Reply #151: Optiscans can be hacked as easily as touchscreens.

[Stevepol]

They have paper so there's always the possibility the hacking will be discovered but since audits aren't done as regular practice in most places, the danger is minimal to those trying to hack the machines.

In fact, IMO the optiscans have been responsible for more irregularities than the touchscreens (not counting the central tabulators). I base that on the reading of the precinct results in the 04 eleciton in FL where the greatest discrepancies between the new Dem registrations and the changes in the voting occurred in the optiscan precincts and not the touchscreen precincts.