Election fraud?

Question

The story that came out a few weeks ago about Princeton researchers hacking Diebold's voting machine (even using a common key to someone's freezer or whatever it was to get in) and changing the results is frightening. When you look at instances from which exit polls didn't even come close to matching actual results, it's all been since Y2K when the irregularities began. In 2004, there were more irregularities in Ohio than any other state.

Here's an article for those who know nothing about this:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-09-29-diebold_x.htm

The thing is: I'm a Libertarian-wing Republican and I've supported the Republicans simply because they're "not as bad" as the socialists who fight against the 2nd amendment and favor entitlement programs. Bush hasn't exactly pleased me.

Now a handful of electronic voting machine manufacturers (or anyone with access to them) can control the results of an election. What can be done to do to save this country?

Answer 1

as far as voting goes, retun to scantron ballots. who really can't fill in a bubble with a pencil? there needs to be a hardcopy record of each vote cast.

Answer 2

I dare anyone to go up to one of the machines while an election is going on and try to open it. I'm betting the police are called and you are arrested for voter fraud. I haven't read the article, but I'm betting you would have to hook up a computer directly to the machine to tamper with the results. This might get the attention of the election officials. These are stand alone machines and no machine is perfect. Machines can and do break. The only thing I would recommend is some sort of non-volatile memory to store the votes on so votes aren't lost if the machine craps the bed.

Answer 3

Every system of voting is flawed. Yes...even paper ballots arel flawed. There aren't many ways to get an accurate count without someone figuring out a way to cheat the system....whether you're doing it by tapping into the electronic machines or paying someone to miscount or even having dead people voting.

Put a higher penalty on voter fraud. I'm not talking death penalty, but make it a hefty enough fine for everyone involved. If I tap the machine and create the fraud, but was paid by politicial X....then I get the hefty fine and he gets taken out of the race.

Of course, there would have to be ample proof....but fewer people would take the chances. I wouldn't be worried about a milllion dollar fine if I knew someone else was going to pay it.

Answer 4

Don't let the brother of a state governor run for president?

I dunno man, it all seemed waaaay to convenient to me. His brother runs the state which has the deciding vote, which takes 12 hours, or however long it was, to come up with the right vote, and days afterwords to count the absentees?

And people say bush won fair and square. Yeah, and I'm from pluto. Oh wait, thats not a planet anymore, never mind.

Answer 5

Those machines really work, and very well.
It is all a matter of simple science and good statistical control.
You have, aftar all, to have old-fashioned public servants operating them. If you do nor trust anyone, you can tattoo you vote on your forehead and dishonest people will scalp you.
It is quick, clear, clean.

Answer 6

Civil war is the only answer

Answer 7

like omg votes can be easily manipulated?! TOTAL B.S!
why dont they use digital voting machines?