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In reply to the discussion: Thinking that the WI election was "rigged" sets the stage for losing. [View all]freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)"The unreliable results side of that hasn't been demonstrated." What would serve as demonstration and where should the burden of proof be?
Again, I don't know about Wisconsin specifically, but (a) in most places electronic voting machines are programmed with proprietary code -- the public has no right to see the code, even if an election is contested; and (b) programming code can be changed by wireless devices.
Not only does this leave the system vulnerable to fraud, but if there is fraud, there will be no public evidence of it.
Again, the problem is that citizens' right to witness the counting is being violated.
Yes, even hand-counted paper ballots are subject to tampering. But with hand-counted paper ballots, unlike with computers, it takes more than a few keystrokes to flip large numbers of votes.
Oh, and please don't tell me what I think. Snark does nothing to advance the debate.