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phylny

(8,378 posts) Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:08 PM Aug 2016

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Oh, so NOW we're worried about having a paper trail for voting ballots, since

Russia may be trying to hack into some computer systems. NBC Nightly News had some interviews of election officials calling on all localities to have a paper back up.

Duh!

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Oh, so NOW we're worried about having a paper trail for voting ballots, since (Original Post) phylny Aug 2016 OP

We're lucky in NM Warpy Aug 2016 #1

California has a paper trail. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #2

Minnesota has a paper trail dflprincess Aug 2016 #3

what's the status on this? some election guy said everything's hunky dory, even Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #4

Warpy

(111,237 posts)

1. We're lucky in NM

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:11 PM

Aug 2016

The 2004 theft here was so blatant and hamfisted that we got 100% paper ballots in 2005. Yes, they're still Opti Scan, but if the results start to look hinky, they can be spot checked by hand counts.

Those easily hacked laptops have got to go. They went here. I suppose some GOP state bought them.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

2. California has a paper trail.

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:21 PM

Aug 2016

dflprincess

(28,075 posts)

3. Minnesota has a paper trail

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:28 PM

Aug 2016

and thank heaven we do or Norm Coleman might still be our senator instead of Al Franken.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

4. what's the status on this? some election guy said everything's hunky dory, even

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:31 PM

Aug 2016

after the host asked him about all the voting machines still out there with no paper backup

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/222470-states-ditch-electronic-voting-machines

get RID of those things

didn't they cost Kerry the election in Ohio?

you be the judge

https://www.google.com/search?q=kerry%2Belection%2Bstolen%2Bohio&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com&gws_rd=ssl

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kerry+election+stolen+ohio

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