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In reply to the discussion: ***AND*** our voting machines were HACKED [View all]LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)190. absolute kick, because you called this... nt
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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