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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 seem