For those that think voting machines can be compromised

[sofa king]

13. I was just writing about that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=197998

The short version is this: Pollsters and media have an interest in toying with their numbers to keep the race close... for a while.

But if the pollsters blow the call on the eve of the election, they risk losing out entirely in subsequent elections.

Suddenly, the President's numbers are jumping outside of statistical ties in many of the battleground states. (One doesn't have to blame poll manipulation on that, though I do; it can also be explained by his competence shown this week in dealing with Sandy.)

That, in turn, has lifted the skirt of the electronic election thieves, who appear to me to mostly work within the margin of error in the polls. If the race is a statistical tie, they can game the machines to produce the result they wish without fear of discovery.

But if it isn't a statistical tie, the thieves risk being caught by producing an anomalous result, which is in none of their interests.

And that, I think, is why Ohio is suddenly issuing an "experimental" patch for their voting machines. Not because they're trying to steal it, but because, all too suddenly for them, they realize that they can't steal it, and now they have to un-steal it or risk being caught.

If I am correct, we can expect to see something similar happen in Virginia today or tomorrow, because the President also threatens to break out of a statistical tie before the election in Virginia.

Virginia uses multiple different types of voting machines, so the circumstantial kicker would be a series of "experimental" patches across multiple platforms, rather than machines made by just one manufacturer.