CNN Wire reports via KTLA TV in Los Angeles
Hillary Clinton's campaign is being urged by a number of top computer scientists to call for a recount of vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
[...] The computer scientists believe they have found evidence that vote totals in the three states could have been manipulated or hacked and presented their findings to top Clinton aides [on November 17].
The scientists, among them J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, told the Clinton campaign they believe there is a questionable trend of Clinton performing worse in counties that relied on electronic voting machines compared to paper ballots and optical scanners.
[...] [It was noted that] Clinton received 7 percent fewer votes in counties that relied on electronic voting machines, which the group said could have been hacked.
Their group told Podesta and Elias that while they had not found any evidence of hacking, the pattern needs to be looked at by an independent review.
[...] A former Clinton aide declined to respond to questions about whether they will request an audit based on the findings.
Additionally, at least three electors have pledged to not vote for Trump and to seek a "reasonable Republican alternative for president through Electoral College" according to a [November 16 statement] from a group called the Hamilton Electors, which represents them.
"The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as the last line of defense", one elector, Michael Baca, said in a statement, "and I think we must do all that we can to ensure that we have a reasonable Republican candidate who shares our American values."
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @01:37AM
This seems like a good spot to put this always-popular gem:
Voting Machines [xkcd.com]
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I disagree with using machines at any level in elections.
If we ever get ranked voting, I may temper my position.
N.B. This would still not include "voting machines".
...and I certainly disfavor any machine method that isn't triple-redundant.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Friday November 25 2016, @05:01AM
Indeed; there's no good reason for a voting machine to be a general purpose computer. It could just as well, if not better, be made with a handful of wires and relays. Unless of course you need to play Doom on it.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 3, Insightful) by TheRaven on Friday November 25 2016, @11:32AM
sudo mod me up
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @06:57PM
Contrast the skills required to [verify paper ballots vs] the expertise required to audit a complex piece of software to ensure that it does exactly what it claims
I have been meaning to submit this story but haven't found the time to investigate more thoroughly and write it up:
Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting has been alerted by those technologists who have investigated that the voting machines contain a FINANCIAL app.
Why would that be needed??
For the tally, the vote of a guy who votes for $Party_D_Candidate, for example, is assigned a value of 0.5.
The vote of a guy who votes for $Party_R_Candidate is assigned a value of 1.5.
The total vote count is 2.0 (with the decimal part not visible), but votes for the R candidate have been weighted more heavily. [google.com]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @03:56PM
We use optical scanners. The results could be spot checked with open source machines to detect any funny business.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @07:09PM
I have seen and heard reports of ballot scanners giving different results when the SAME ballots are run through multiple times.
The touchscreens also require "calibration" and have repeatedly been reported not doing what was expected afterwards.
Dump the machines.
The soonest that the results will take effect is January 1 (referendums) and January 20 (the presidency).
What's the big fucking hurry to get totals?
Getting it done PROPERLY should be much more important than getting it done quickly.
$DIETY damn corporate media.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]