Posted on 09/26/2018 10:03:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
Having worked in IT for the Army, as well as pointing this out to IT Techs I currently know, we all say, ‘NO!’
Another ploy by the Socialist Democrat Party to electronically stuff ballot boxes!
CHEATERS!
This should NEVER EVER EVER be allowed to happen in a free society!
What are the names of these idiots who put this in place??
I wonder if/when some conservative group will challenge this insane law?
WTF? Whose great idea was this? The West Virginia Secretary of State Andrew “Mac” Warner is ostensibly a Republican, but I just cannot believe this.
As it stands, I fully see the Left trying to actually pull out ALL the stops in an attempt to STEAL this election, they are that desperate and I think will try to get away with everything they can, no matter how blatant.
Why play into their hands? I can’t believe this.
All I could find in the article was a link to a statement by Andrew “Mac” Warner, the WV SOS. He may just have to implement it.
Still looking for someone to pin this to besides him.
Voatz is also sketchy on details relating to its use of blockchain technology, making it unclear whether it offers a specific advantage over standard databases. “With all the servers in the custody of the vendor, a dishonest vendor could do anything they want to the results,” warned Marian K. Schneider, president of the U.S. advocacy group Verified Voting.
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Blockchain servers are typically not in the possession of any one owner or entity. It’s part of the reason why it’s so secure, along with the decryption difficulty.
Also, this sort of thing would be somewhat easy to detect. Your State and local Secretary of State or Board of Electors should have a system of creating secret dummy sample voters for which the vote records can be pulled after the counts to verify matching votes. In fact, this would be a good method for error checking as well as for catching fraud.
The most secure method is a paper ballot handed to the voter at the polling station. The voter then goes into the privacy booth, makes their selection(s), folds the ballot and places said ballot in the box. The boxes are opened only after the polls close, and the public is free to view the counting at any and all times.
Any other method of balloting is far too vulnerable to fraud.
Early voting should only be for those unable to attend for professional or military reasons, and those ballots should be kept at the courthouse and counted the same day as regular ballots, the same way.
Paper ballots and dye-stained index fingers...the only way to have an honest election in these corrupt times.
Misleading statement. What should be added is "...ONLY if they are overseas military or overseas gov't workers."
Have no knowledge of the tech end of this but SoS Warner wants to make sure these votes are counted. For various reasons, they often are not. Warner led the fight to purge 70,000 entries from voter rolls since Jan '17.
I have just scanned about 10 articles, every single one of them is devoid of information or names regarding who was championing this.
Ostensibly, it is for military personnel, but I don’t approve of that either. There are well established avenues for absentee ballots, and even though Leftists have a penchant for somehow losing those in trunks of cars, or finding them at the last minute in close races, I would rather have that.
This is insane. I want more information.
How ya gonna do that with overseas military? That's what this is for. NOT IN STATE VOTING!!!
Haven't folks gotten sick and tired of "lost and/or late" military votes?
Military and gov't worker only.
...and even though Leftists have a penchant for somehow losing those in trunks of cars, or finding them at the last minute in close races, I would rather have that.
I'd rather not...provided the security issues are adequate.
Wish I had your knowledge so as to speak to the tech end.
Right now I’m having a hard time just trying to keep the FACTS of this policy straight. The knee jerk reactions are ridiculous.
Note, I’m not for OR against this yet. I’m waiting to see what tech savvy FReepers like you say.
As a EE with extensive years in communications and IT, this would be a “Hell No”.....
Although you may be able to secure the ability, similar to online banking, there is no guarantee of who is actually voting....
Plus the platform leaves a door open into the voting platform for potential massive hacking....unlike a business protecting its interests, this is government employees ( largely democrat) ensuring the integrity of the system.....oops...
BINGO!...........................
I spent six years in the Navy in the 1980’s. I had no problem voting in every election, no matter where I was in the world.
Voting by cell phone is a disaster waiting to happen.
In my state we have processes for absentee ballots for citizens, not just military and government workers...I am all for absentee ballots, but I think they should ONLY be used in cases where a person CANNOT physically be present to vote.
I detest the process of giving them to people who can’t get up off their fat ass to go down to a polling place.
Oddly, my wife and I may both have vote absentee this election because we will be out of state...last time I did it was in 1978, when I was in the USN.
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