Could political donations be used to buy voting machines in Ohio?

[wuushew]

Instead of using money that may as well be wasted in a climate of right-wing media could political donations instead be used to ensure a fair and equal number of voting machines in swing states?

How much money would this cost and is this a good strategy? Is it legal?

[Vincardog]

1. They will refuse to use anything but the crooked secret boxes they have

[wuushew]

2. But some Dems held their seats in November despite fraud

so either Republican voting fraud is incomplete or a per some formula certain seats are allowed to win to preserve the illusion of freedom.


I think the former explanation is more likely and so I think we as a party should financially support any effort that boosts votes.

[oscar111]

3. ALL machines can hide theft: paper ballots better, cheaper

Complexity makes it possible to invent new ways to steal votes.

simplest method is least theft-prone. Paper ballots. Canadian model.

Magicians know .. make things complex to allow for tricks. And allow for hiding that trick.

Guess why they saw someone in half inside a BOX, not just the person in plain view.

Still want vote machine boxes?

Paper can be put in clear plastic containers.

All vote machines cost for buying, wharehouseing, trucking each election, guarding 365 days. Paper cost is forgettable. Machines are a huge trick.. both fraud enablers.. and costly. What victims we are.

[Vincardog]

4. I think we as a party should demand open fair elections now

[wuushew]

5. But urban areas have insufficient or broken machines now

would any state official object to a non-state entity supplying funds to alleviate these problems?

If such a person objected, they would have to explain themselves on the record. Additionally if such election reform was subject to open meeting laws I imagine it would be quite difficult to weave a tapestry of lies sufficient to obscure the problem.