Anonymous did not stop Rove from stealing the election.

[JohnnyRingo]

75. That is not a problem.

The Diebold machine keeps track of how many votes were cast for each candidate. I thought I was clear, but you missed an important step in the procedure that prevents "voter flipping".

At the end of the day, when we unseal and pull the paper roll we have to have the machine print it's final report on the roll. On the paper is a tabulation that has to match the votes cast in the machine's memory exactly before we can sign off on it and lock it in a steel box with a tamper proof seal.

Remember, that vote was printed out right in front of the voter, and they can't pull out the card until it's finished doing so (think Clockwork Orange). Therefore, in the case of an audit or recount, the paper print out will reveal how people actually voted, vote by vote, regardless of what was stored in the machine's memory. Only those paper rolls are stored under lock and key for years in case the election is challenged. The machines are cleared for the next election so they become irrelevent. The log books we keep during the election (where we record and sign off on what the machines report for each candidate) are also stored and must confirm what the paper rolls indicate.

If the machine and paper print out tallies don't match at the close of election day, we have to stay and go through our sign in book, the paper rolls, and the digital machine count to find the discrepancy. If we can't figure it out, the roll is sequestered and the event is logged in our book for the county board to investigate. Personally, though many trusting voters ignore the paper print out, I've never heard of a complaint from a voter that his vote was incorrectly logged on a modern Diebold machine with a paper trail, and it's certainly never happened to me.

I have to mention that someone could indeed hack a machine to show an innacurate count, but because of that verified paper roll that was printed in front of each voter, evidence exists to prove fraud and an accurate count can be confirmed by hand counting each of those votes printed.