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Hotspring 44
08-25-2016, 05:33 PM
a hacker with malware can steal more votes than a corrupt mayor or governor (https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/23/warning-presidential-election-hacked-perhaps-foreign-power/)

Article: by Prof. John F. Banzhaf III (https://www.breitbart.com/author/jbanzhaf/) 23 Aug 2016

The threat of a rigged presidential election – and the possibility that it could be accomplished by only a few determined individuals or even by a foreign power – has been dramatically enlarged by the increased use of electronic voting machines (especially in states where they leave no paper trail), by the escalating use of computers and data processing techniques to count or transmit data about votes, and the ever growing ability of hackers both here and abroad to penetrate virtually any computer, even those computers and other electronic devices not connected to the Internet...


...One of the most vulnerable targets are electronic voting machines. While some do generate paper records so that some type of audit trail is available if hacking is suspected, too many do not. This can create what Wired’s Brian Barrett terms a “technological train wreck” because, if some one tampered with the machine’s software, there would probably be no way to prove it by comparing real votes with vote tallies by machine....

...In summary, just as the threat that hackers – including those working for a foreign government – could hack into and even take over our electrical distribution system, banking and stock trading computers, flight control operations, etc. is real, so to is the threat that foreign or domestic hackers could decide who will be our next president.
The complete article is @: https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/23/warning-presidential-election-hacked-perhaps-foreign-power/

:pullshair::frustration:Then there is this:
thomhartmann show on YouTube Published on Aug 25, 2016
The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVCA3KOb898)

Hotspring 44
08-25-2016, 07:15 PM
WV Vote Flipping Caught on Tape (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9NSVUu8nk)
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Main Findings The main findings of our study are:

1. Malicious software running on a single voting machine can steal votes with little if any risk of detection. The malicious software can modify all of the records, audit logs, and counters kept by the voting machine, so that even careful forensic examination of these records will find nothing amiss. We have constructed demonstration software that carries out this vote-stealing attack.

2. Anyone who has physical access to a voting machine, or to a memory card that will later be inserted into a machine, can install said malicious software using a simple method that takes as little as one minute. In practice, poll workers and others often have unsupervised access to the machines.

3. AccuVote-TS machines are susceptible to voting-machine viruse! s - computer viruses that can spread malicious software automatically and invisibly from machine to machine during normal pre- ! and post-election activity. We have constructed a demonstration virus that spreads in this way, installing our demonstration vote-stealing program on every machine it infects.

4. While some of these problems can be eliminated by improving Diebold's software, others cannot be remedied without replacing the machines' hardware. Changes to election procedures would also be required to ensure security.
Princeton University Exposes Diebold Flaws (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZws98jw67g)
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Published on Feb 23, 2016

https://democracynow.org - Harvey Wasserman of Columbus, Ohio, has been a vocal critic of electronic voting machines. He co-wrote the book, "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election." His upcoming book is titled "The Strip & Flip Selection of 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft." We talk to him about his concerns for the upcoming presidential race.
Could the 2016 Election Be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvF213popIA)
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Electronic Voting Machine hacked by Computer Scientists (AccuVote-TS) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnUksWt5HQ)

Published on Apr 11, 2016

Princeton computer scientists Ariel J. Feldman, J. Alex Halderman successfully hacking a Diebold (now Premier) electronic voting machine. They did this research as graduate students working with Edward W. Felten:

The AccuVote-TS electronic voting machine is currently in use in the following precincts:

AccuVote TS & TSX Use in 2016:
(with Voter Verified Paper Trail): Statewide in Alaska and Utah, 7 counties in Arizona, 14 counties in California, 12 counties in Colorado, 60 jurisdictions in Illinois, 1 county in Kansas, 31 counties in Mississippi, 41 jurisdictions in Missouri, 41 counties in Ohio, 1 county in Washington, municipalities in 13 counties in Wisconsin, and 3 counties in Wyoming.

(without Voter Verified Paper Trail): Statewide in Georgia, 16 counties in Florida, 20 counties in Indiana, 25 counties in Kansas, 1 county in Kentucky, 46 counties in Mississippi, 16 counties in Pennsylvania, 1 county in Tennessee, 8 counties in Texas, 10 localities in Virginia

Hotspring 44
09-05-2016, 12:09 PM
Some more links:

FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems (https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-says-foreign-hackers-penetrated-000000175.html)

Hack the vote: Could cyberattackers disrupt the election?The US government is concerned your choices this fall could be hijacked. (https://www.cnet.com/news/hack-the-vote-could-cyberattackers-disrupt-the-election/)

FBI urges increase in computer security after revealing election databases were hacked in two states (https://nomorestolenelections.org/news/fbi-urges-increase-computer-security-after-revealing-election-databases-were-hacked-two-states)

An organization that is committed to end “stolen” elections: https://nomorestolenelections.org/