Of all the cases against Trump, this one might be scariest if the allegations in this article are true and that’s a BIG IF.
It may be legal, if it is, it should be made illegal, you can’t allow anyone to examine the inner workings of the actual voting machines without a court order.
In this case the results didn’t change, just imagine in a close election, election officials in one county allowed anyone to examine the voting machines and all of a sudden, the outcome changed.
“ you can’t allow anyone to examine the inner workings of the actual voting machines without a court order.”
You think the process of counting votes should be secret and kept from the people?
We’re allowed to vote but not know how votes are counted or see records of the vote?
For a NeverTrumper, it’s no surprise to see your pearl clutching act.
Trump was given permission after the election to examine the machines.
Trump absolutely 100% did NOT do anything wrong here, if anyone did something wrong it was the election administrator who gave Trump permission who “MAY” not have been authorized to do so.
Gee, what would it be like to live in such a world...
I couldn’t disagree more. It sounds like you’re arguing FOR exactly the kind of secrecy that has created a playground for fraud and manipulation. The voting process, whether by paper ballots and hand counting or by computerized voting systems, must be 100% transparent to ANY CITIZEN, ON DEMAND, AT ANY TIME. Letting county officials and private contractors obscure how our voting mechanism works, and then using courts to fight any attempt to shine light on the process, is a recipe for tyranny.
WE THE PEOPLE are the ultimate arbiters of whether our voting system is above board, and every single citizen has the right to know every single detail of how it works. If you’re worried that exposing that information might somehow provide too much information to potential hackers or something then there’s a simple solution: NO ELECTRONIC VOTING, PERIOD.
There is no justification for this continued witch hunt against Trump and his associates, and they are heroes for attempting to expose the inner workings of a highly corrupt system.
This was a couple months after an election, when the blue side claimed it was all over, the machine’s votes had all been recorded and tabulated and gone though all the standard post election procedures. Where’s the potential harm and thus any standing if there were;’t any thread? No subsequent elections were alleged to involve those machines and in any case they’d be configured anew for subsequent elections.
If we counted the vote by hand there would be no machine to argue over the inner workings. It is actually quite easy to do.