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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs it possible as the Trump/Russian treason unfolds
it can be proven that votes in the swing states were flipped from Hillary to the Orange Menace?
I have never bought the idea that all of the swing states suddenly went 5 points for Benedict Donald. They did it in Ohio in 2004 for Bush, so why would it be so hard to believe ?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)No hacking of the voting machines. If the Democratic Party thought there was then I'd agree.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)Turbineguy
(37,356 posts)False advertising. I suspect the Russians were able to hack into the counting system, but did not need to.
If you can convince the bank manager to walk out of the bank and hand you a bag of money, you don't need to risk robbing the bank.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)For various reasons.
butdiduvote
(284 posts)...no one seems interested in investigating it, so I doubt we'll ever know. Comey said himself they found no evidence of vote tolls being altered.
brooklynite
(94,635 posts)...and NO CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN MANAGER OR PARTY CHAIR says it happened.
There IS evidence of a campaign that made incorrect tactical decisions.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)databases last summer. They don't do that just to prove that they can and then stop with that. And the Rs were up to their usual tricks.
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/according-declassified-report-russians hacked local and state election boards
http://fortune.com/2016/10/01/hackers-targeted-election-systems/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-hackers-targeted-half-states-voter-registration-systems/story?id=42435822
http://www.alternet.org/new-video-watch-wisconsin-election-officials-reject-hand-counts-after-electronic-scanners-make-big
http://time.com/4599886/detroit-voting-machine-failures-were-widespread-on-election-day/
https://thevotingnews.com/tag/interstate-crosscheck/
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-voting-technology/
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37486-the-shocking-truth-about-election-rigging-in-america
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-gops-attack-on-voting-rights-was-the-most-under-covered-story-of-2016/