Posted on 03/06/2016 5:11:27 AM PST by WhiskeyX
The WinVote machines lacked even elementary security provisions, but I don't think there was any evidence that they actually were hacked, or produced false results in the elections they were used in. That said, both the vendor and the State of Virginia did a lousy job of QA and security testing before those systems were ever put into service.
“It’s not who votes but who counts the votes that matters.” - Joe Stalin
And they conveniently find paper ballots in someone’s car trunk which ends up deciding a close election.
Here in VA, read up on how our AG was “elected”...
“Red” Herring is in because of extra votes “found” after the election.
Stinks...
Though election fraud is possible no matter what system is used, I think it is easier to follow a paper trail than an electronic one.
I recall a vivid memory of the election year of 1968, when Nixon ran against Humphrey. As we all know, Illinois is notorious for Democrat shenanigans - particulularly Cook County.
The usual ruse was that Cook County precincts would hold up releasing their totals after the polls closed until all the other state’s precincts reported first. If there was a shortage of Democrat votes to carry the state, the Cook County precients would always manage to have enough “votes” to tip the state to the democrat.
Well, it didn’t work that year because Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, somehow, managed to get all the other state’s precincts to withhold announcing their totals untill Cook County released theirs. It was hilarious to watch - I can still remember the Democrats squealing like stuck pigs how “outrageous” it was for Dirksen to order such a thing and they threatened legal action, etc.
In the end Cook County finally released their totals and Illinois went to Nixon instead of Humphrey. A wonderful memory.
That's not a bug. It's a feature.
Stinks like rotten fish...rotten herring.
Paper ballots are slower but there is a paper trail to follow if there are any questions. I love computers, I loath the concept of electronic voting. I do not trust the bastards that write the code.
I always select a paper ballot. Although these days, not sure it makes a difference. If the people counting are corrupt, they’ll find a way.
Henrico County has a number of corruption problems, IMHO.
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