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In reply to the discussion: Was The Election Actually RIGGED? [View all]moondust
(21,333 posts)If I were investigating, a couple things I'd want to look at:
Who makes the voting machines used in WI, MI, PA, and OH? What are the company's political leanings, if any? Would it be possible for a "rogue" programmer at those companies to build a back door into the software allowing an external party with insider credentials to access the tabulators and manipulate the totals? Apparently Russia was involved in "microtargeting" voters in those states which indicates some Russians knew exactly where to focus their efforts.
How much control did governors Scott Walker, Rick Snyder, John Kasich and their operatives have over the voting machine systems in their states?
The voting machines are presumably networked somehow to relay vote tallies up to the central tabulators. Can the network be accessed from the outside by anyone with the proper credentials (perhaps provided by the "rogue" programmer or other employee of the machine manufacturer)? If the totals at the central tabulator can be altered then a person wouldn't have to hack into anything else; it might only take a minute to flip the numbers.