voting machines....trustworthy?

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: tweaker2
Topic Title: voting machines....trustworthy?
Topic Summary: what's been done so far to prevent hacking?

They are already "pre-hacked", the outcome of the vote is pre-determined.

exactly.

 

[MadRat]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
If the vote can be taken electronically; then it can be tabulated electronically.

view in real time and as long as their is an audit trail there is no need for people to interact with the tabulation.

The problem is that there is no real-time provisions for a vote. The reason the count is done afterwards is so as to not influence the outcome prematurely. The tendency of man is to thwart the soothsayers of the media. Some inherent root-for-the-underdog sentiments kick in when its a tight race.