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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."
step a: look at this post
step b: ?
step c: pound salt
So what you're really asking is what sort of evidence of tampering you should be sure to avoid leaving behind?
Right, he's not nearly as clever as his idealogical opponents, who prefer wholesale fraud through bogus enrollment and the use of dead people. That way the voting machines don't have to be tampered with at all... it's the identity of the person using it that has to be tampered with. And there are activist groups that get busted doing it every year, stuffing registration roles, trotting out thousands of dead voters, etc. Yes, just Google for groups like Acorn, and enjoy. High-tech tampering is WAY too much trouble. Just do what the activist callers says, sign the clipboard, get on the bus, and walk in and lie about who you are... that's why the people pitching the biggest fit about requiring simple forms of ID when casting votes aren't usually the Republicans.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
10/10 on this troll. Brilliant troll writing, and it manages to push the envelope without going over the top. Applause, good sir.
Hey, good job! Way to turn an amusing, cynical comment about politicians in general into a partisan troll. Keep it up! We could use more us-versus-them in the USA! :P
If you have no one that can help you vote in this sort of situation
than you are worse problem.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Everyone knows the Republican National Committee wrote the book on rigging elections. You're just not going to the right meetings.
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make install -not war
I don't think Republicans can learn anything new about stealing elections.
But for everyone else, BlackBoxVoting.org has just published a new toolkit for spotting rigged elections as they happen, and in evaluating their aftermath.
BBV.o is run by Bev Harris, who can be difficult to work with, but her entire operation is an "open source" style project that hands out tools and info to anyone who wants to DIY. Try it at home!
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make install -not war