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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan you imagine a scenario where hackers turn the election and then are quickly caught.
Imagine if states that Obama was clearly favored to win flipped dramatically giving Romney the win.
Then imagine within a day or two, the hacking was discovered, the FBI was brought in, and they quickly caught the hackers.
What would be the mechanism to redo the election. I'm guessing the courts?
I honestly think that someday this will happen.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)on, and others go down. Probably won't happen, but definitely needs to.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)and they make sure they don't get caught. All this is possible when dealing with computer programs.
They can cover their tracks, and some have done it before and not gotten caught.
However, there might be a slip-up or someone might rat them out.
villager
(26,001 posts)FBI will have to be careful with their witnesses. They're dealing with a criminal syndicate, after all....
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)They operate as a mafia, utterly desperate and ethics-free.
I don't see their repuke followers being up in arms about all this voter supression, there are millions of participating.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)imagine the powerful would ever allow their power to be challenged? I don't.
trumad
(41,692 posts)Shit happens...and even the best can be caught
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)works for the people and the courts have some responsibility to those same people.
The election thefts have been blatant for at least the last 3 cycles. Have you seen any prosecutions?
valerief
(53,235 posts)RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)much less the rest.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)On a much smaller scale.
A recent election in West Palm Beach, Florida was overturned by officials there after they double checked the results via hand counting. Officials found the computer had flipped the election.
So, it happens. It is not a conspiracy theory that the computer counts can totally alter the results.
All that is needed is for the count to be double checked. But the truth is very, very few of the results even get a second look. If Obama loses, you can bet there will be many of us demanding a second look.