Trump: Republicans 'should take over the voting' and 'nationalise' US elections(bbc.co.uk)
bbc.co.uk
Trump: Republicans 'should take over the voting' and 'nationalise' US elections
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mke841zj0o
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It's always surprising that political bias can infect even the most technically experienced person on HN and force them to claim that inherently insecure electronic voting machines are totally legit and should be used and expanded.
Not only are these machines actively a security nightmare with dozens of blatant security holes, ANY form of electronic voting or tallying is inherently exploitable.
A paper trail prevents innumerable amounts of tampering, human error or fraud and is prevalent in most democracies that value accurate elections.
Before 2016, it was common for media to report on the inherent insecurity of these machines. Now, they claim that questioning a machine running EoL-ed Windows 7 with an exposed USB port and a "abcde" password is verboten and against democracy. [1] [2] [3]
Even a theoretical open-source electronic voting machine (doesn't exist, by the way) with cryptographically provable results should be looked at with extreme skepticism.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-election-systems-u...
[2] https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/researchers-at-def-con-r...
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/virginia-hac...
Not only are these machines actively a security nightmare with dozens of blatant security holes, ANY form of electronic voting or tallying is inherently exploitable.
A paper trail prevents innumerable amounts of tampering, human error or fraud and is prevalent in most democracies that value accurate elections.
Before 2016, it was common for media to report on the inherent insecurity of these machines. Now, they claim that questioning a machine running EoL-ed Windows 7 with an exposed USB port and a "abcde" password is verboten and against democracy. [1] [2] [3]
Even a theoretical open-source electronic voting machine (doesn't exist, by the way) with cryptographically provable results should be looked at with extreme skepticism.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-election-systems-u...
[2] https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/researchers-at-def-con-r...
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/15/virginia-hac...
Command-F for "paper" and "electronic" in the linked article shows zero results, so you kinda need to explain the link more clearly than you have
The White House explicitly stated Trump was referring to the SAVE/MEGA Act, which mandates paper ballots. [1] No idea what you're talking about.
These comments explicitly reference legislation to mandate paper voting, among other measures.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-white-house-says...
These comments explicitly reference legislation to mandate paper voting, among other measures.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-white-house-says...
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what does this have to do with posted article?
so you think, states should move to paper voting brilliant, offtopic.
What trump said is still abhorent, he wants to nationalize elections?! how does that work?
so you think, states should move to paper voting brilliant, offtopic.
What trump said is still abhorent, he wants to nationalize elections?! how does that work?
Trump was referring to the SAVE/MEGA Act, which mandates paper ballots. It forces states to implement traceable paper ballots.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-white-house-says...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-white-house-says...
If Trump was referring to them he would have mentioned them.
Here is what he said word for word, where did he mention those?
"The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalise the voting," Trump said during an appearance on the podcast of his former deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino.
Here is what he said word for word, where did he mention those?
"The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalise the voting," Trump said during an appearance on the podcast of his former deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino.
That's just what Trump does: he says the abhorrent thing that he wants done, then lies about what he "meant" when the wrong people get upset because of what he wants done.
So Karoline Leavitt is now a credible source? LOL
Welp, that's what happens you twice vote a notorious criminal for president.