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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Here's How Romney Is Going to Steal Ohio. [View all]brush
(61,033 posts)10. They can try . . .
Last edited Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:09 AM - Edit history (2)
. . . all they want but it's not going to be that close. The President is too far ahead and there are too many eyeballs on Ohio and their voting machines this time. The machine hacking trick only works if it's very close and you catch people by surprise. If it's not close and if they try to swing it to Romney with a large 3-5% or more vote switch that doesn't jibe with the exit polls, it will too much of a statistical oddity to not raise suspicions.
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Indeed, how did alcibiades_mystery get to 25,971 posts on DU w/o knowing this much?
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#34
You obviously don't know much about voting machines, software, programming, or what is hidden from
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#35
I adore Jim Hightower, but thankfully just two districts are impacted by Hart Intercivic.
mzmolly
Nov 2012
#12
Then why not win every election if it's as simple as "a few lines of code"?
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#29
Better be safe than sorry. Kicked and rec'd. If Obama loses in Ohio there will be a lot of Hell to
Maraya1969
Nov 2012
#28
Just wondering if the machines can be confiscated by the Feds immediately after the election
world wide wally
Nov 2012
#30
They can be programmed to delete the code altering the results as soon as the tally is made.
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#41