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In reply to the discussion: Did Anonymous really Save-the-Vote in Ohio? .... REALLY??? [View all]JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 23, 2012, 04:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Ohio now uses the Accutron TSx with a paper printout that is generated while the voter watches. The printer is located to the right of the touch screen. That paper roll is stored at each of Ohio's 88 counties for two years in case of a dispute or recount.
According to the video, the transmitter they installed has a range of a half mile, so a would be hacker would have to be outside every precinct to affect the state's election. Now you're talking about at least a hundred plumbers with sworn loyalty to Karl Rove. There aren't even that many people who like KarlRove, let alone be willing to go to prison for him.
The machine they worked with is the old model because those guys are not going to walk into a county board of elections and take a machine we currently vote on. I can hear that conversation:
"We concerned citizens want to take one of your voting machines for testing".
"OK, take that one over there, but don't open it up and install any hacking hardware".
Hahaha
To see how every voting machine in Ohio works, and how each one of them provides the county it's in with a hard paper ballot, see this link:
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/elections/votingsystems.aspx?page=25056#
If paper ballots aren't secure enough, I'd like to know what would satisfy you that the 2012 election was above board and unhackable.