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In reply to the discussion: Kentucky Governor Election Very Suspicious. [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)as a volunteer or observer? Have you ever read your local election laws? Are you familiar with the anti-fraud procedures in your county? Have you sat in on a recount? Have worked with computer scientist evaluating voting machine code? Have you helped draft laws to guard against electronic vote tampering? Have you listened to a few hundred hours of testimony at public hearings on electronic voting? Have you spoken with voting machine vendors, local/state election officials, party officials about the issue?
I hear a lot of theories about how simple it is to rig voting machines from folks who have never really worked in any of these areas. It is not as simple as some people claim, and believe it or not, a lot of election officials and volunteers take the sanctity of the election process with the utmost seriousness.
I live in a state where a billionaire (Art Pope) bought the government (NC). He did it the old fashioned way, with money spent to suppress votes and gerrymander the districts so that seats were guaranteed. I can tell you he definitely didn't do it by rigging the voting machines.