Now that republiCONs are complaining about voting machine hacking

[kurtcagle]

6. The Cons that are griping about voting machines

will likely be shushed up quickly by those who know that the voting machines do favor the GOP.

Additional point - I do not believe the voting machines were "hacked". I do believe that the voting machines out of the box were configured to favor one side vs. another. Part of the problem in determining this is that the source code for those machines are proprietary, meaning that you can only determine the bias by reverse-engineering the systems, which is a time-intensive and laborious process. Moreover, in most places that use touch screen systems, the states generally lease the systems from the manufacturer rather than own them outright, and the vendor takes back possession of the machines once the election is done

One thing I think this election MIGHT do is make these discrepancies more obvious. We've not had side by side comparisons of touch voting machines vs. paper ballots at this scale ever. If it can be shown that paper ballots were consistently in line with the polls, while touch screens had a significant discrepancy, then the case for removing the touch screens from use becomes much stronger. I would be willing to bet that all of a sudden, you'll find that Republicans are winning considerably less often than they used to if that were to happen.