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In reply to the discussion: New Bill Aims To Get Rid Of Paperless Voting Machines [View all]Rene
(1,189 posts)2. There must be access to system logs where vote counting is being done....
Must ensure that program processing stays on the same URL. With distributed batch processing its VERY easy to switch to another server, in midstream, and execute a same named rogue script on a different server thats programmed to flip votes......I.e. the exact same 1% difference seen in all the problem states. Thats a programmed result to impact electoral college
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thank you; you have to wonder why some people are so determined to keep the vote counting process
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#36
you have no idea what you are talking about; clearly YOU couldn't hack those machines, but i think
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#35
i have done vote total comparisons from county clerks to state results and
questionseverything
Jan 2018
#25
ok, i'm not a computer expert, and i don't think you are either, but here is the $64K question,
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#34
It's a trivial problem if it's done at the central processor level instead of in voting machines.
hedda_foil
Jan 2018
#42
how are you going to find evidence of machine hacking when it is never investigated? and no one is
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#37
why do you have such a problem with citizens wanting to oversee their own elections?
questionseverything
Jan 2018
#11
I didn't respond to the OP; I responded to a comment about vote flipping...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#18
regardless of your arguments, computerized voting equipment does NOT meet the burden of proof that
diva77
Jan 2018
#38
Wouldve been nice if they listened to us in 2007 when there was a lot less at stake
Tiggeroshii
Jan 2018
#3
It would have been nicer if they'd listened in 2003, when they passed out the HAVA dough.
hedda_foil
Jan 2018
#43
i am refering to posters here at du, which if i understand the rules i am not allowed to name
questionseverything
Jan 2018
#16
there are plenty of dems who apparently think the present counting system is fine; if you are not
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#31
Not realizing there is a problem is VERY different than opposing a paper ballots bill.
SunSeeker
Jan 2018
#39
the 1st response and the 4th response in this thread seem to oppose
questionseverything
Jan 2018
#45
hand-counting votes does not require/imply a direct democracy. but yes, many would oppose having
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2018
#49