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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: BOOOOM!! "hackers are believed to have penetrated at least one state voter-registration database" [View all]colsohlibgal
(5,276 posts)37. Enough Is Enough
There are easy ways toward foolproof easy registration and voting. Paper ballots. Monitored custody and counting by neutral foreigners, maybe Switzerland. Counting videotaped.
Why has there been no push from the continually swindled democrats?
Our hodge podge myriad procedure hackable machines not to mention registration made harder than it should be.....why?
It is so frustrating.
Only in America.
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BOOOOM!! "hackers are believed to have penetrated at least one state voter-registration database" [View all]
uponit7771
Dec 2016
OP
ABSOLUTELY !! Putin has hated democracy and Obama for going to Russia and claiming that he'd
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#3
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
If Russian intervention in polling were documented, it could inflame enough Republicans to act
aikoaiko
Dec 2016
#20
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
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
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
My thoughts are what are they going to do to stop this next time? AND stop other threats that
Maraya1969
Dec 2016
#12
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
Most important news today: Lindsay Graham & John McCain in Estonia, telling US reporters...
Hekate
Dec 2016
#30
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
So there's no same day voting or same day registration where you worked? If the Voters get
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#64
YES, 90% of the time or just vote provisional which in each of the states for the recount they
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#60
The same reason they remained silent in 2000 with Florida, 20000 people didn't know they
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#69
you don't have a clue, besides with russian state resources and tech know-how, it would be easily do
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#76
I read something like this earlier and it went in one ear and out the other.... there's something
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#59
This is some crazy shit here... they tracked the IP to DHS... most likely have a record of the
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#68
Yeap, looks like Comey is complicate at best... the Clinton letter was released while a hacking
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#71
There it is then !!! Thank you SOOOOOO much for this cause there those who are intimating...
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#82