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In reply to the discussion: New video provides proof of cellular modems in Florida voting machines [View all]watoos
(7,142 posts)11. Even if the machines do not have cellular modems,
that can communicate with the outside world, why can't they be pre-programmed to flip say 2% of the votes? I don't get a paper receipt when I vote, I ask for one. The only paper trail where I vote is the final tally.
Machines aren't pulled out and independently audited, we are just supposed to trust the results. The manufacturers don't allow audits because they claim proprietary rights for their software, you know that secret stuff like 2+2=5.
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New video provides proof of cellular modems in Florida voting machines [View all]
sandensea
Nov 2018
OP
My thought was laws against wireless...whatever the hells going on there.
Crutchez_CuiBono
Nov 2018
#6
does this really surprise anyone here? of course there has been hacking.
NRaleighLiberal
Nov 2018
#9
They were purposely designed and built so that the reults could be manipulated.
FuzzyRabbit
Nov 2018
#10
You can see the paper tape in the video... 9 seconds in, draped over the left side of the machine.
LakeSuperiorView
Nov 2018
#28
Again, having no relation to the machine in the OP, so irrelevant gishgallop.
LakeSuperiorView
Nov 2018
#37
BTW, if you have a genuine point about not talking about the particular machine, there are other pos
keithbvadu2
Nov 2018
#41
Heartbreaking that they are able to get by with this, no one moral in charge. n/t
Judi Lynn
Nov 2018
#22