Russia hacked the vote in 2016

[cytg111]

That could very well be, but there are too many separate and distinct machines, locations, systems, rules and regulations, and possible actions for me to even guess how much the disruption would be. Hopefully, now that we are on notice of the attacks, things will be more difficult for them in the future. However I am sure that there will be some locations that fail to harden against attacks that will allow folks with bad intentions to come right on in.

Thats why they target likely swing states and infiltrate those specific procedures.

I think you misunderstand. Voter data is a big subject. Even with paper trails intruders can wreak havoc on the process. If the systems at the precinct level rely on remote servers, they can make that information unavailable. They can issue contradictory instructions, screw up the voter rolls, mis-allocate resources & all sorts of tricks we haven't imagined. It's hard to do that much because it's mostly decentralized & every locality has its own ballot.

They don't have to change any votes to discredit the voting process. A few colossal clusterfucks would do the job, I figure.

- Yea I get that, its all about them sum of the game in the end.
Been reading up on it tonight, apparently the sop is to have the actual ballot boxes not-networked (and yet again, some are, even with remote access software installed in case a technician needs to log in and fix a problem!!!).. So the actual machines are updated with the current ballot software and candidates ... via usb stick or memory card. It goes to reason that to get the actual cast votes, one would have to transfer it to USB stick again, and then transport back to election-hq and the main election software there - and THIS software is usually networked. If someone were to "hack the vote" I guess it would be there. Or via the USB drives going out with the software to begin with.

 

[Challenger]

Why should we deny Russians the freedom to vote?

Why not? We give illegals drivers licenses and allow them to vote

Id rather put in measures to not allow a foreign nation to access our voting machines. Anyone who would deny such measures is commie scum. Looking at you Moscow Mitch.

Then all of the Dems must be commie scum for letting illegal aliens vote!

 

[cytg111]

Why not? We give illegals drivers licenses and allow them to vote




Then all of the Dems must be commie scum for letting illegal aliens vote!

Challenger for one welcomes your new Russian Overlords.

 

[allisolm]

Thats why they target likely swing states and infiltrate those specific procedures.

I don't know about all states but in mine each county has it's own ballots, it's own voting machines, it's own network, it's own voting report procedures, it's own everything. So targeting the state wouldn't do much. You'd have to go county by county and that's 67 places where you might have to hack more that one system just to attempt to cause a disruption.

 

[Jhhnn]

Why not? We give illegals drivers licenses and allow them to vote




Then all of the Dems must be commie scum for letting illegal aliens vote!

You know that business about letting illegals vote is a lie, don't you? How can I be so sure? Because the Birther in Chief said it. He lies about everything.

 

[umbrella39]

Challenger for one welcomes your new Russian Overlords.

He is just another meat puppet tagged in to cry more about Conservative victimization and repeat lies ignoring the fact that lives births dictate the minorities are now the majority... Illegals don't get to and are NOT NEEDED to squash the minority party in this country. The Republicans...

They continue to lie, cheat, disenfranchise, and steal to win elections...

Keep RUNNING with this as your platform GOP.

1. Brown people... Go fuck yourself
2. Women who don't vote as their husbands wish... Go fuck yourself
3. Give us your white, your white, your huddled WHITES...

 

[Jhhnn]

I don't know about all states but in mine each county has it's own ballots, it's own voting machines, it's own network, it's own voting report procedures, it's own everything. So targeting the state wouldn't do much. You'd have to go county by county and that's 67 places where you might have to hack more that one system just to attempt to cause a disruption.

A concerted effort could cast doubt on the process & the results, paralyzing the system. Atlanta. Miami-dade. Maricopa County. Philadelphia. And so forth. If more than a few are penetrated it could cast doubt on the results.

The truth is that electronic voting machines are a solution in search of a problem, anyway. They're an unnecessary liability. Colorado's vote by mail system is extremely robust, convenient & inexpensive. The only point at which hacking could affect the totals is at the tabulating machines whose results are cross checked in a variety of ways including hand counts of random batches. Turnout is excellent, something the GOP generally tries to avoid like the plague.

 

[zinfamous]

Why not? We give illegals drivers licenses and allow them to vote

a complete lie