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In reply to the discussion: Charles P Pierce - If the Russians Got into Voting Machines, I Fear for the Republic [View all]TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)27. you don't know that. don't act like you do. nt
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Charles P Pierce - If the Russians Got into Voting Machines, I Fear for the Republic [View all]
n2doc
Feb 2018
OP
Exactly. I was asking that on election night. Except I knew the answer. Knew it as soon as
Amaryllis
Feb 2018
#39
Canada has the same population as California. Also, we throw everything on one ballot...
Hekate
Feb 2018
#50
California's ballot Propositions have led to some really, really stupid decisions
Hekate
Feb 2018
#78
Absolutely. The first few times I voted, we used paper ballots here in Georgia
Glorfindel
Feb 2018
#29
it has to be paper ballots counted by hand with a tight chain of custody
questionseverything
Feb 2018
#63
Please spare me the macho speech about losers, etc We dont have to accept cheating
YessirAtsaFact
Feb 2018
#54
Hacking didnt cost us the election. Never suggested not taking precautions. Spare me
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#56
the "shy conservative voter" theory started in 2000. coincidence? probably not. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2018
#65
obama was smart enough and had the army of volunteers to count the precincts himself
questionseverything
Feb 2018
#66
My concern, though, is that we talk like we'd be okay if elections were cleaned up
FiveGoodMen
Feb 2018
#35
No Russians required for this necessarily. The rethug & nonrethug SOS's certified these machines
diva77
Feb 2018
#49
It is impossible to observe what goes on inside a voting machine -- that is why the Germans rejected
diva77
Feb 2018
#75
'We are inching ever closer to the revelation that the actual vote totals were hacked...'
C Moon
Feb 2018
#18
+1, they don't even have to hack the totals just hack the voter roles and keep people
uponit7771
Feb 2018
#36
Yep. And the same thing is going to happen this November unless something is fixed.
C Moon
Feb 2018
#46
"it's incumbent upon states & the feds to do something about it before our democracy is attacked
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#48
Let's require manual, hand counting of all votes in all elections in our country!
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#51
And yet the counties in Wisconsin that hand recounted counties showed not significant and
mythology
Feb 2018
#55
it is quite likely that hacking would be targeted at precincts w/ no paper trail; and remember,
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2018
#68