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2016 Postmortem

HopeHoops

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11. They don't even have mirrored hard drives (although some are solid state now).

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:06 AM

Oct 2012

WHEN you get a failure, not "if" as you said, it's out of commission. I think a 386 is far more power than you need for what it does, but a paper trail isn't that expensive to add. It's a bullshit argument. There's no valid excuse for not having one.

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Reality check on Hart-Intercivic voting machine company and its owndership by Romney partisans [View all] Kelvin Mace Oct 2012 OP

They really need to urge early voting even more in those counties flamingdem Oct 2012 #1

Hamilton Co (Cincinnati) montanacowboy Oct 2012 #2

We need to make a lot of noise about this Kelvin Mace Oct 2012 #3

Vote by mail, make your vote harder to ignore, leave a paper trail. nt bemildred Oct 2012 #4

Personally Kelvin Mace Oct 2012 #5

Me too. This is my first time with vote-by-mail. NT bemildred Oct 2012 #6

ES&S now (after PES bought the division) is still Diebold. Anything else is small potatoes. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #7

Just to clarify Kelvin Mace Oct 2012 #8

Yeah, that coincides with my research on the subject. It's still Diebold at the root. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #9

Well, there is a problem from the voter intergrity standpoint Kelvin Mace Oct 2012 #10

They don't even have mirrored hard drives (although some are solid state now). HopeHoops Oct 2012 #11