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14. The code for the ballot design is uploaded with memory sticks which can contain executable code.

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:21 PM

Oct 2020

That is but one of the many ways these machines are hackable.

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OUR NEW MACHINES USE PAPER!!!! [View all] HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 OP

can you verify your vote? Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #1

Yes- verifiable! HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #2

The new ones we have have all that. LiberalArkie Oct 2020 #3

a hackable system. Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #9

No optical scan? Why? targetpractice Oct 2020 #7

I'm tellin' ya what the most solid experts on election say. Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #8

Gotcha... I think most experts would also say... targetpractice Oct 2020 #11

Love the new machines they have in Elkhart County Indiana. bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #5

How does your vote get to the central tabulation? Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #10

Like, how do they all get tabulated at the end of the night? bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #12

And while that chip is in transit, it can be hacked. HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #18

How exactly would that chip be hacked? bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #20

Hacking predates the internet and wifi HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #21

We actually have safeguards around that. bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #22

thanks for this info Celerity Oct 2020 #23

Of course you do HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #25

My NoVa county has had them for awhile. No detachable id part though. empedocles Oct 2020 #6

yes, Jenny Cohn is the expert on election security matters. Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #16

True about the false sense of security... HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #19

Will do! HelpImSurrounded Oct 2020 #31

check out this thread with link to current lawsuit regarding BMDs diva77 Oct 2020 #32

working link Celerity Oct 2020 #24

Thanks, Celerity! I fixed it. diva77 Oct 2020 #28

yw Celerity Oct 2020 #29

My voting machine printed out a paper copy with Ilsa Oct 2020 #26

We had machines in 2016.. Rice4VP Oct 2020 #27