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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: *UPDATE* Voted in NC and machine kept flipping my Senate vote from Ross to Burr. 4 times. [View all]angrychair
(8,759 posts)34. To be clear to everyone you know
Electronic Voting Machines are hackable and you cannot trust your vote.
IT. IS. A. COMPUTER.
Connected to the Internet (even once)? Assume it's been hacked.
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*UPDATE* Voted in NC and machine kept flipping my Senate vote from Ross to Burr. 4 times. [View all]
blm
Oct 2016
OP
This is a retiree area. I'm 61 and I was one of the youngest in line. Most looked to be in 70s, 80s
blm
Oct 2016
#25
We can ensure that a $2 checkout stand transaction is secure and auditable.
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#137
Tried getting through to NCDP main office, no luck. Contacted Asheville Citizen Times.
blm
Oct 2016
#23
If that happened to me I'd stand outside the polling station all day every day telling everyone!
apcalc
Oct 2016
#33
there should be a bounty, just like at the grocery store, if the register scans the barcode and give
putitinD
Oct 2016
#35
Aren't they supposed to calibrate the screens? Did they take the machine offline ...
NurseJackie
Oct 2016
#44
They don't have those machines where I vote, so admittedly I don't know much about them.. but
-Steph-
Oct 2016
#82
I hope you made a recording of it happening as well assuming you have a cellphone with
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#72
I didn't, but, my husband was with me and I made sure to voice my concern loudly in front
blm
Oct 2016
#75
In Buncombe Co NC, we use paper ballots that are scanned and also hand counted for accuracy
wishstar
Oct 2016
#76
My county Buncombe NC has had paper ballots and paper auditing going back years
wishstar
Oct 2016
#94
Did they retire the machine after you demonstrated that it wasn't working properly?
pnwmom
Oct 2016
#84
No. They put another voter into it even when I was reporting it to desk officials about 6ft away.
blm
Oct 2016
#87
But it's not illegal to 'accidentally' set the machines to flip someones vote
nolabels
Oct 2016
#107
seems like bad programming if a imperfect touch on candidate A produces a vote for candidate B.
Bill USA
Oct 2016
#124
Paper ballots. That's why I will only vote mail in. I have my ballot in my hand.
Feeling the Bern
Oct 2016
#140