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In reply to the discussion: It is entirely possible votes were tampered with!" [View all]RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)You know, the vendors of all these electronic machines are very quick to point out there's "no internet" involved. I call BS. If results are transmitted over phone lines, and they are, that data transmission is hackable.
Further, whatever electronic "readers" you've got can be pre-programmed to kick in and skew results under some circumstances -- start counting every 4th Dem vote as Republican if the Dem votes start winning. Or many other possibilities. According to Greg Palast, it was the scanners NOT the hanging chads that ultimately gave us a George Bush win in 2000. (Well, enabled SCOTUS to give us Bush.)
However, if you're in Wisconsin, you may be right: Scott Walker has done an amazing job of just disenfranchising people, heading off any actual problem like LOSING any elections. So no need to bother with the more tedious work.