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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
1. Tether that chicken. Tether that motherfucking chicken.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:04 AM
Apr 2017

These motherfuckers fucked with our election and I will NOT stand by and see ANYONE try to gaslight that situation

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
3. That is why we need to move into the 21st century
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:20 AM
Apr 2017

Vote on smart phone with multi factor authentication and immediate electronic confirmation. Anything else is less than we can be.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
4. Paper ballots, no electronics, fully verifiable and auditable, no internet, no modems, no black box
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:43 AM
Apr 2017
Voting machines were designed to rig elections in other countries, not to abuse our voting process!
 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
5. If it is good enough for your bank accounts and credit cards, it is good enough for voting
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:47 AM
Apr 2017

Anything can be hacked, even paper. But go 21st century and the hack can be exposed and repaired instantly.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)
6. Can't count federal elections by hand...it would take forever...
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 11:59 AM
Apr 2017

But I agree, the fewer electronic transfers in the reporting chain, the better the veracity of the vote.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
7. Wrong, you can count elections by hand. Federal, state, local is same ballot.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 07:19 PM
Apr 2017

Germany does it, we used to do it before Republicans invented machines to steal elections.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
9. Germans do it. But, we are just Americans, so maybe not smart enough?
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:09 PM
Apr 2017

After all, you have to be able to count and all that.

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