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2016 Postmortem

LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Tue Oct 25, 2016, 12:48 PM Oct 2016

Saw this on a friend's Facebook.......Election Fraud is happening in Kansas!!

"1st day of voting (early voting started this week) & the news is reporting that in KS, when you try to vote for Clinton the machines have been changing to Trump. Really? And Trump is saying the election is rigged? If you vote by machine, make sure to check your vote!"

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Saw this on a friend's Facebook.......Election Fraud is happening in Kansas!! (Original Post) LongTomH Oct 2016 OP

We voted by mail here. MoonRiver Oct 2016 #1

sigh semby2 Oct 2016 #2

Was there actually a "news" story? These claims get so lame snooper2 Oct 2016 #3

As Abe Lincoln so profoundly stated, "If it is on Facebook, it must be true." Coyotl Oct 2016 #4

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

1. We voted by mail here.

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 12:50 PM

Oct 2016

Hope there are no shenanigans with mail in votes. But I know they cheated in 2012.

semby2

(246 posts)

2. sigh

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 12:54 PM

Oct 2016

These stories are not interesting. So many people immediately jump to conclusions of conspiracies. It's most likely touch screen calibration issues. It's an important issue, but not a conspiracy.

If someone is going to hack the machines, they aren't going to be dumb enough to have the screen show you!

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

3. Was there actually a "news" story? These claims get so lame

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 12:56 PM

Oct 2016

The machine shows you a summary before you hit submit so by default everyone is going to "check their vote".

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

4. As Abe Lincoln so profoundly stated, "If it is on Facebook, it must be true."