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Romney and voting machines?

Posted: Oct 19, 2012

Not cool.

See link.

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Wow, thanks for posting. Never liked voting machines nm - Fanatical Hypocrite

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Miscounts of electronic votes by tampering and error - are common. So is computer hacking. So is

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election fraud. A few states have adopted a double system with paper printouts that are then scanned into an independent program for verification of the vote count.

From Common Cause: Electronic voting machines are based on software that is, by its nature complex and essentially invisible to those overseeing it. Further, the machines, especially if not carefully tested and safeguarded, are vulnerable to malicious and nearly undetectable changes in the software. That is why it is important to have the assurance of a voter-verified paper ballot that can be audited.

What is a "voter verified paper ballot" (VVPB)? This phrase, or variations of it, describes a voting system that allows voters to confirm that their votes are recorded as they intended and that elections officials have a clear confirmation of the voters' intent for counts, audits, and recounts. Such systems include electronic voting machines with the capacity for printing out a ballot and precinct-based optical scan systems, which allow a voter to mark a paper ballot and then scan it into a counter."

A link to check your state's status is below. My vote, in Georgia, will be totally unverifiable and has a system known to be very vulnerable to hacking.

Thanks for good post, SK1. A dem. Link to article - about Diebold machines 1/4 of us will use inside.

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"Almost all voters in states like Georgia, Maryland, Utah and Nevada, and the majority of voters in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Texas, will vote on DREs on Election Day in 2012, says Flaherty. Voters in major municipalities such as Houston, Atlanta, Chicago and Pittsburgh will also line up in next year’s election to use DREs of the type hacked by the Argonne National Lab.

Voting machine companies and election officials have long sought to protect source code and the memory cards that store ballot programming and election results for each machine as a way to guard against potential outside manipulation of election results. But critics like California Secretary of State Debra Bowen have pointed out that attempts at “security by obscurity” largely ignore

***the most immediate threat, which comes from election insiders who have regular access to the e-voting systems,***

as well as those who may gain physical access to machines that were not designed with security safeguards in mind."

This is nothing new for Republicans. - sm

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If they can't win honestly, they cheat.

I have an absentee ballot. I can only hope that the person reading it is NOT a Republican.

That street goes both ways... - SK1

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Have we forgotten ACORN?

There's plenty of blame to go around. It's not limited to one side.

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