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2016 Postmortem

MichMary

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2. Something I don't understand:

Reply to musicblind (Original post)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:34 PM

Dec 2016

From everything I've heard, neither Michigan's nor Wisconsin's voting machines/optical scanners are on the Internet, so how can they be hacked? Would it be a virus in the software?

I will claim near total ignorance about how these computer machines work! But would really like to know about how the voting could have been hacked without being on the I-net.

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If the recount does reveal hacking, we will never be allowed to know. [View all] musicblind Dec 2016 OP

Oliver Stone is the left's Alex Jones. MADem Dec 2016 #1

I never thought of Oliver Stone that way. musicblind Dec 2016 #7

He always goes beyond the known into speculation that is often wild. MADem Dec 2016 #10

Nope. I've been alive during the times Stone makes movies about. He doesn't lie. ancianita Dec 2016 #8

So have I. My assessment stands. nt MADem Dec 2016 #9

Something I don't understand: MichMary Dec 2016 #2

As I understand it the hackery is on the cards used to load the ballots onto each machine. ucrdem Dec 2016 #3

So, would each smartcard/floppy have to be MichMary Dec 2016 #4

Well each has to have custom software loaded onto it from somebody's PC ucrdem Dec 2016 #5

Thanks for the explanation! n/t MichMary Dec 2016 #6