2016 Postmortem

tenorly

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16. It's indeed almost certainly what happened.

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:10 PM

Dec 2016

We all remember the electronic voting machine havoc in Wayne County, MI, where over a third of the county's precinct were determined to be impossible to recount - and almost all of those were in Detroit proper.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/05/recount-unrecountable/95007392/

The chances that some Russian hacker didn't have a hand in this (probably working from Canada), are getting slimmer by the day.

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BOOOOM!! "hackers are believed to have penetrated at least one state voter-registration database" [View all] uponit7771 Dec 2016 OP

LOL! The Obama administration doesn't scramble. underthematrix Dec 2016 #1

My take? yallerdawg Dec 2016 #2

ABSOLUTELY !! Putin has hated democracy and Obama for going to Russia and claiming that he'd uponit7771 Dec 2016 #3

K&R Achilleaze Dec 2016 #6

I am betting that it was California HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #4

I think its the same for Florida no? uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5

Not as far as I know HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #9

It is for Michigan. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #85

Illinois & Arizona? Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #17

oh yeah! they hacked it for hillary! certainot Dec 2016 #29

Hopefully, Russian tinkering will lead to paper trails and more secure voting methods aikoaiko Dec 2016 #7

... you know, there's something still there inside me that says it will and the utlitmate uponit7771 Dec 2016 #8

Who is going to make this change - Congress? The White House? Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #18

If Russian intervention in polling were documented, it could inflame enough Republicans to act aikoaiko Dec 2016 #20

Not when their guy won. Richard D Dec 2016 #31

I'm not convinced that a sizable portion of Republicans think of Trump as their guy. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #34

But they very much think of Pence as their guy. Trump is just the bright shiny distraction. Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #39

dream on. it will NEVER happen, because repugs like it this way. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #42

Exactly. TheLibIn615 Dec 2016 #23

The states? OnionPatch Dec 2016 #32

Paper trails don't appear to actually matter jimlup Dec 2016 #54

it's not who votes that count, it's who counts the votes. that has been proven beyond a shadow of a TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #75

I sure hope this all comes out. femmocrat Dec 2016 #10

My take? mountain grammy Dec 2016 #11

So how did they rig Michigan with their paper ballots? mythology Dec 2016 #14

Suppression mountain grammy Dec 2016 #27

Come on! triron Dec 2016 #33

um, when were the paper ballots counted by hand/eye? nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #43

this help? Botany Dec 2016 #52

WOW, I read about the machines breaking down ... 75,000 votes not counted !!! SMDH uponit7771 Dec 2016 #62

The real story behind the 2016 election is not only the Russian hacking, Comey, and a shit bag .... Botany Dec 2016 #72

yes. this. we need to replace ACORN nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #79

It's indeed almost certainly what happened. tenorly Dec 2016 #16

He kept bragging that it was rigged; we just misinterpreted his words. Crash2Parties Dec 2016 #19

Now you're getting it Hekate Dec 2016 #28

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #61

My thoughts are what are they going to do to stop this next time? AND stop other threats that Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #12

you're catching on... nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #44

And was that the I.T. /data firm that was in London that was staffed by Russians and Trump was ... Botany Dec 2016 #13

Or they messed with the data and then restored it after it was no longer needed. KamaAina Dec 2016 #15

Yes... I don't believe for a split second the just looked and went away uponit7771 Dec 2016 #50

I don't know why we are being so cautious about this issue. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #21

I've known it all along. joanbarnes Dec 2016 #22

We are playing politics... world wide wally Dec 2016 #24

Exactly! ElementaryPenguin Dec 2016 #25

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #47

This post might win DU Election 2016 for-EVER. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #55

MSM? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #26

Most important news today: Lindsay Graham & John McCain in Estonia, telling US reporters... Hekate Dec 2016 #30

I also wonder who the 1 holdout might be...? nm AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #35

Drip, Drip, Drip Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #36

Enough Is Enough colsohlibgal Dec 2016 #37

dems are mostly useless stooges. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #45

I've been saying since before the election that Trump's "rigged election" claims were just like Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #38

+1,000,000...He's a traitor and needs to be charged for treason against this country. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #40

Voter registration lists are public records. longship Dec 2016 #41

Not the last minute stuff... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #49

What the fuck are the last minute stuff? longship Dec 2016 #51

provisional shit, read post 52, 87 machines don't just "break down" uponit7771 Dec 2016 #63

So there's no same day voting or same day registration where you worked? If the Voters get uponit7771 Dec 2016 #64

Well, I just don't buy conspiracy theories. longship Dec 2016 #66

You can't rig the vote with access to the registration database. Takket Dec 2016 #46

If votes aren't registered they can't vote... Bout it right? tia uponit7771 Dec 2016 #48

So they just go home and say "oh well"? FBaggins Dec 2016 #57

YES, 90% of the time or just vote provisional which in each of the states for the recount they uponit7771 Dec 2016 #60

That would make sense a day after the election FBaggins Dec 2016 #67

The same reason they remained silent in 2000 with Florida, 20000 people didn't know they uponit7771 Dec 2016 #69

Hacking to change an election would not be a big operation. Vinca Dec 2016 #53

It would be a massive operation FBaggins Dec 2016 #58

you don't have a clue, besides with russian state resources and tech know-how, it would be easily do TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #76

Russia... Or DHS? We already know DHS tried to hack GA Amishman Dec 2016 #56

I read something like this earlier and it went in one ear and out the other.... there's something uponit7771 Dec 2016 #59

Georgia's voter database was definitely hacked Brainstormy Dec 2016 #65

This is some crazy shit here... they tracked the IP to DHS... most likely have a record of the uponit7771 Dec 2016 #68

There is something wrong going on with the FBI. They refuse to investigate UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #70

Yeap, looks like Comey is complicate at best... the Clinton letter was released while a hacking uponit7771 Dec 2016 #71

GOParty before country; it's pretty obvious. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #77

My take is that this will be a strongly worded letter and not much more. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #73

pretty much. democrats are completely useless. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #78

yeap, I pray me and you are wrong on this uponit7771 Dec 2016 #81

Dept of Homeland Security Warned 25 states KatyBR Dec 2016 #74

nothing to see here folks, move along... nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #80

There it is then !!! Thank you SOOOOOO much for this cause there those who are intimating... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #82

k & r Achilleaze Dec 2016 #83

another kick. Bookmarked. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #84

Kicking this, not letting this go uponit7771 Dec 2016 #86

now we find out hackers triron Dec 2016 #87