Posted on 09/25/2018 9:17:07 PM PDT by Revel
For the first time in our nation's history, voters in 24 counties in W. Virginia will be able to vote using their mobile phones. While some are hailing the decision because it will make voting easier for members of the military deployed overseas, experts are warning of possible security breaches.
"After researching previously available options, the Secretary’s team identified that most electronic ballot delivery technology required access to a desktop computer, printer and scanner, all of which present significant barriers to overseas voters, especially those in combat zones or engaged in covert operations," the W. Virginia Secretary of State's office explained in a press release this week. The state is partnering with a Boston, Massachusetts-based company called Voatz, Inc.
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So much for the secret ballot.
I thought the GOP had control of the house and senate in WVA. How do you allow this to happen
Well, you can’t expect all those fraudulent mid-eastern muslim democrats to travel all the way to Virginia just to vote in one election.
Either the one who made that decision stays awake at night trying to think up ways to be stupid, or it is sedition.
EXCERPTS:
In order to use the mobile technology, users register with Voatz by taking a picture of their government ID and also a selfie video of their face. Voatz then uses facial recognition software that (they claim) can verify the voter’s identity. Once approved, voters can cast their ballots using Voatz’s app. After the vote is cast it is added to the blockchain, a digital ledger of sorts, popularized by digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
“Because blockchain is a distributed ledger of transactions, military mobile votes become immutable and tamper-proof once recorded,” says Voatz.
The state of W. Virginia admits that there are “substantial” security concerns, but explained that Voatz will be utilizing “federal standards for software development, regular maintenance and security upgrades, in-depth penetration testing, source code auditing and audits of the system’s cloud infrastructure. After surpassing those requirements, the pilot moved forward.”
Obamaphones. Manchin is now a no on Kavanaugh. Surely this puts it in the bag for him.
What sort of dimwits run that state?
In Eastern W.Va. there is the National Radio Quiet Zone where cell phone service is, by Federal law, unavailable.
A patriot who lives in that zone must file a 14th. Amendment challenge to this practice TODAY.
Nov. 7, 2018
State of West Virginia Press Release
W. Virginia has the largest turn out of voters in the Nations History with a Massive 285% increase in last minute registering voters.
Surprisingly, the Democrats appear to have captured 99.47% of those new voters, the remainder were not validated ballots.
1) The WV SoS is Mac Warner. He’s the pol who OK’d this.
Mac Warner, since he took office in Jan, ‘17, has purged the WV voting roles of over 70,000 entries...this in a state with a pop. of less than 2 million. Warner is a stand-up guy in the fight against voter fraud.
2) I live in the NRQZ and cell phone service is available. It is only in the town of Green Bank (pop. 143...3.28 sq. mi.) and some surrounds that it is not available by law. Dead spots due to topography are another story.
3) This system is set up (supposedly) to be accessed ONLY by overseas military and gov’t. workers.
Not saying I agree with this idea and I readily admit that I do not know the technical end of this but there is a lot of ignorance on this thread and I just wanted to set the record straight.
Ping to #29
The Military used to vote just fine until Bill Clinton came along.
Yup. But now, it is what it is. Gotta play the cards we’re dealt.
The more computerized processes involved in the voting process, the less secure it will be.
It is very hard to hack a paper ballot. Keep voting as low tech as possible.
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