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SoCalMusicLover

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5. Shhhhhh.....

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 16, 2017, 01:15 PM

Jul 2017

They don't want you to talk about that. It undermines the entire political system if people actually were to realize their vote is pointless and can be changed at the whim of some higher power.

Remember, the powers that be MUST maintain the air of Democracy and legitimacy of the election process and vote tabulation.

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Wow-Hackers tried to penetrate South Carolina's voter-registration system 150,000 times-Election Day [View all] kpete Jul 2017 OP

400-lb guy with very fast fingers sitting on their bed dalton99a Jul 2017 #1

Here's an idea tech3149 Jul 2017 #2

+1,000,000 Amaryllis Jul 2017 #13

But no one tampered with vote totals... Zoonart Jul 2017 #3

+1 YCHDT Jul 2017 #4

Shhhhhh..... SoCalMusicLover Jul 2017 #5

I remember way back when I was a teen. My dad was a Republican in the south. Hence a liberal. LiberalArkie Jul 2017 #6

Voter registration isn't the same as vote counting mythology Jul 2017 #8

That is not a valid argument. You can't count their votes if they were prevented Amaryllis Jul 2017 #14

Election Results Officially Look Invalid After Voting Machine Hack Confirmed Across 39 States Amaryllis Jul 2017 #15

Yeah, he still "won" despite losing by 10 million votes. DK504 Jul 2017 #7

You "know" that votes were flipped just like Trump "knows" he actually won the popular vote mythology Jul 2017 #9

See reply #15. THere is lots of evidence for those who choose to look. Amaryllis Jul 2017 #16

there is equal evidence that the votes *weren't* flipped - zero. it is your choice to believe that TheFrenchRazor Jul 2017 #18

to easy to change a persons voter registration to disenfranchise them. Can't catch ANY of 150K??? Sunlei Jul 2017 #10

precisely; some claim that hacking is "too risky," and the hackers would quickly, easily be caught. TheFrenchRazor Jul 2017 #19

I remember malware was "removed" from Ukraines vote tallymachines? It changed vote/self-uninstalled. Sunlei Jul 2017 #25

And hubby and I lived there and voted Corgigal Jul 2017 #11

Which begs the question LiberalLovinLug Jul 2017 #12

R32 & K UTUSN Jul 2017 #17

150,000 times the vote may have been changed electronically UCmeNdc Jul 2017 #20

But by Election Day the rolls are closed and the books used in the precincts are printed and out Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #21

This was the first year here in TN where I voted Lars39 Jul 2017 #22

Even then it would have been on copies finalized weeks ago Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #23

Weren't laptops. Lars39 Jul 2017 #24

Voters could still have been turned away for their info not matching up, Lars39 Jul 2017 #28

That is a good point. How many states for the first time, had voter verification on computer, not pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #26

Like many southern states S.C. has large % of black voters. Botany Jul 2017 #27