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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]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)You need to know what you are talking about.
Since you don't, how about you do some reading on 2004, and CURRENT ongoing issues with election integrity nowadays, and THEN we can talk some more.
Start here: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0601-34.htm and then google the topics referenced.
The fact that the "anonymous" scenario is plausible should scare people; it scares me. Saying it can't or couldn't happen is the equivalent of clapping for tinker bell - computer systems aren't secured by wishing really hard.
But maybe, this time, nobody thought that stealing a few measly votes was a good idea - after all, if you can do all of the other rotten things we KNOW they did, why would it occur to the folks who PROGRAM THE MACHINES to "fix" the election? Why, that would be WRONG! (Where is my fainting couch? I think I might swoon at the thought!)
Oh, and the email wasn't an "internal only" system; Andy knew enough to check that. The election worker just didn't understand how computers and the Internet work. It is still a pretty common problem.