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2016 Postmortem

CajunBlazer

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5. Voting machines are not suspecious - you just don't understand the safeguards

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Fri Jul 29, 2016, 05:56 PM

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What is the Democratic Party doing about potential Voter Machine Hacking? [View all] Chasstev365 Jul 2016 OP

especially given recent events nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1

That would be the responsibility of state and federal governments. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #2

What? GhostofFDR Jul 2016 #7

It is the responsibility of state parties with assistance of state legislators in this matter. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #11

State legislatures must raise funds to support the voting machines. Parties do not do that. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #14

I keep advocating a vote-by-mail system. Qutzupalotl Jul 2016 #3

Voting machines are not suspecious - you just don't understand the safeguards CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #5

You don't understand the difference between touchscreen and optical scan voting Qutzupalotl Jul 2016 #10

To my knowledge voting machines are safe from hacking CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #4

In our neck of the woods the poll books are now electronic and data accessible via the internet. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #12

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Democracy rainy Jul 2016 #15

This film and article describes the vulnerabilities of one particular voting machine CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #16

Nothing colsohlibgal Jul 2016 #6

Please read about the massive changes some states have made. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #9

Many Democratic run states have made great moves over the last ten years. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #8

In 2009, Democrats in DC had an opportunity to protect our elections and voting rights. Scuba Jul 2016 #13

It's the central tabulating machines which are the most hackable meow2u3 Jul 2016 #17

In NoCal we have paper ballots which are scanned. Fresh_Start Jul 2016 #18

You can direct that question to any election board anywhere. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #19

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