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2016 Postmortem

99th_Monkey

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22. "our voting system as it exists today is vulnerable and unsuitable" Thank you.

Reply to TroglodyteScholar (Reply #21)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 04:27 PM

Nov 2012

I think that is the point of all this. That our current system of e-voting is unreliable,
vulnerable to being hacked, and needs to be replaced by the "old fashioned" way of
voting with real paper ballots, hand counted with bipartisan supervision.

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Anonymous Didn't "Elect Obama", but may have saved OH from Rove's hackers [View all] 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 OP

People are horrified because a story with less evidentiary support geek tragedy Nov 2012 #1

Which part of this do you disagree with? 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #2

It hasn't been proven. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #3

I have NEVER said, or even implied, that anything has been "PROVEN" 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #6

This language is an unsupported factual claim: geek tragedy Nov 2012 #9

"...no evidence"?? You've got to be kidding me, right? 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #12

You just linked to RIGHTWING NUTJOBS WHO CLAIM OBAMA STOLE THE ELECTION. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #14

We ALL deserve ACCURATE & FAIR elections 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #15

No. That rightwing blog is authored by a crazy idiot who doesn't geek tragedy Nov 2012 #17

OK. You have my permission 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #18

D'oh "This story is admittedly just a string of conjectures at this point" Coyotl Nov 2012 #4

You and I agree on one thing at least 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #5

You Do Agree that the voting machines are hack-able? UCmeNdc Nov 2012 #7

When has that ever been in dispute? If it is a computer, it is hackable. Coyotl Nov 2012 #10

Then we can all agree that the US needs to fix its ability to count votes UCmeNdc Nov 2012 #11

+100 nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #20

Werner von Braun was pretty good with rockets, but the moon landings may have been staged. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #8

What I'm worried about is that some people who believe Anonymous pnwmom Nov 2012 #13

+100 That would concern me as well 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #16

E) There is no evidence to support your claims gravity Nov 2012 #19

"String of conjectures" is right. TroglodyteScholar Nov 2012 #21

"our voting system as it exists today is vulnerable and unsuitable" Thank you. 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #22

I'll get behind that any day. n/t TroglodyteScholar Nov 2012 #23