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Re:Berkeley HS student tried to rig his own election, exposi... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @03:12PM (#19618009)
> Students were casting ranked-choice ballots via a Google Form accessed through district-provided Gmail accounts

> The investigators were also able to determine that the false votes were cast from a computer

I bet the real votes were cast from a computer too.

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Re:Berkeley HS student tried to rig his own election, exposi... by smelendez on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @03:33PM (#19618172)
Presumably they mean as opposed to s smartphone, which might be the more common way for students to vote.
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Re:Berkeley HS student tried to rig his own election, exposi... by depressed on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:21PM (#19618569)
I think they meant that the false votes were all cast from a single computer.
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