Posted on 01/14/2016 9:35:48 AM PST by aimhigh
As America preps for the next presidential election, its voting machines are in need of a serious update. Almost every state is using electronic touchscreen and optical-scan voting machines that are at least 10 years old, according a recent Wired article, with Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Texas and Virginia are all using voting machines that are at least 15 years old. When these machines were introduced, dial-up Internet was used by most of the country, and the voting technology was equally primitive. . . .
Microsoft is using its cloud technology and tablets in the election process.
In the lead-up to the presidential election, Microsoft Azure is playing a key role in the 2016 Iowa caucuses. A new, mobile-enabled system built on Azure will be used by Iowa precincts to accurately, efficiently, securely and reliably report their voting results on caucus night next year.
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Let’s let Bill Gates take care of the security of elections.
What could go wrong?
Gee how did we ever get along with paper ballots for all of those years?
I will never believe O won the last election fairly. The electronic voting machines handed him just about whatever outcome they are commanded to release.
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Screw this. Paper trail that can be proved and investigated and vigorously prosecuted when anybody screws with it.
The touch-screen machines output goes to a Soros company for vote tabulation. When the votes are counted there is no more record anywhere of the vote, only the final count itself. Recounting is not possible. Consider.
We mark a paper ballot that is counted electronically but the hard copy is retained. These are issued and signed by the clerk, but are not signed by the voter or have a number that would identify a particular voter. These are not used statewide, I’m in DeSoto County, Mississippi.
I say we move the federal tax filing document day to match voting selection day. I also say that the individual’s vote should be contained in the body of the tax return filing.
I don’t know how long it has been since we had a real LEGAL election.....
I’d trust 15 year old software a lot further than I’d trust modern code.
Electronic touch screen voting, NO. Optical scan voting, YES.
Last I heard, Houston, TX never did solve the case of all the voting machines being burned up.
When we voted a couple months ago, hubby told the lady the machine flipped some of his votes. She just replied that’s why you have to review your choices before you hit enter. Uh, yeah, so why did they get flipped? And what if they flip after you hit enter? Don’t know the brand name or tech name for these particular machines but it’s not touch screen. These you have to scroll down, highlight your choice and hit enter.
No way anyone gets 99-100%.
IMHO, the only reason we changed to electronic machines was to accelerate the counting, so the race could be decided by the late evening news.
Not fairly, no.
the more we reply on technology, the more opportunity for chicanery or worse to occur.
Paper ballots with trackable numbers only! Mandatory jail time for anyone caught attempting to rig an election.
Canada counts the entire country on paper ballots.
It ain’t rocket science.
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