with partisan support, set aside, do you think the November 7 elections will be possitive, and free form glitches or even, a possible electronic voting hijack? The Republicans promise they'll prevail, which scares me. either enthusastic remarks, or a deep undergroudn plot (review 2000 election) Democrats also have the confidence to prevail. one wont. Exit polls and forcasts were wrong in 2004, so we have no relevance to the election 2006 except what the voting computer says. do you trust a computer to give us legit election results?
2006-10-29 08:10:01 · 12 answers · asked by hooked_ona_8SecondRide 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
no, the democrats are merely creating this fear. Do you have credit cards, ? do you use atm cards, do you have money in a bank that allows online banking ?
Does the business you work for use computers ?
If so you trust computers for all aspects of your life. As a populatoin grows, there is no honest correct way to do a manual voting, Use of computers should have happened years ago.
So because the democrats are very scared because alot of republicans don't say much but merely voice thier opinions in the booth, and of course polls outside voting places are not right since they don't do them in small town america or normally in high republican areas, they do them where they hear what they want, so they report it that way hopeing that the exit polls will also effect voters who has not voted yet.
It is all a political move to effect an election.
And the democrats are not sueing the voting machines now are they, they are putting lawyers in place to sue only if they lose, not if they win, if they win, they are fair, if they lose they can't be.
So what does that tell you, they will try and say the election was stolen again if they don't win. So thier opinion is if they lose make most of thier party believe they really won and the other party cheated.
They just can't accept defeat and agree to work with the side that won, like parties used to, but have to keep the attacking from 6 and 2 years ago still up after all this time,
Don't you feel this is sad, that they won't merely work with the party that is in power and stop all the crying and lies about past elections.
2006-10-29 08:19:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I have voted on punch card ballots, optical scan ballots and 2 different types of machines. I have also worked at the polls using 2 types of voting machines and received training as a technician on 1 type of computerize voting machine. I can tell you from personal experience that punch card ballots are by far the easiest to 'hijack'. In order to rig any of the computer voting machines in use today, you would need access to the source code in advance. Even then, to tamper with a machine at the polls would require the poll workers to be ignoring you.
If you think someone will tamper with the machines before they reach the polls, that would require participation by election officials in a position to rig ANY voting system, including paper ballots.
paul_foster44: you said your state does not have computer voting. Then you said the ballot is 'scanned and tallied immediately'. I have news for you, the scanner IS a computer.
2006-10-29 10:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'wingers are going to beat you into the ground for mentioning that two elections, back to back, were stolen. Some by ballot dumping, some by early poll closing, some by trashy machines installed in 'minority' precincts and some by challenged voters who 'somehow' got on a 'purge' list. Greg Palast in his book, 'Armed Madhouse', chronicled these events and certainly had the documentation to back up his claims. Of course the GOP-ers won't believe it and the democrats simply haven't had the mojo to bring court cases against the criminals who 'done the deed'! I hope that the democrats are geared up this time around to to prevent a repeat of the last two presidential elections. If not, it's a lead pipe cinch that this election will be stolen as well. What are we? Some kind of banana republic? Sometiimes I wonder!
2016-05-22 05:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it could possibly happen. Let,s just forget the hacking problem although it is real. Think about the lack of a paper trail in many instances. Some of your naysayers claim we use computer systems in our daily lives. This true, but every time you use a credit card or an A.T.M. machines, there is a paper receipt.
Did you ever hear of a market place tax collecting government that did not require a cash register with a taped copy of all transactions? This is a tape other than the one you receive as a receipt. I don't think so unless it's in Lower Mongolia or like places.
2006-10-29 08:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by gshewman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe we should go back to paper ballots with big print There will always be problems with using electronic machines and computers. On a paper ballot, we will not have that problem. Each election district can select local people that is approved by each party to count the votes, all at the same time at the same table, each person seeing the ballots.
2006-10-29 08:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seeing how I live in a state that does not have computer voting, no.
I live in Oklahoma and we have had the same voting system for years. It is nearly flawless. The ballots have huge arrows that point directly towards all of the candidates. You simply fill in the arrow next to the candidate you wish to vote for. It goes into a machine and is scanned and tallied immediately. Screw computer voting you guys need to take a lesson from Oklahoma.
Okie Boy is ignorant, please don't let him influence you opinion of all Okies.
2006-10-29 08:27:28 · answer #6 · answered by 3rd parties for REAL CHANGE 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey Okie....join the military, get sent to strange and exotic places, met unusual people and odd cultures, and then KILL THEM!!!!!
BTW....I don't trust a machine that CAN'T PROVE MY VOTE WAS FOR WHAT i VOTED FOR
BTW...Chuck...why can't we, as an informed people, put the same safeguards into place as we have with ATM Cards and Credit Cards...The Dems are bitching about it, but the Reps want it to stay as it is....hhmmmmmm who's hiding what>???
2006-10-29 08:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Great, another left wing loonie mentaly setting himself up for failure so he can protests, just lovely!
Hey massiveman; Just so happens homeboy that I am a two time Iraq veteran, and would gladly go again. As far as serving, I served my country 21 years 3 months and 11 days, what have you done for it lately?.......Bonehead!
2006-10-29 08:13:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No,
In fact, the voting computers are only incripted with a 128-bit encryption, one wich is fairly easy to hack.
2006-10-29 08:14:06 · answer #9 · answered by agnobles 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sure... as long as we can keep Democrats from fooling around with them.
2006-10-29 08:12:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋