Originally Posted by funshooter
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
With the computerized machines they have now, this is very easy to do. The hack can be fed into the machine in seconds, and then it spreads to other machines in the same system. It guarantees victory for whomever the hacker wishes. This has been known for a long time, and the fact that computerized voting is still allowed shows that the system wishes to be able to determine winners and losers, rather than permitting the electorate to do that with their votes.

The only safe systems are the old fashioned mechanical ones, i.e., the ones with the big hand levers that you pull to register your votes. These produce a paper record of the vote and cannot be hacked, having no computerized components.
You forgot about the hanging Chad.
The dems always wanted them counted for them selves
Old fashioned voting booth/machines never had hanging chads. Hanging chads occur when you have folks punch them out manually. I'm talking about the ones where you flip the switch on each issue, then pull the lever. This type.

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