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In reply to the discussion: Romney would have won if it had all come down to Ohio - Harvey Wasserman [View all]John1956PA
(2,654 posts)Mr. Wasserman concludes his article by stating that it will be shame on us if the current tampering-susceptible electronic voting system is still in effect in the year 2016.
I believe (for the reasons stated in Mr. Wasserson's article) that the 2004 Ohio outcome was flipped by the Republican operatives. I also agree with Mr. Wasserson that the same plan was in place for Ohio in 2012, but that it was aborted on election night because the results from other states indicated that President Obama was on his way to 270+ electoral votes without Ohio.
I realize that many will disagree with Mr. Wasserman's view which I share as I have stated above. I hope that we all can agree that, regardless of whatever happened or did not happen in Ohio in 2004 and 2012, it is time for the federal government to mandate paper trails, strict accuracy standards, and tamper-proof measures regarding electronic voting machines.