[pinochet]

The enemies of America may decide to fix the 2012 elections, to keep Obambi in power. I do not even trust the results of the 2008 elections.

[antiRepublicrat]

No. I deal extensively in computers and their security, and I’ve read the various independent reports on these systems. They were for the most part not seriously designed with security in mind. They fail on every front from physical security (standard office keys open them) to software security (easily hacked) and auditing (easily hacked without leaving a trail).

A good system COULD be designed by any reasonably talented team. The problem is that the industry players who have a lock on the market (partially due to their lobbying money) don’t care. With some seed cash I could assemble such a team and we could make a practically unbreakable system (rather, one that can’t be broken into without the audit showing it was) that’s still usable, but good luck selling even one to a government entity.

[SMARTY]

Absolutely not ... why do you think they wanted machines in the first place?

Lots of ways to do monkeyshines!!!

[blackdog]

I know that for the answer to this question, you need to ask The SEIU union employees who maintain the voting machines and provide technical and software updates.

Does that answer your question yet?

[USS Alaska]

With paper ballots, you can count actual paper votes, during recounts. But under the electronic voting system, you cannot have credible recounts, because it is so easy to hack into the computer system.

There has been voter fraud in the USA before the shanty irish were running tammany hall in ny, and the boston cops were buying and beating votes out of the local bars.

[ThomasThomas]

A 2nd grader could tell you how to cheat with paper ballots.