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Twitler's tweets keep referencing hacking the voting machines (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jan 2017 OP
It is the crime of the ages. libtodeath Jan 2017 #1
This is the biggest story of our lifetime. nt LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #2
It is very unlikely that voting machines are connected to the internet. longship Jan 2017 #3
See this thread libtodeath Jan 2017 #4
Really? No documentation there. longship Jan 2017 #6
Glad you are so confident. libtodeath Jan 2017 #10
They can probably hack them in othr ways Bonx Jan 2017 #7
How's that? longship Jan 2017 #12
We know that Ohio not only was connected to the internet, they sent their votes through OregonBlue Jan 2017 #5
Maybe they were, maybe they weren't, but voter rolls were accessed. haele Jan 2017 #8
truly. How many were thrown off? LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #11
During the campaign, I started to look for his crimes behind certain lies. Hekate Jan 2017 #9

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. It is very unlikely that voting machines are connected to the internet.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:18 AM
Jan 2017

I wouldn't! One would have to be on the inside to hack them in any organized manner sufficient to change the outcome of an entire state. And remember, voting is controlled at the county level, and somewhat less at the state level. E.G., All MI counties use mark/scan paper ballots by state law, but report votes by county. How many counties does one need to infiltrate and affect the outcome?

Too many to count. Plus, they are not fucking connected to the internet!!!! Rule number one of security!

No! The voting machine results were not hacked. That's just conspiracy theory wackaloon uninformed speculation.

longship

(40,416 posts)
6. Really? No documentation there.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:09 PM
Jan 2017

No verification. No sane election commission would allow Cellular connectivity to voting machines. First, that's mainly because there is no fucking need for Cellular connectivity. Secondly, many voting locations don't even have reliable Cellular connectivity. Like where I live.

That claim is absolute utter rubbish. It's from the Department of Make Shit Up Department.

longship

(40,416 posts)
12. How's that?
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:47 PM
Jan 2017

Maybe by chronosinclastic infundibula?

Or maybe a Hermoine Granger spell?

It's MAGIC!

Also, there's no fucking evidence of voter hacking. Not one shred. There's always a winner and always losers. Being in the latter category is not evidence of hacking the outcome. One has to have actual evidence.

And no! Arbitrary made-up stuff based solely on perceived anomalies are not sufficient.

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
5. We know that Ohio not only was connected to the internet, they sent their votes through
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:45 AM
Jan 2017

a GOP firm in Tennessee? Kentucky? and returned the totals during the Kerry election. All the exit polls showed Kerry winning by 4-5 points but low and behold, when the totals were returned, he lost. I do hope that they Feds take a look at all voting machines in every state to make sure that they are disconnected and that the tabulators are disconnected as well.

The GOP has no honor what so ever.

haele

(12,660 posts)
8. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't, but voter rolls were accessed.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:35 PM
Jan 2017

How many people may have had their vote suppressed because of this?

Haele

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
9. During the campaign, I started to look for his crimes behind certain lies.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:38 PM
Jan 2017

Election rigged? Why yes it was.
And so on.

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