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In reply to the discussion: Kentucky recanvass confirms Clinton as winner [View all]Stevepol
(4,234 posts)like making sure nobody uses a memory card to transfer data from the machines to the central tabulators
like having guards stationed at the factory to make sure that no programs are being inserted making it easier for insiders to actuate certain changes in the vote count by using a USB disc or thumb disc and in two seconds re-programming everything
like making sure that any of those who program the computer or service the computer or maintain the computer's quality of performance do not slip in programs changing the way the computer will tally votes
like making sure that the vote totals are not shifted to a "man in the middle" as the vote totals were shifted in 04 in OH so that a guy named Connell at Smart Tech in Chattanooga can change the results and Kerry can lose by about the same percentages that he was winning moments before
like . . . but do I have to go on? There are probably 100,000 ways a computer can be programmed to criminally miscount the vote so that the wrong person is proclaimed as the winner.
The only way to assure that the result is a real and honest result is to make sure, first, that people vote ON PAPER BALLOTS AND THESE BALLOTS ARE RETAINED AFTER THE SO-CALLED RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED. Then, EVERY ELECTION, a certain percentage of those paper ballots from randomly selected precincts MUST BE HAND-COUNTED AND THE RESULTS COMPARED WITH THE SO-CALLED RESULTS. Third, if there are significant differences between the machine results and the hand-counted results, the THE WHOLE DAMNED ELECTION SHOULD BE RECOUNTED BY HAND AND THE REAL WINNER ANNOUNCED.