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DN:Could the 2016 Election Be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines? (Original Post) kgnu_fan Feb 2016 OP
Ya think? It's been happening for years now, it is well 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #1
can we audit the machine? We should be able to. kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #3
In most cases, no. Just get over it and just look forward. 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #7
I sense a new meme just in time for the SC blowout! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #2
You're not alone in your perceptions. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #8
Cmon saturday! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author stopbush Feb 2016 #11
I guess it does workinclasszero Feb 2016 #12
I think the only way to fix it might be ... Nictuku Feb 2016 #4
Yup! Stolen by space alien psychic Big Foot! longship Feb 2016 #5
You all need to get over your slap happy selfs! 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #9
Why not? That method has been working for a long time, so if it ain't broke tblue37 Feb 2016 #6
depends on the result. PFunk1 Feb 2016 #13

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
1. Ya think? It's been happening for years now, it is well
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:02 PM
Feb 2016

documented, and so we question, "could it happen in 2016"! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry!

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
7. In most cases, no. Just get over it and just look forward.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:14 PM
Feb 2016

Always the same message and has been for years now.
The voting game is fixed. Period. Move on.

Response to workinclasszero (Reply #2)

Nictuku

(3,616 posts)
4. I think the only way to fix it might be ...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:04 PM
Feb 2016

I think the only way to fix it might be to have it be so blatant (in the stealing), that no one could deny that it is not secure.

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. Yup! Stolen by space alien psychic Big Foot!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:06 PM
Feb 2016

(Yes, the proper plural of Big Foot is Big Foot.)

It's the psychic ones one has too look out for. They are despicable.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
9. You all need to get over your slap happy selfs!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:18 PM
Feb 2016

Read Brad Blog.
Look up Truth is All.

For F's sake you guys!

Check out Greg Palast!

Get a fu'ing CLUE!!!!!!

tblue37

(65,474 posts)
6. Why not? That method has been working for a long time, so if it ain't broke
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:06 PM
Feb 2016

(according to the feelings of the GOP), don't fix it.

Frankly, I suspect a lot of PTB Dems also benefit from those machines, blocking anyone who challenges them, and that is why nothing is ever done about the easily rigged machines and the pile of evidence that they have in fact been used to rig elections. In fact, there has probably been some sotto voce back room discussions between powerful members of both parties, leading to quiet agreements to protect certain officeholders as long as they don't rock the boat.

I have always assumed that Obama won by a much larger margin than we were told (both times), and that is the only thing that prevented them from fixing those elections. Furthermore, I bet we won a lot of close downticket races that were shifted to the GOP when the margin wasn't huge enough to make that impossible.

And of course they also use other tactics, especially voter suppression to lower the numbers on our side, specifically to make sure the margin is thin enough to allow them to steal the close ones.

PFunk1

(185 posts)
13. depends on the result.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:19 PM
Feb 2016

The tighter the result the more likely it it. Which is why a large turnout is a must.

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