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In reply to the discussion: DHS Confirms That Optical Scan Vote-Counting Machines Easily Hacked [View all]Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)In any given race, there are a 10% random selection of voting machines that are chosen for a hand count. Then the hand count is compared to the count reported by the machine. If there is more than a 1% discrepancy between the machine count and the hand count, then a general hand count of the entire election. If that count shows a discrepancy of more than 1%, then:
1. The machines are immediately decertified.
2. The FBI immediately arrives at corporate headquarter of the machine's manufacturer and all records AND COMPUTER CODE is seized (to hell with trade secrets).
3. The entire company goes through a through investigation looking for collusion between the manufacturer and outside interested parties. If such collusion is found, there are mandatory prison sentences handed out and the company is dissolved and its assets sold with first claim going to refund the prices paid by users of the machines.
A few top-levels ending up in prison for 10-20 year terms and a few companies going out of business and their investors losing 100% of their investment would slow-down or stop hacking of voting machines. (Or there wouldn't be any voting machine companies willing to take the risk any more.)