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Farmer-Rick

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34. I'm concerned we will have a 2026 secure election
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 11:07 AM
Jul 2025

Or to be more accurate, everyone including conservative Dems and corporate owners pretend we had a secure election again.

We haven't had an accurate vote count since 2000. Sometimes Dems are able to overwhelm the cheat machines and scams, but the vote is not being counted accurately. Because.......

1. When the vote machines went into service there were many complaints about errors and many countries trashed their voting machines because of the huge error rate. Look back at 2004 and notice the many reports of "errors". It's really odd that the errors were always in the GOP's favor but people be blind.

2. I can't find any info of the error rate being fixed or repaired. Prove to me those machines are now accurate.

3. Very few states check on the accuracy of the vote count. And usually that is ONLY done when some candidate complains and even then, it's frequently not done 100% because states charge for doing their job of recounting.

4. Jimmy Carter had a system to check accuracy of vote counts through a form of exit polling. (Not the kind of exit polling the corporate media uses.) He frequently was invited to observe elections in other countries. He never applied it to the US. Why? That is the only way you are going to prove to me that US voting is NOT rigged.

5. The source code used in those machines is kept secret. Today, most voting system vendors treat any source code they write as confidential and proprietary. The vendors tightly control
access to this source code. Election officials use the equipment, but they are normally
not given access to its source code. Candidates, political parties, technical experts, and
interested citizens are normally not given access to voting system source code, either.
Federal voting standards require voting system vendors to share their source code with
a testing laboratory selected by the vendor, and the testing labs are supposed to check
that the system complies with the federal standards. However, the testing labs have
come under growing criticism for missing security and reliability problems in deployed
voting systems, and many experts have expressed concerns about the ability of the
testing labs to ensure that voting systems are fit for use.

6. Most states do not receive or
require access to voting source code. However, there are some exception.

So.....prove to me those problems have been addressed in our voting systems.

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Well, at least the one who knows how to manipulate computer software is on our side this time. aeromanKC Jul 2025 #1
I have to agree with you on that at the moment... FarPoint Jul 2025 #2
I think he'll fall in line too. They always do. IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2025 #13
I hold that concern as well.... FarPoint Jul 2025 #17
Musk is not going to send himself to jail for us by admitting he helped Trump steal the election. hadEnuf Jul 2025 #16
It's not just one thing. sop Jul 2025 #3
Absolutely..... FarPoint Jul 2025 #4
Two Ideas Chasstev365 Jul 2025 #5
All action is welcome.... FarPoint Jul 2025 #7
I don't trust Marc Elias at all on the 2024 election annielion Jul 2025 #24
Given not one of those sources you've been using has any evidence EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #6
Well....do your reseach... FarPoint Jul 2025 #8
I've read those sites EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #20
You may choose to do whateer ya want... FarPoint Jul 2025 #22
... et tu Jul 2025 #29
Frankly I don't know what more evidence is needed than what has been going on GoodRaisin Jul 2025 #33
WE already know they cheated gab13by13 Jul 2025 #9
".. thoughts that we won't even have an Election in 2026..." Septua Jul 2025 #10
This administration is working so fast at accomplishing destruction chaos... FarPoint Jul 2025 #11
We MUST insist on paper ballot count..no touch screen Abstractartist Jul 2025 #12
I totally agree.... FarPoint Jul 2025 #14
I think they can only throw close election. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #15
As I interpreted previous elections... Septua Jul 2025 #21
Why would we? If I get away with stealing I'm going back to the scene of the crime for more loot. live love laugh Jul 2025 #18
Too paraphrase Joseph Stalin... WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2025 #19
I discount 2024 fraud stories but... hay rick Jul 2025 #23
Trump says, "Blue states will disappear off the map next year." Botany Jul 2025 #25
Keep your eyes on Poland's election interference. nt in2herbs Jul 2025 #26
You can count on it dlk Jul 2025 #27
Paper ballots only! RainCaster Jul 2025 #28
I'm not convinced the last one was secure. n/t S/V Loner Jul 2025 #30
Wothout a doubt there was vote manipulation. They even admitted they had a secret Iwasthere Jul 2025 #31
The formula used to manipulate the 2024 election is out in public now annielion Jul 2025 #32
I'm concerned we will have a 2026 secure election Farmer-Rick Jul 2025 #34
Toi should probably stop Mountainguy Jul 2025 #35
We're gonna need a bigger vote! Towlie Jul 2025 #36
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