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Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 02:58 AM Nov 2018

Should we assume that there was NO interference in any of these election results?

It seems that we/someone should at least talk about this, considering the importance of holding the senate and the desperation of Republicans and their propensity for criminal activity.

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Should we assume that there was NO interference in any of these election results? (Original Post) Grasswire2 Nov 2018 OP
Georgia, at least, looks messed up. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #1
big time nt msongs Nov 2018 #2
remember that Pooty is expecting a report from Trump in Paris meeting. nt Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #3
We should assume no such thing. ZZenith Nov 2018 #4
no kidding Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #8
I'm sure her machines are quite dependable. ZZenith Nov 2018 #10
This 1,000,000% It's the GIANT elephant in the living room diva77 Nov 2018 #13
I vote diva77 for President in 2020! ZZenith Nov 2018 #15
I'm humbled, truly. I prefer a cabinet position. diva77 Nov 2018 #16
A true diva would. ZZenith Nov 2018 #17
Florida looked like Operation Russia Help! budkin Nov 2018 #5
+1 violetpastille Nov 2018 #6
hmmm Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #7
Georgia and others did a LOT of voter suppression with New Jim Crow laws. Many states have NO... Hekate Nov 2018 #9
Indiana seems off imaginary girl Nov 2018 #11
no, but we should also acknowledge the country is full of bigots JI7 Nov 2018 #12
we don't have secure votes, bottom line. halobeam Nov 2018 #14

ZZenith

(4,115 posts)
4. We should assume no such thing.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:01 AM
Nov 2018

Democrats should be shouting to the rafters about our unverifiable and easily hacked voting systems. That they haven’t been for the last few decades is one of life’s great mysteries.

diva77

(7,629 posts)
13. This 1,000,000% It's the GIANT elephant in the living room
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:19 AM
Nov 2018

We can't even have simple polling and predictions anymore because election fraud has been normalized. The mentality has been to not raise objections to our voting systems because then people won't vote. Well, people ARE voting and EXPECTING to win; meanwhile, election after election gets stolen.

With climate change as a ticking time bomb, we need to use the momentum from this election to demand paper ballots hand counted at the precinct level with public oversight. You don't need IT people or plugs, or landfills full of useless plastic/heavy metal broken machines. Simply enroll people for counting duty thru the jury pool system and in a precinct of 2000, they will only have to serve a few hours once every few years as vote counters on election night. Dispense with early voting and absentee voting except in special cases. All voting should be done ON election day -- prevents more ways to cheat.

ZZenith

(4,115 posts)
15. I vote diva77 for President in 2020!
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:25 AM
Nov 2018

Can’t possibly do any worse than our current diva and is totally on point with the solution to our electoral woes!

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
7. hmmm
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:07 AM
Nov 2018

interesting.

It was kind of hard to keep up with Kornacke with his board hiccups and others interrupting him to ask specific questions.

Hekate

(90,538 posts)
9. Georgia and others did a LOT of voter suppression with New Jim Crow laws. Many states have NO...
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:10 AM
Nov 2018

...paper trail for their ballots. All electronic voting is very insecure.

I am concerned at the *apparent* 50/50 split in so many races. What happened to the Blue Wave, much less the Blue Tsunami?

We won the House. That is fantastic. While we have it we should all be working hard to correct the deficiencies I mentioned, and many more. This needs to be a citizen effort, and not left solely to Congress, where the GOP has a vested interest in the status quo (it works for them, after all) and where the Dems are going to be very busy with many many things. Some of our Dem elder statesmen are hard at work on the gerrymandering issue -- they need us in the fight.

halobeam

(4,873 posts)
14. we don't have secure votes, bottom line.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:22 AM
Nov 2018

how can anyone trust anything? I don't know why this wasn't the primary focus on campaigns.. secure the vote from Foreign and Domestic interference.

It's great to have won the house, but what do we do when the presidency is once again stolen? idk, I don't have trust anymore.

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