CNN SHOCKED to Discover Election Machine Vulnerabilities
Even though people from all political stripes have been screaming about them for decades
Hope everybody had a great day! Here’s a funny little addition to yesterday’s article about tightening our election security:
Isn’t it weird how the same people who told us we have the cleanest elections ever are now admitting that Dominion machines ARE faulty? What do you want to bet CNN gets sued for a billion dollars? (I wouldn’t hold my breath.)
Know what doesn’t need constant updates? Paper ballots.
Sleep well, screamers.
Edit: Here’s the full report, and here’s the main conclusion:
My technical findings leave Georgia voters with greatly diminished grounds to be confident that the votes they cast on the ICX BMD are secured, that their votes will be counted correctly, or that any future elections conducted using Georgia’s universal-BMD system will be reasonably secure from attack and produce the correct results. No grand conspiracies would be necessary to commit large-scale fraud, but rather only moderate technical skills of the kind that attackers are likely to target Georgia’s elections already possess. Unfortunately, even if such an attack never comes, the fact that Georgia’s BMDs are so vulnerable is all but certain to be exploited by partisan actors to suppress voter participation and cast doubt on the legitimacy of election results.
We are a bit too lazy to wish away automation in counting marks on a paper ballot. Besides we want results now and the only willing counters are seniors who retain a sense of civic pride. Someday revisit open voting systems in an article. These have stalled for more than 20 years as we made leaps in uncrackable, fully traceable blockchains along with advanced signature matching tools. Stalled perhaps because corruption is possible at every level - graft everywhere, repeated state by state. Dominion may be an expert in that, can't say - don't look won't find. Exactly why do states pay over and over for the same product? Scanners, ballot printers, paper, machines - all bog standard stuff. All fabricated to specs. Ah, the software - top secret proprietary stuff, unique you see, tailored to fit each state's desire. We will throw in admin tools from M$ for bog standard SQL stuff and might even allow you to know a few passwords while retaining the masters. Open systems software allows teams to examine code; could have multiple systems with various features. Consortium training for admins Other consortium for maintenance. Common procurement by states for bog-standard gear - competition.
We can guess why this can't happen. Think about the money involved. Mad yet?
What we need is the ATM technology! Nobody has been able to get free cash from the ATM AFAIK.