip & Flip Selection of 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft." We talk to him about his concerns for the upcoming presidential race.
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/23/could_the_2016_election_be_stolen
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Although at least here in SW Ohio, they print out results on a roll of paper as they go along. I doubt those rolls are ever checked, though, unless someone lawyers up and demands a recount.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)and it can't be fixed in time for this next election. We will need to be vigilant about this election, and not be afraid calling out signs of fraud.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)by one set of folks, then have all the rolls automatically read and those separate tallies spat out by another machine that doesn't have access to the tallies from the electronic cards. You could check em within an hour or so at most polling locations, having an 'instant' recount every time. Any time the two don't match, the roll goes to be examined by humans.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)I actually was a precinct captain for the Dems at a local election that used electronic voting machines. It was interesting. There is some initial test that they work properly on a very basic level, but that could be easily overcome with the right code.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Electronics last about 10 years, depending on how you store them andsoforth. (Especially electronics using semiconductors.) If your county bought voting-machines or ballot-scanners in 2006, there's a very good chance that most of them no longer work properly.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)acted as though it wasn't a serious problem.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)America a process of cleaning up politics. Oh well, might not happen in our lifetimes.