2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVote counting optical scanners.
Most ballots are still counted by Optical Scanners, which have been proven to lose votes, overheat and mis-tally, and can be hacked and rigged intentionally.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27204-computerized-vote-rigging-is-still-the-unseen-threat-to-american-democracy-it-s-time-to-change-the-system
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)...and used for a recount.
MN had a recount in 2008 (Senator Al Franken) and in 2010 (Governor Mark Dayton.)
J_J_
(1,213 posts)And if there is a hand counted audit of paper ballots, they will change the hand count to match the machine as we have seen happen already.
We have seen the same tactics used over and over.
If it happened in the states where we caught them, chances are it is happening in the other states but they are getting away with it.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)count.
Secondly, only if control of the ballots is effective. Otherwise, it is easy to swap out ballots that only require you to fill in an oval.
questionseverything
(9,667 posts)i try to keep up but had missed this new info about "fractured voting"
http://blackboxvoting.org/fraction-magic-2/
the only solution is hand counted paper ballots at the precinct in full public view and a tight watch of the reporting website
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)and yet it is rarely talked about until we are in the middle of an election.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)brooklynite
(95,070 posts)...still waiting for the list of candidates, campaign managers or Party leaders who claim it happened.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)election officials from both parties got busted in Ky.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman/ky-election-officials-arr_b_177468.html
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)It's the memory card in the reader. Every memory card has its own processor and that it where the vote can be manipulated.