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In reply to the discussion: ***AND*** our voting machines were HACKED [View all]Glitterati
(3,182 posts)28. Perhaps you should understand that is where they program the ballots
At the electoral boards.
How do you think they present you with a ballot ON the voting machine?
They use the voting machines themselves to prepare and create the ballots.
IF someone were going to hack the voting machines THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE AND HOW they would do it.
At that point every card inserted into a voting machine on election day has already been HACKED. There is simply no need to do it when everyone is voting.
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Trump himself brought "it" up after being told about the Russian's hacking the election
Botany
Jan 2017
#2
That statement sure doesn't sound like something he'd be able to compose
superpatriotman
Jan 2017
#3
ABC News: Russian Hackers Targeted Nearly Half of States' Voter Registration Systems...
JaneQPublic
Jan 2017
#6
Yep, if they can hack registration databases, then THEY decide who votes! (NT)
JaneQPublic
Jan 2017
#90
I did, actually. Posted a link previously. But here's some more that you won't read
Dr Hobbitstein
Jan 2017
#85
So? We aren't talking about many votes...when I asked the guy scanning how I would
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#82
I know, right? These people want to relate that the Russians hacked the voter files
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#167
Longship you live in a fantasy world where there are no experts on voting machines you haven't met.
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2017
#88
So you insist that it could not happen nor have any influence over the count anywhere?
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2017
#107
Agree. Voting machines can easily be hacked into. The machines that we have in our area don't
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2017
#140
then 75K votes were never counted from Detroit and Flint which were probably all Hillary votes.
putitinD
Jan 2017
#151
The machines don't have ports on the outside. All the ports are internal.
Dr Hobbitstein
Jan 2017
#24
Electoral is worse..They can purge votes ... The voter machines is distraction when there are better
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#23
We have no proof they weren't and there should objectively be no benefit of ...
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#27
Your precious post #6 states that state election boards were hacked, which I've already acknowledge.
Dr Hobbitstein
Jan 2017
#73
Try living in Florida and have 100% certainty that people are not screwing around with machines, etc
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2017
#143
"democratic leaders" are clueless and toothless. that's why we keep doing this again and again. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2017
#146
Democratic Leaders (whom I know personally) vs anonymous bloggers...how to choose
brooklynite
Jan 2017
#164
Hold up! Now if you *KNOW THEM PERSONALLY* but are an anonymous blogger here
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#168
Doesn't have to be voting machines. Just purge several thousand Democratic registrations.
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#35
The specific ballot format and details have to be installed on each machine
Turn CO Blue
Jan 2017
#102
Prove the chain of custody of the Eproms was inviolate.The govt already disclosed vendor was hacked.
Turn CO Blue
Jan 2017
#115
My argument is that the machines are wide open to tampering, and that is a FACT
Turn CO Blue
Jan 2017
#118
you (and everybody else) can't prove they WEREN'T hacked. that you don't think is a problem is scary
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2017
#148
To say that there was (like the OP) with no evidence is even more ridiculous.
Dr Hobbitstein
Jan 2017
#134
Agreed. A bank/computer expert I know agreed that hacks are either impossible
lindysalsagal
Jan 2017
#188
Yes!!! The report says they gained access to state and local level machines!!!!
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#15
Possibly not voting machines. Registrations could have been purged. And then there're the tabulators
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#39
Do you mean other than the fact that voting machines are not connected to the INet?
longship
Jan 2017
#47
That's where this is leading. Putin has more to compromise Trump with than intelligence is yet
ElementaryPenguin
Jan 2017
#34
Except if a large enough number of people were prevented from voting by being purged beforehand.
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#42
Neither side can prove it was or wasn't hacked or there was some cheating somewhere along the
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2017
#144
we need all paper ballots, all hand-counted, all the time. it's not that hard. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Jan 2017
#145
Sure it would. *Impossible*. It *never* happened. It never *could* happen. O-kay
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#187