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How To Spot E-Vote Tampering?
Precinct Election Judge writes "I am one of the Republican Party Precinct Chairs in Harris County, Texas. Since in 2006 Republican Rick Perry won the Governor's race in my precinct I will be the head election judge at my polling station this November. (My Democratic counterpart will be assistant election judge.) I have read with interest the stories about voting machine hacking, and I want advice from those of you who are experts on what to watch for to make sure there is no fraudulent activity at my precinct during the election. What activities should I look for? Keep in mind my restrictions: I will be at a table in the front of the room with the voter rolls signing people in, I can only approach the voting machines if a voter asks a question or if I have strong reason to believe there is fraudulent activity, the last thing I need is for someone to say the Republicans are trying to keep people from voting! And finally, although each station and voter will be visible from my seat each machine has 'blinders' around it so I will most likely not be able to see the hands of each voter while they are at the station. Thank you in advance for all suggestions."
So, are you joking, or should I explain why that's true for you? If it's the latter, here's the deal.
The ID rule is to prevent disenfranchisement of voters, but when you sign the roster, you're actually signing that under penalty of law, you are who you say you are. Further, there's a method in place to challenge voters, when anyone involved in the process suspects they're not who they say they are.
Ultimately, though, the freedom of voting you're speaking of is in order to ensure that people are not kept from voting, as they have been in many parts of the country at one time or another.