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rzemanfl

(29,540 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 10:49 PM Nov 2020

The paper ballot as the only way to vote has been proven in this election.

The Repukes and Russians could not hack the paper ballots brought to us via the virus and the deaths of so many. The paper ballots agree with the polls. Machine votes don't and tilt red. I hope to hell this lesson is learned now, at long last.

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The paper ballot as the only way to vote has been proven in this election. (Original Post) rzemanfl Nov 2020 OP
I always voted by mail demosincebirth Nov 2020 #1
Took it in this time, because DeJoy. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #5
Absolutely agree. Budi Nov 2020 #2
Absolutely! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #3
Check in after the Georgia special elections. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #12
+1000 Freethinker65 Nov 2020 #4
Tabulations can still be hacked, but it's MUCH harder. I'll have a paper ballot please! n/t Pobeka Nov 2020 #6
The paper ballots would prove the hack. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #7
Exactly, but it does require a manual count/audit, and CAN BE DONE! n/t Pobeka Nov 2020 #8
It is extraordinarily difficult to 'hack' tabulated ballots that were double counted. joshcryer Nov 2020 #9
Yes. The target to hack would be the tabulation software itself. Pobeka Nov 2020 #10
Last years Hacker Convention Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #13
Double K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #11
I agree a bazillion times. fierywoman Nov 2020 #14

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
9. It is extraordinarily difficult to 'hack' tabulated ballots that were double counted.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 10:58 PM
Nov 2020

Remember they are counted twice, once when the anonymous envelope arrives, and second when they are tabulated. You can do some shenanigans but they would be detected and the votes would then be run through the tabulation or counted by hand.

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
10. Yes. The target to hack would be the tabulation software itself.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:02 PM
Nov 2020

And because you have paper ballots you can actually audit the tabulation software independent of using the software itself.

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