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Democratic Primaries

stopdiggin

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8. website, phone, email, fax

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 01:38 AM

Feb 2020

and all of these are so super secure ....

Step back and listen to yourself. What have we be criticizing and debating (ad nauseam) the past few years?

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

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MSNBC just said that the app was made available to the precinct captains a few day ago. [View all] jg10003 Feb 2020 OP

WHY THE FUCK WAS AN APP NEEDED TO BEGIN WITH? W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #1

They're faster and take less people to process results. herding cats Feb 2020 #4

Clearly not. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #6

I should have added the caveat: in theory. herding cats Feb 2020 #13

But phones are soooo 19th century! Retrograde Feb 2020 #5

website, phone, email, fax stopdiggin Feb 2020 #8

And an app is any better? W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #9

yes. handled properly, an app can be severe times more secure than a phone call stopdiggin Feb 2020 #16

Bullshit. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #34

you're correct in that stopdiggin Feb 2020 #36

Because Bernie pushed for this change after 2016. They didn't like the old system -- pnwmom Feb 2020 #25

I heard reports of it not working and tonight I heard Pete's campaign helped pay for app floppyboo Feb 2020 #2

Omg. Nutty conspiracy theories abound. herding cats Feb 2020 #12

Apparently the information is provided by the FEC. Nt Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #27

The Intercept is ALL OVER this site... ehrnst Feb 2020 #31

As a layman HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #3

Why the F... do we need an "app" to count a few thousand votes? JoeOtterbein Feb 2020 #7

not 'counting" ... "reporting" stopdiggin Feb 2020 #11

I just heard they paid only 50K total for the app. herding cats Feb 2020 #10

Sounds like they went on the cheap Raine Feb 2020 #21

apps. sounds like a millenials thing lol nt msongs Feb 2020 #14

millenials have a name for people like me; Grandpa. jg10003 Feb 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author ahoysrcsm Feb 2020 #23

Open-Source Software--You get what you pay for. Almost all not reviewed, and many done by hackers. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #15

So in the day and age of Russian hackers they're using an open source app Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #20

Large scale simulation? We are talking about a few hundred precincts Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #18

A simulation that would include the same number and types of data sources as the actual implantation jg10003 Feb 2020 #19

I was also listening to the coverage... SemiHalfling Feb 2020 #22

So now what Bear Creek Feb 2020 #24

Just stop it with the weird HRC/Obama CTs obamanut2012 Feb 2020 #28

Sorry Bear Creek Feb 2020 #37

BS cut off the Russian/right-wing propaganda. rockfordfile Feb 2020 #30

It's a sad joke Bradical79 Feb 2020 #26

Soooo tired of Apps Blues Heron Feb 2020 #29

A spreadsheet in shrepoint could have done a better job of this.. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #32

Paper ballots squirecam Feb 2020 #33

they ARE using paper ballots (nt) stopdiggin Feb 2020 #35