I don't trust any election anymore.

[moondust]

8. "GOP pretty much OWNS the entire voting machine industry"

If true, that's a big red flag right there that never should have been allowed to happen.

I've wondered since the Russiagate scandal broke if programmers at the (GOP) voting machine companies could conceivably create a back door into the tabulators and pass along the access instructions to their political operatives, who in turn pass it to a remote party like the Russians who could then fudge a few critical numbers in a few critical states at the tabulator level, possibly with no one else even knowing they did it. Maybe even with some state officials (such as operatives for GOP govs. Scott Walker and Rick Snyder) aiding and abetting the operation. I don't know anything about the networking linking the voting machines, how secure it may or may not be, etc. Any thoughts?

I've actually had suspicions since Reagan won reelection with 49 states. Back before the machines took over didn't precinct people count the votes and relay them over the phone up the chain to a central tabulator? I've wondered if Republicans could have placed their hacks on the phones where they could fudge the numbers as they got passed up to the next level.