2016 Postmortem

CreekDog

(46,192 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 04:39 PM Apr 2016

There's a "satire" site with a story about voting machines switching votes

Be aware.

It's sneaky and scammy, it's called huffingtonpost.com.co

Note the scammy name. There is a disclaimer saying it's a "satire" site, which I guess is designed to prevent them from getting sued for publishing outright false stories as if they were the real HuffingtonPost.

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There's a "satire" site with a story about voting machines switching votes (Original Post) CreekDog Apr 2016 OP

So far that story has been posted here twice as the gospel truth. Squinch Apr 2016 #1

Considering we use optical scan, that would be an amazing thing, indeed n/t Godhumor Apr 2016 #2

There is nothing to prevent optical scan machines from being programmed to produce desired winner. -none Apr 2016 #3

They don't show the voter their vote, is my point Godhumor Apr 2016 #4

That is what you see on the counter. -none Apr 2016 #5

No shit. You're missing my point Godhumor Apr 2016 #6

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

1. So far that story has been posted here twice as the gospel truth.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:06 PM

Apr 2016

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)

2. Considering we use optical scan, that would be an amazing thing, indeed n/t

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:14 PM

Apr 2016

-none

(1,884 posts)

3. There is nothing to prevent optical scan machines from being programmed to produce desired winner.

Reply to Godhumor (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:49 PM

Apr 2016

They are computers themselves.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)

4. They don't show the voter their vote, is my point

Reply to -none (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:51 PM

Apr 2016

You fill out the paper ballot and it gets fed into the scanner. All it says is your vote has been tallied. It does not show your selections.

-none

(1,884 posts)

5. That is what you see on the counter.

Reply to Godhumor (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:03 PM

Apr 2016

After the polls close they either remove a memory card or attach a computer and up load all the vote totals. Those scanners are the reason why you have the results on the 10 O'clock news that evening.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)

6. No shit. You're missing my point

Reply to -none (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:27 PM

Apr 2016

The parody story is that costs are claiming they dar the machines switch their votes. We don't use the kind of machines where voters see their electronic results.

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