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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous and the Supposed Hack. [View all]RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I live in NY, and we were the LAST state to go with electronic voting. People hate the machines, though they seem to work okay. I was an election custodian in my district. I setup the mechanical machines, getting them ready for election day. They were difficult to setup, and from what I could see (I had schematics for the machines) were impossible to change counts.
The new machines software is allegedly checked and certified. The software is a proprietary, so nobody knows how they work. Now I just setup the election site, which is a lot less work for me.
We asked the state to make sure that these new voting machines and their software was checked out, and they assured us that it was. I have not witnessed any recounts yet, but I am sure that there will be recounts in the future. At that time, I will be compelled to ask to inspect the software and hardware. As I am a computer technician by trade, I feel that I am fully qualified to check this out.
We battled for open source software, but were struck down by the Board of Elections. I guess that there is no open source election software. (I am not a programmer, otherwise I would write some)
I know that the chain of custody is sound, and the the people running things in my county are trustworthy, so at this point, I do not see a problem. However I know computers, and it's only a matter of time until things go wrong.
I will keep on top of things, and in the position that I am in, I feel quite qualified to do so.
I really don't trust election official in far away places, who I do not know. It's just me, I guess.