Charles P Pierce - If the Russians Got into Voting Machines, I Fear for the Republic

[Ms. Toad]

71. For one, I read reports of election system hacking very carefully,

From the perspective of someone who recognizes the machines and systems they are talking about. All of the recent articles that I've seen are about the voter registration system.

I also have thousands of hours of hands-on experience with voting machines from multiple manufacturers, in multiple jurisdictions, in multiple roles. I've also served as the Democratic observer in two counties through all phases of the voting (early through tabulation) - so I have direct observation of the tabulation, the opportunity for unsupervised access to the machines, etc. I also worked in the boiler room in an important Democratic-leaning county in my home state during the 2012 presidential election. I was assigned the role of trouble-shooter for all reports of voting machine incidents largely because my experience permitted me to solve - or at least categorize as suspicious or not - a lot of problems more quickly than anyone else could even find the problem in a manual.