**AND** they fucked with our voting machines...

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58. You need to do more research. There is no reason to feel confidence that the Russians

didn't hack the vote in at least some key states.

The Obama administration was well aware of the risk but got pushback from some of the states, who thought they didn't need any help making the voting process more secure.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028890363

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/critical-discovery-during-wisconsin-recount-cellular-connectivity-tabulators-131700727.html

A cellular capability is available as an option on the latest Election Systems and Software (ES&S) DS200 model of optical scanner.

SNIP

Cellular wireless connections can not only link directly with the internet, but they are built to have a longer range and be harder to detect than regular Wi-Fi networks. There is universal agreement among computer professionals that anything connected to the internet is hackable.

When FBI Director James Comey told the public, and Congress specifically, that none of our election equipment is connected to the internet, perhaps he was unaware of these connections or did not fully understand their implications. It is possible that no government agency ever examined, tested or certified this newest equipment.

There are currently over 26,500 ES&S DS200 optical scan vote-counting machines in 25 states. It is not yet known how many of them have the cellular capability at present, nor whether other equipment models have the same or similar capabilities. DS200 scanners count ballots electronically; ballots are fed in by hand but are counted by a computer inside in accordance with programmable instructions.