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The Netherlands Opts For Manual Vote-Count Amid Cyberattack Fears (independent.co.uk)
Bruce66423 writes: Following revelations about the lack of security of the software, the Dutch government has decided to abandon the use of it to count the ballots at the forthcoming election in March. The Independent reports: The decision was taken amidst fears that hackers could influence next month's elections after allegations by the U.S. intelligence agency that Russia hacked into Democrats' emails to help Donald Trump get elected. Russia denies any wrongdoing. Intelligence agencies have warned that three crucial elections in Europe this year in the Netherlands, France and Germany could be vulnerable to manipulation by outside actors. In a letter to the Dutch Parliament, Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk said that 'reports in recent days about vulnerabilities in our systems raise the question of whether the results could be manipulated' and that 'no shadow can be allowed to hang over the result.' In previous elections, the ballots were counted by hand locally but regional and national counts were done electronically. But this year, all ballots will be counted by hand after voters make their choice on 15 March. Dutch media have reported that the counting software may not only be insecure but also outdated. The counting software is reported to be distributed by CD-ROM to regional counting centers, where it is set-up on old computers that are internet connected."
The only evidence of significant voting machine abnormalities was in Detroit and surrounding suburbs, with > 90% voting Clinton , go figure. http://www.detroitnews.com/sto...
I don't believe for one second what the Detroit city auditor says this year,suddenly in this election tons of machines broke and everyone forgot how to use the machines. Considering in 2003 Detroit said it was basically impossible to double count,but this year they magically double, triple,10x counted at times https://www.michigan.gov/docum... BS.
I am going to strait out accuse democrats of hacking, ie ballot stuffing in detroit. Considering in 2003 Detroit said it was basically impossible to double count,but this year they magically double, triple,10x counted at times https://www.michigan.gov/docum...
I don't believe for one second what the Detroit city auditor says this year,suddenly in this election tons of machines broke and everyone forgot how to use the machines.
http://www.detroitnews.com/sto...
And you don't think that, the fact that the voting system is not exploitable, plays a large part in making vote-buying nonexistent?
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