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In reply to the discussion: Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Just Installed on Vote Tabulation Systems in OH? [View all]CRH
(1,553 posts)79. It can happen in either, the machines can flip ...
individual votes or the tabulators can record more or less than is entered. I am not a person in IT, but reading indicates where it is electronic there is a potential for manipulation. It is why a definitive hard copy is needed in duplicate for every vote cast, one checked and kept by the voter, and one retained by the polling precinct. The problem is different states have different requirements. Some states the machine simply spits out a receipt that says you voted. Well whoopie doo, how did I vote? Other states have a single receipt retained by the voter, so no realistic audit can happen after the fact. This could have changed in the last couple of years, but that is how it was in 2004 & 2008.
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Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Just Installed on Vote Tabulation Systems in OH? [View all]
BradBlog
Nov 2012
OP
Anonymous hackers, r u there?Please expose these crooks.They should be locked up for 5 yrs at least
judesedit
Nov 2012
#2
Would they really ignore the will of the people and steal the election?
Divine Discontent
Nov 2012
#57
I'M TELLING YOU...THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ASLEEP WHILE THE GOP IS STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX.....
swayne
Nov 2012
#4
No...I don't expect any OFA folks or lawyers to be "watching" inside the black boxes tomorrow...
SoapBox
Nov 2012
#15
The votes will just go poof, never enter the box, never recorded. Hard to trace that. This again is
crunch60
Nov 2012
#93
but but but little debbie wasserman-schultz says election stealing is better left to the conspiracy
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#8
i think dws under-appreciates the depth to which the republicans will go to steal the election. if
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#60
she was on stephanie miller's show and steph asked her about election rigging and dws chuckled when
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#58
According to Greg Palast, the Democratic Party knew of fraud in the last election
crunch60
Nov 2012
#92
Countering Husted's Claim of REPORTING software separate from COUNTING software
sally5050
Nov 2012
#22
Husted is thoroughly corrupted by power and thinks he can get away with it. Don't let him. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#34
my brother registered at the FL DMV in '99, and when he went to vote in 2000 they said there was
Divine Discontent
Nov 2012
#42
Perhaps the experiment is to see whether anyone will do anything about those patches
FiveGoodMen
Nov 2012
#66
So what? Why worry about a patch we know about when nothing about the votes supposedly tabulated by
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#87
Excellent point. Better yet, election theft or attempted election theft.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#95