Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds

Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by RileyJames on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:53PM (#18094871)

In theory. Has this actually happened, since the introduction of postal voting, in the United States?

To be useful it would be necessary to visit 10,000’s - 100,000 houses and threaten violence.

The voting system does not need to resolve this issue. Threats of violence are already illegal, and any group conducting such acts at that volume would be quickly apprehended. Call the police.

Can you imagine how quickly twitter / the internet would blow up if stand over men were going door to door threatening voters?

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Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by ericcumbee on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:41PM (#18095888)

Not quite people going door to door threatening people. but with Absentee Voting by mail, there have been plenty of cases of a Candidate's family member or a party operative making the rounds of the nursing homes and special needs homes and "assisting" residents in filling out absentee ballots. Alot of these people you could make a very good argument that the voter lacks sufficient mental capacity to cast a ballot. This happens in plenty of local elections around here. Most of the cases are not really covered by the media either.

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Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by gsnedders on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:29PM (#18095194)

The risk has typically been more been cohabiting family (partners and parents, especially).

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Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by bluGill on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:11PM (#18095027)

It has happened in history.

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