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13. lol, she even gets in a dig at amazon!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2019, 09:04 AM

Jun 2019

i certainly agree that it's scandalous how lame our ballot security is.

touchscreen technology is idiotic for elections. keep paper ballots. you automate frequent, routine tasks; you don't automate something people do once every two years. not worth the potential for bugs and security problems.

best use for technology for elections is lots of webcams to make sure that paper ballots aren't tampered with or destroyed.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Warren Wants to Replace Every Single Voting Machine to Make Elections 'As Secure As Fort Knox' [View all] babylonsister Jun 2019 OP

Hand counted paper ballots. Meadowoak Jun 2019 #1

+10000 Pachamama Jun 2019 #4

Yes padah513 Jun 2019 #6

The media will never go for that FakeNoose Jun 2019 #22

Elizabeth Warren has a lousy plan for election security. Eric J in MN Jun 2019 #2

The article doesn't say what "paper trail" means marylandblue Jun 2019 #5

You're right. I was mistaken. NT Eric J in MN Jun 2019 #36

Unsinkable!! Blues Heron Jun 2019 #3

+1 padah513 Jun 2019 #7

It needs to be done with both methods. moreland01 Jun 2019 #17

I don't understand why they don't use something like a bingo-dauber or a stamp pad. forgotmylogin Jun 2019 #23

I wonder if you could use the blockchain principal for voting... mitch96 Jun 2019 #29

This is long overdue LeftTurn3623 Jun 2019 #8

I wish she was President already! :) BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2019 #9

That's a plan I like. nt oasis Jun 2019 #10

Not gonna happen. "State's rights." Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #11

I love that where I live (Columbia county NY), we hand count all ballots. Always. eggplant Jun 2019 #12

lol, she even gets in a dig at amazon! unblock Jun 2019 #13

True Democracy in Action - Go Liz! dlk Jun 2019 #14

Repugs won't like that Butterflylady Jun 2019 #15

+1 Very needed. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #16

YES!!!!!! calimary Jun 2019 #18

Just switched my candidate preference to Warren shawn703 Jun 2019 #19

I will donate again to the Warren "I Have A Plan for That" agenda............and I will make sure turbinetree Jun 2019 #20

But if the voting machines have already been hacked... robbob Jun 2019 #21

I'm not so sure about this one loyalsister Jun 2019 #24

Not bad ideas but if I remember right, the election was stolen because hughee99 Jun 2019 #25

Yeah, that is what we have been told. We have been told "oh no, there is no EVIDENCE machines Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #28

"no EVIDENCE machines were tampered with" mitch96 Jun 2019 #30

The story is actually about hacking the websites, not the voting hughee99 Jun 2019 #31

Oops, your right!! ............nt mitch96 Jun 2019 #33

Yes, and the ability to alter vote totals is effectively the same hughee99 Jun 2019 #34

Not so fast... jberryhill Jun 2019 #26

Be careful comparing things to Fort Knox. Remember, Mnuchin's field trip there. nt woodsprite Jun 2019 #27

Screw Fort Knox Trumpocalypse Jun 2019 #32

YESSSS!!!!!!! ProfessorPlum Jun 2019 #35