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Hacking the Votes



According to experts, a definite possibility of voter results hacking exists.  For states that allow no paper trail of ballots (e.g. Louisiana, South Carolina), any hacking is undetectable and therefore unrecoverable. That is, the existence of hacking cannot be checked, and voter results cannot be verified.  Not good.

With this possibility, it is a certainty that whoever loses the next election will accuse the other side of such interventions. We have seen hacking of US corporations as to intellectual property.  We have seen hacking of major retailers as to their customer records. We have seen hacking of the US government agency of citizen information.  We have even seen political party records hacked.  All must have had some security measures in place. Surely they have improved. Hope! Hope!  It seems that for municipal voting machines, with few measures directed against intruders, hacking might be quite a lot easier. In light of all the security failures of late, it seems a certainty that some have tried; perhaps some have succeeded. Can we even know? Is it possible hacking election results could be executed on a contract basis?  The one party paying a third party to adjust results in their favor.

Whatever the November election results, hacking will be raised as a reason for the outcome. For my friends on the left, the accusations will be directed at Trump.  For my friends on the right, the accusations will accrue to Clinton. 

We recommend:
a. A double or triple backed-up system whereby for each precinct two or three record copies be maintained, and with separate channel reporting required to be identical from all.
b. Totally encrypted reporting of results to central offices be observed.  Impossible-to-crack encryption is possible and it is inexpensive.
c. Legislation be passed, immediately, requiring tightened security measures for all voting methods.

I would truly like to hear from the US government, the states, the counties, the municipalities, and precincts they have taken anti-hacking measures based upon state of the art encryption technologies. However, it is almost certain that few have any knowledge of or remedies against such interventions.  They care about to be sure, but their ignorance is profound.
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