Election machines in California connected to the internet!?!?

[Stormy Daniels]

Does anybody really trust this to be a good idea?!?

Baldwin says access to connectivity was improved this year thanks to Starlink satellite internet.

Tulare County sees larger voter turnout during 2024 presidential election

 

[The Duke]

Federal government is going to have to step in and re-enfranchise Californians.
Their voting system is rigged for Democrats and they hate it.
I kid you not, I've read a bunch of complaints about it all in a row recently.
Like one person brought it up and they all chimed in.
The way their voting is is the Democrat plan for all the other states.

 

[JGalt]

Does anybody really trust this to be a good idea?!?

Baldwin says access to connectivity was improved this year thanks to Starlink satellite internet.

Tulare County sees larger voter turnout during 2024 presidential election

Our machines weren't. The data was all stored on a memory card and the machine would give the voter a printout of the ballot if they wanted one.

This is just a story to smear Elon Musk, Starlink, and stir up fear that the election was fraudulent.

Elon didn't change everyone's votes from Harris to Trump, I promise. Tulare County, CA just had a bigger turnout of Republicans, and Trump won...

 

[Lesh]

Does anybody really trust this to be a good idea?!?

Baldwin says access to connectivity was improved this year thanks to Starlink satellite internet.

Tulare County sees larger voter turnout during 2024 presidential election

As long as there is a paper ballot associated with every vote, what’s the problem?

 

[Lesh]

Does anybody really trust this to be a good idea?!?

Baldwin says access to connectivity was improved this year thanks to Starlink satellite internet.

Tulare County sees larger voter turnout during 2024 presidential election

I fail to see where you find a problem

Care to explain or are you just trying to be as shit stirrer?

 

[Stormy Daniels]

As long as there is a paper ballot associated with every vote, what’s the problem?

First of all, the question should be what's the purpose of connecting a voting machine to the internet. The problem is self evident. This is basic security 101. Any device that is connected to the internet is potentially subject to hacking.

Second, a paper ballot will not be of particular relevance if the actual recorded counts don't reflect what is actually stated on all of those ballots.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

This is just a story to smear Elon Musk, Starlink, and stir up fear that the election was fraudulent.

And how is that? The article says nothing of the sort. I came across the article and noticed that it indicates that Starlink was provided to provide internet connectivity to that particular county. I find that pretty incredible since most elections are OFFLINE precisely because of the security threats created by connecting machines to the internet.

The issue I am bringing up is not any suggestion that this election was fraudulent, or that Musk has done something untoward. It's the fact that the very idea of internet hosted election machines is a severe vulnerability.

 

[Lesh]

First of all, the question should be what's the purpose of connecting a voting machine to the internet. The problem is self evident. This is basic security 101. Any device that is connected to the internet is potentially subject to hacking.

Second, a paper ballot will not be of particular relevance if the actual recorded counts don't reflect what is actually stated on all of those ballots.

As always the paper ballots are the fact.

Whatever they say is what matters

The rest is all window dressing

 

[Stormy Daniels]

As always the paper ballots are the fact.

Whatever they say is what matters

The rest is all window dressing

So you mean to tell me that if 1000 votes are cast for Joey and 800 votes are cast for Billy, but a hacked machine counts the ballots as 850 for Joey and 950 for Billy, then the paper ballots are going to jump up and go run in front of a news station camera and complain?

Are you seriously this stupid?

 

[The Duke]

And how is that? The article says nothing of the sort. I came across the article and noticed that it indicates that Starlink was provided to provide internet connectivity to that particular county. I find that pretty incredible since most elections are OFFLINE precisely because of the security threats created by connecting machines to the internet.

The issue I am bringing up is not any suggestion that this election was fraudulent, or that Musk has done something untoward. It's the fact that the very idea of internet hosted election machines is a severe vulnerability.

Why did they need internet at all? Possibly for VOIP connectivity?

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Why did they need internet at all? Possibly for VOIP connectivity?

That's what I want to know. VOIP would seem like an odd need. My understanding is that most Boards of Election issue their precincts special cell phones specifically to communication purposes. Any other mobile devices are usually not allowed inside polling places, as a security measure (though that is usually not strictly enforced).

 

[Oddball]

Our machines weren't. The data was all stored on a memory card and the machine would give the voter a printout of the ballot if they wanted one.

This is just a story to smear Elon Musk, Starlink, and stir up fear that the election was fraudulent.

Elon didn't change everyone's votes from Harris to Trump, I promise. Tulare County, CA just had a bigger turnout of Republicans, and Trump won...

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Machines hooked up to the interwebz is a fucking idiotic idea.

 

[Oddball]

So you mean to tell me that if 1000 votes are cast for Joey and 800 votes are cast for Billy, but a hacked machine counts the ballots as 850 for Joey and 950 for Billy, then the paper ballots are going to jump up and go run in front of a news station camera and complain?

Are you seriously this stupid?

There's a reason that all the cheaters wouldn't allow access to the paper ballots that were run through the electronic tabulators.

 

[Couchpotato]

So you mean to tell me that if 1000 votes are cast for Joey and 800 votes are cast for Billy, but a hacked machine counts the ballots as 850 for Joey and 950 for Billy, then the paper ballots are going to jump up and go run in front of a news station camera and complain?

Are you seriously this stupid?

Yes she is

 

[j-mac]

That's what I want to know. VOIP would seem like an odd need. My understanding is that most Boards of Election issue their precincts special cell phones specifically to communication purposes. Any other mobile devices are usually not allowed inside polling places, as a security measure (though that is usually not strictly enforced).

I would think the more elaborate the systems get for elections, the more likely that cheating will occur...

 

[JGalt]

And how is that? The article says nothing of the sort. I came across the article and noticed that it indicates that Starlink was provided to provide internet connectivity to that particular county. I find that pretty incredible since most elections are OFFLINE precisely because of the security threats created by connecting machines to the internet.

The issue I am bringing up is not any suggestion that this election was fraudulent, or that Musk has done something untoward. It's the fact that the very idea of internet hosted election machines is a severe vulnerability.

Well I don't know how that county performed their elections, just my township. But the fact that Trump won in that district just says everything must have been legitimate. We Republicans aren't the ones you'd have to worry about manipulating election data.

 

[Oddball]

But the fact that Trump won in that district just says everything must have been legitimate.

No it doesn't...Not as long as machines with algorithms and internet connectivity are involved.

This right here is the fatal conceit: just because you won, everything is just jake.

There is NO FUCKING WAY that the Kumdumpster got near as many votes as Obama.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Well I don't know how that county performed their elections, just my township. But the fact that Trump won in that district just says everything must have been legitimate. We Republicans aren't the ones you'd have to worry about manipulating election data.

Again, I never suggested that anyone has manipulated election data. My point is that connecting election machines to the internet creates a needless vulnerability to election security.

 

[Lesh]

There's a reason that all the cheaters wouldn't allow access to the paper ballots that were run through the electronic tabulators.

That happened? Got a link?

 

[Oddball]

That happened? Got a link?

Yes that happened....So GFY.