Re:A used voting machine from the 2016 election
by rdtsc on Friday July 20, 2018 @06:32PM
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> Then Trump vs Clinton came around, and it seems no one remembered that the easily hackable voting machines were even there.
Some people remembered and that was part of the reason many supported Stein's (Green Party candidate's) recounting effort. Unreliability and ability to hack those machines played a a significant role in the level of donations received and all the support.
> Any election where either electronic voting machines or electronic vote counting machines were used should not be trusted.
I mostly agree. At least it would remove the doubt and uncertainty and people can focus on other issues. So I would say have paper ballots, manual counting in addition to electronic, and add voter IDs on top of it. Voter IDs, if anything, just because it gets brought up every time, so fine, give everyone some of those. India somehow managed to do it but it ends being this contentious issue in this country which I don't quite understand.
> The use of either of these types of machines might explain why exit poll numbers and predictions have been so wildly off the mark in recent years.
Exactly. Even if there was no fraud, say that's the best case scenario. There were recounting efforts, allegations of every type, poll result discrepancies, articles, blogs, endless discussions on it. Just add up all the time, money and energy spent. It's just not worth it.
Some people remembered and that was part of the reason many supported Stein's (Green Party candidate's) recounting effort. Unreliability and ability to hack those machines played a a significant role in the level of donations received and all the support.
> Any election where either electronic voting machines or electronic vote counting machines were used should not be trusted.
I mostly agree. At least it would remove the doubt and uncertainty and people can focus on other issues. So I would say have paper ballots, manual counting in addition to electronic, and add voter IDs on top of it. Voter IDs, if anything, just because it gets brought up every time, so fine, give everyone some of those. India somehow managed to do it but it ends being this contentious issue in this country which I don't quite understand.
> The use of either of these types of machines might explain why exit poll numbers and predictions have been so wildly off the mark in recent years.
Exactly. Even if there was no fraud, say that's the best case scenario. There were recounting efforts, allegations of every type, poll result discrepancies, articles, blogs, endless discussions on it. Just add up all the time, money and energy spent. It's just not worth it.