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Electronic voting cluster

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08 December 2019, 06:56 PM
CHAS
Electronic voting cluster
SNAFU


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08 December 2019, 07:56 PM
rontuner
We've always had paper backups on our electronic voting machines, but if the electronic numbers aren't verified with a follow-up count of the paper ballots, I don't think that provides any comfort.

I've been suspicious of the electronic counts ever since they began!


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08 December 2019, 08:27 PM
Piano*Dad
I am less concerned by software glitches than I am by deliberate tampering/hacking. Software glitches are likely to lead to absurdities. Tampering, by contrast, will be more subtle, producing outcomes less likely to generate automatic recounts of the paper trail.
08 December 2019, 10:10 PM
CHAS
Were the Russkies simply honing their talents?


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09 December 2019, 12:34 AM
Steve Miller
Why does this stuff always result in Republican victories?


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09 December 2019, 11:52 AM
Nina
quote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
I am less concerned by software glitches than I am by deliberate tampering/hacking. Software glitches are likely to lead to absurdities. Tampering, by contrast, will be more subtle, producing outcomes less likely to generate automatic recounts of the paper trail.


Exactly. I can easily come up with an algorithm that would inject a defined amount of variation into the counts to ensure a victory for any side. But it would look random.