GannonFan wrote:I'm still wondering why folks were adamant on here that prior elections there never could've been nor was there any chance of hacking or vote fraud, but now we're coming out of the woodwork with how fragile our election system is and how easy it is to falsify votes.Ibanez wrote: Possible vs Probable.The point is that it can be done, and if you're in a state that has a curtain or something shielding you, then it becomes more probable.
But is it worth the effort to hack 1 machine? To have any effect, you're better off to hack the system loads the ballots onto the cartridges and/or smart cards. And honestly, that's probably easier to do.
A large group of Democrats have been calling for return to paper ballots for quite awhile - predating Obama's election.
There have been far too many irregularities with voting machines - screens flipping votes, not recording, etc.










