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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:31 PM Nov 2016

Pennsylvania's aging voting machines could be 'nightmare scenario' in the event of a disputed electi

This article is from October but feel it is probably more relevant today. A long article with lots of interesting info.

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But in the event of a disputed election, this battleground state — one of the few that relies almost entirely on computerized voting, with no paper backup — could end up creating a far bigger mess.

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The GOP nominee has specifically targeted Pennsylvania as a state where the election may be “stolen,” despite no evidence to back up such a claim and several polls showing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton well ahead of him here.

“The only way we can lose,” he told a recent rally in Altoona, “is if cheating goes on.”

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Pennsylvania is among those states that rely almost entirely on computerized voting, according to Verified Voting.

“Pennsylvania is using technology from the ’80s made by the companies that don’t exist anymore. In computer years, that’s a very long time ago,” Smith said.

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But Andrew Appel, a Princeton professor of computer science, said that given a screwdriver and seven minutes with an electronic machine, he could “install a vote-stealing program” that would be hard to detect and shift a percentage of the votes.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pennsylvania-voting-paperless-20161020-snap-story,amp.html

I recommend reading the whole article, I did the best I could with the snips.

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Pennsylvania's aging voting machines could be 'nightmare scenario' in the event of a disputed electi (Original Post) JonLP24 Nov 2016 OP
Paperless in Pennsylvania: Can Swing State Verify the 2016 Vote? NCTraveler Nov 2016 #1
Then why the fuck are they being used? Greybnk48 Nov 2016 #2
I'm not even typing Pennsylvania and their October JonLP24 Nov 2016 #3

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
2. Then why the fuck are they being used?
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:23 PM
Nov 2016

All of this gaming the election trickery needs to be hauled out into the light and gotten rid of, no matter what the Republican Nazis say. Enough.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
3. I'm not even typing Pennsylvania and their October
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:16 PM
Nov 2016

Articles keep showing up on the first couple pages.

How vulnerable are Pennsylvania's electronic voting machines?

In a Philadelphia warehouse, almost 4,000 electronic voting machines are ready to be rolled out. But some cybersecurity experts warn the machines - which are used in most Pennsylvania counties - are vulnerable.

“It’s a relatively lucrative target if you want to try and manipulate something,” said Ben Johsnon, a former NSA engineer now with cybersecurity group Carbon Black. “It’s really around creating doubt: doubt in democracy; doubt in the integrity of the election process.”

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But Republican elections commissioner Al Schmidt sees some issues with Pennsylvania’s voting procedures. He wrote a report on voting irregularities during the 2012 election. There have been dozens of cases but only 10 prosecutions.

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Schmidt says even without a paper trail, the electronic machines are safe because they do keep a digital record of votes cast. And, he points out, the individual machines are not connected to the internet.

“Our voting system has more in common with household appliance than a laptop or anything like that,” Schmidt said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-vulnerable-are-pennsylvanias-electronic-voting-machines/

I just read another not too long ago on a Michigan election official make the same claim http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/23/michigan-elections-director-casts-doubt-hacking-claim/94327842/

I'm not familiar with the kind of machines you can hack with a wifi connection but going back to Diebold the surest way to hack a common machine is with physical access which both officials are noticeably not mentioning it as if they have no idea.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-hack-an-election-in-seven-minutes-214144

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