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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Court Asked To Scrap Georgia's 27,000 Electronic Voting Machines
https://www.wabe.org/federal-court-asked-to-scrap-georgias-27-000-electronic-voting-machines/The security of Georgias touchscreen electronic voting machines will be under scrutiny in a federal courtroom Wednesday.
A group of voters and election security advocates want a federal district court judge to order the state to not use the machines in this Novembers election and replace them with paper ballots.
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Early voting in the state begins on Oct. 15 and election officials say a switch at this point would mean chaos, and potentially suppress turnout.
Georgia is one of 14 states that use electronic voting machines that do not leave a paper trail that can be audited after an election and is one of five states that exclusively use the machines. Cybersecurity experts along with the Senate Intelligence Committee say the machines can leave elections vulnerable to hacking. In a worst case scenario, hackers could manipulate vote totals without detection.
A group of voters and election security advocates want a federal district court judge to order the state to not use the machines in this Novembers election and replace them with paper ballots.
...
Early voting in the state begins on Oct. 15 and election officials say a switch at this point would mean chaos, and potentially suppress turnout.
Georgia is one of 14 states that use electronic voting machines that do not leave a paper trail that can be audited after an election and is one of five states that exclusively use the machines. Cybersecurity experts along with the Senate Intelligence Committee say the machines can leave elections vulnerable to hacking. In a worst case scenario, hackers could manipulate vote totals without detection.
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/646808300/federal-court-asked-to-scrap-georgias-27-000-electronic-voting-machines
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Federal Court Asked To Scrap Georgia's 27,000 Electronic Voting Machines (Original Post)
japple
Sep 2018
OP
But how are Republicans supposed to win if we take away all their ways to cheat?
Doodley
Sep 2018
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Doodley
(9,142 posts)1. But how are Republicans supposed to win if we take away all their ways to cheat?
ananda
(28,881 posts)2. The Russians/GOP can hack them.
Period
japple
(9,844 posts)3. That's what they're counting on. How else will Sec. of State, Brian Kemp
get elected to the Governor's office?