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ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts) Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:44 AM Aug 2018

Who benefits from a voting system that can't be trusted? The Losers [View all]

If your voting system can be hacked, you can say after an election "well, we'll never really know who actually won".

This is great for people who want to destroy a democracy.

It is great for people who would lose the election in a trustworthy vote.

It is great for people who want to cheat.

PLEASE DEMOCRATS, make this a TOP TOP priority. Secure our voting system! Paper ballots, and preferably carefully hand counted.

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Who benefits from a voting system that can't be trusted? The Losers [View all] ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 OP

And, yet, nobody (but Donald Trump) does... brooklynite Aug 2018 #1

There have been hundreds of posts here claiming that the Russian's flipped votes by hacking machines MichMan Aug 2018 #3

...based on no actual presented evidence. brooklynite Aug 2018 #5

There is a ton of evidence that the vulnerability exists ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #9

So true Farmer-Rick Aug 2018 #11

I've also seen posts here claiming Bush let September 11th happen or that mythology Aug 2018 #10

I have certainly noticed that ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #7

Agreed! SkyDancer Aug 2018 #2

I've read a lot about different voting methods ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #8

What Democratic system would be the most difficult to capture by uber rich capitalist and criminals? Farmer-Rick Aug 2018 #14

They should make it a top priority right now and scream bloody murder from the roof tops. Afromania Aug 2018 #4

that's exactly right ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #6

Dems will when DownriverDem Aug 2018 #12

those poor Dems ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #13

Agreed. When the Democratic Party takes over the house they should... lancelyons Aug 2018 #15