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In reply to the discussion: Wasn't sure whether to believe the Anonymous/Rove story,until the reaction telling us to shut up @it [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...okay, so you admit that vote counting systems may have been on the Internet. Since our system works by COUNTING THE VOTES, it would seem to be very important to CONTROL THE SYSTEMS THAT COUNT THE VOTE. But if these systems are ON THE INTERNET then they can indeed be subject to hacking and changing results.
As to whether local precincts "notice" discrepancies or not, I would not want to pin my hopes on whether each precinct pays attention to the vote counts before and after they have been rerouted.
I brought up 2004 because there were claims back then that the machines were not on the Internet -- until it was shown that many of them were indeed accessible via Internet. Sorry if that is inconvenient. Given the similarities with the timing in this vote as compared to that one, it seemed relevant to this discussion.
There has been no change in subject, it was just a question. So now you have admitted that indeed the Internet "may" be a factor this year as well. Thank you for reinforcing my point.