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Election transparency advocates have long asserted that ES&S digital scanner voting machines connect to the internet to send results to election department central computers. That connectivity raises security concerns, but state officials say the machines are islands. Now, one advocate has proof they’re wrong.
On Tuesday, millions of Americans will cast their ballots on antiquated machines built when many voters were still in diapers. These machines use software that is even older. They are easy to hack, yet election officials don’t want to recognize that this is a problem.
Shocking video shows voting machines sitting in an unlocked room in a public place in Georgia’s Fulton County the day before early voting started.
Early fears that voting machines had been hacked were initially assuaged by assurances that the machines were not connected to the outside world. Now we learn otherwise.
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It doesn’t take much skill to hack a voting machine.
Donald Trump has no concept of the founding principles of the United States, and neither do his followers.
This tool promotes election integrity by providing evidence-based transparency, potentially curbing misinformation related to election fraud.
Some people love Trump no matter what. Others will never vote for him. A small third group decides it.
With Trump already lying and Stop the Steal 2.0 looming, election defenders are proactively urging the press to not portray predictable mistakes as signs of stolen election conspiracies.
So what can we do about it?
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